Anyone interested in the new O11 Air Mini? Leo is certainly impressed - but let us know if you'll be getting one! TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:15 Introduction / pricing 00:50 A look around and inside 03:17 What else to consider? 03:35 Cooling capabilities 04:49 Hardware for the build 05:45 The system build 07:19 Install discussion 08:26 The cooling and install 10:43 The system boot 11:22 Noise results 12:05 Temperatures 12:50 Pros and Cons, Leo’s Closing thoughts
Just got one into the house. For our personally needs, the form factor is the main selling point. We keep a computer in a cabinet in the kitchen. It is currently a mini-atx case build as the vertical clearance is minimal. This case fits the spot and gives us the full atx compatibility needed as I retire my main system into the kitchen build. Wasn't sure how I was gonna square that circle till I found this case. Almost incidentally, it seems very well built and thought out.
you are a tech channel and you have the WRONG SPECS on your hardware list. The 11900K does NOT have 10cores 20 threads, its only 8core 16 threads. Shows your true staffs knowledge of tech. Hire better or read whats true before you put it out there.
Gearseakers Nick noticed that the 360mm fitment issue is because this case is 20mm shorter than the mini. This 20mm causes all sorts of fan clearance issues, so I'm not sure why this decision was made except to stick to an arbitrary Litre spec.
I wouldn't mind replacing my Carbide air 540 with one of these, same amount of airflow, same formfactor and same drive space options but with a smaller footprint. It has a nice clean look to it too. A cracking little case indeed. :)
If you pull out the top fan frame at the front and move the rear fan down as far as possible you can just about squeeze in 3x 120mm fans. If there is a 360mm radiator that will fit, well I have not see one that compact.
@@FreeZatE That suggests it is a key design priority that the O11 Air Mini can accomodate a 360mm radiator, but why is that necessary? A 280mm has similar cooling to a 360mm and a 280mm in the roof matches the 140mm fans in the front. Clearly if you consider a 360mm to be a necessity then this case is a disappointment. For that matter if you want to use an ATX motherbord with a 280mm radiator in the roof it is also a disappointment. On the flip side Lian Li has many cases that will accomodate that hardware, just not this model.
They should have made the mini like this in the first place. Notice the drive panels in the front and that it can accept a regular size PSU. These two alone make the original mini a wasted item. I wish I'd never bought the thing. The hassle of finding a top SFX psu... The best one on the market is the Silverstone 1000w platinum. I could have bought a 1000w platinum ATX psu for half the price, but nah I needed and SFX. Why 1000? Well if you want an RTX 3090 and a high core count CPU then yeah that's what you need. While it does look cool, compared to this I'm just reminded that it's a bad design on the first mini. Glad they pump a new one out every year and we get to see all the design improvements they could have thought of earlier. If you want to make a small case requiring an SFX, then make it a REAL Itx case.
IKR and were still on the FENCE waiting their meshlicious/tu-150 replacement trump card.....going on near a year now. Which was supposed to be their REAL itx case....I think they ran into a speed bump with cost and the price point they were trying to sell it as tu-150 replacement/nr200 competitor....which has now become a slowing aspect in their development process while trying to YIELD good thermals/aesthetics etc. NGL i waited almost a year for the 011 mini and once i saw it was going to be SFX psu only...i had to pass on it. BC i was already buying parts ampere gpu 5900x...had a spare rig it was inside etc...then just went with a x570 tomahawk and a mesh II p...bc i felt stabbed in the back that the MINI was launching in dec 2020....and sfx only...as reviews "proved" it was possible to incorporate an atx psu or at least smaller atx psus like as if they never put in the time/effort to engineer it in the first place. Even on ITX paying for a corsair 600w psu to run my 3070 feels like an insult which pushed me to atx as well. BC for the same cost i got a 850w focus gx. Had a dagger 650w it was hot/loud prior...pushed me into thinking my only option was corsair and a 150$+ 600w psu. Now im willing to sell my system within the next 6m and just set that money aside for 13th gen or am5. With the air mini in mind. Hell if arctic starts making white AIOs...ill feel prompted to go with the white air mini ngl.
I'm not a fan of it riding the lines between aquarium showpiece and performance utilitarian box. Feels like I'd just have a o11 mini for a custom loop pc or a p400a type case for best airflow performance, both cheaper and better at what they're focused towards. But I guess I can't say much else when people have been asking for this and it looks like it delivers and then some.
getting myself on monday ganna go with a air setup maybe throw a karken for the cpu and i also wanna throw my 3080 ti on a water block but i dont know with water block is for my card :C
do they make atx or micro atx tiny console looking case either for apu use only or small dedicate gpu? cuz i have micro atx the i want to use but for small case type pc but cant fine one the close one is the msi but dont think any diy mobo will fit in there
With an ATX board the case is in 7-slot mode and the only location for a 280mm radiator is in the front. In 5-slot mode you can install a 280mm in the top or front.
Playing this guy's reviews at 1.25x speed is like everyone else at standard speed. Uncanny ability to take the most basic statement and unnecessarily draw it out. Do like his info though.
Why TF would you buy an Air Mini for anything else than "air" and "mini"??? Nobody cares about radiators in a case that is obviously and specifically designed for air cooling. EDIT: CPU cooler height not even mentioned. Seriously?
its bullshit case! Extra needed Parts you must buy extra wtf ?? Why you dont include the Adapter so you can hotswap the HardDrives / SSDs on the back ?? 10€ does matter to you ?? lol...
Would it change your thinking if the case was called 'Lian Li O11 Mesh Mini?' A liquid cooled PC requires air flow and we can be confident Lian Li included those radiator mounts for a reason.
That is a neat little case. I like it, too. Being a mini it does look easy to fill it up, but if you don't have a lot of things to put in there, it's plenty of room. It seems incredibly well designed. Thumbs up!
I have the 011 TG Mini, but I had to get a SFF 750 PSU... I wanted my Corsair 1200i and here I thought finally Lian-Li heard us!... They just shattered my dream! Guess I'll keep my original 011 Mini and focus on getting a (850W or 1000W) SFF PSU, which is hard to find from a reliable store.
Finally Lian Li have gotten sick of all the complaints about O11D mini owners needing a $300 sfx-L power supply and released a version with atx psu compatability.
Agree 100%. Although if you plan to use all of the cooling capabilities of that case for a custom loop that $300 on the PSU is going to be the least of your worries.
@@haakonht even then with the air cooling potential and gpu heat...there leaves little options in general for cooling/aio/rad mounting for aio(IMO front mount push pull) if possible like fan cage up front with fans inside+rad attached to rear of cage which means you have to screw/install it b4 the front fans...then rear fans to the rad.....put some stands on the feet to add some clearance down low....and put 2 140mm fans for intake/gpu....then just top exhausts that are un-ubstructed bc theres no rad up there(which can only be mounted with an itx/matx board anyways). I think this+ the rear panel fan mounts can do well enough at this size. IDK why ppl try to force a custom loop in to a chassis that isnt as hospitable to that type of build/use. When the regular 011 was generally....already made for this purpose. I mean the price point of this chassis....doesnt reaquire ppl to put K series cpus or r9 chips into it any more than they would have to use b-die mem. So its not like ppl are going to need a custom loop on a 12400 per ex. Up until they upgrade into an i7/i9 13th gen per ex...even then id recommend an AIO or theorycrafting making a large air cooler work. VS a custom loop and using multiple lines/rads With limited space/rad support/fan support/clearance.
Ah, a new Leo video. Excellent. Time for a big mug of tea and time to pay attention. I do have one question: how would changing the rear fan to blow in have affected the results? I think though that my next build - and my first foray into fluid cooling - will be a full ATX and use a Torrent.
This case is simply amazing. Got mine set up with an AMD 7950X and RTX 4090 FE, with a full EATX-sized Asus ROG X670E Extreme motherboard and a bunch of Noctua fans, and t's completely quiet even under sustained load. It's truly impressive to have these components going full tilt with no audible noise from the system. I'm using air cooling only, with a Noctua U12A on the CPU. The case is compact, yet had no problem accommodating my EATX motherboard thanks to its clever design.
id love one of these, now that arctics making RGB aio's i can only hope they eventually produce a white 280mm option id really like to put a 13th gen intel or zen4/am5 into one of these with a white aio. Ideally a 280mm. I see it has "issues" cooling gpus....but ill just consider some platforms for the feet to raise the bottom while adding bottom intake fans and add some side/rear panel intake fans. I like the size and aesthetic showcasing the build as a centerpiece. I currently have a front mount push pull 280 freezer II in a mesh P. With gpu intake fans mounted etc. But ever since before my build ive always wanted a ATX psu supported "SMALLER" 011. Once this mesh was coming out with the full ATX psu support it really got my attention especially at this price point. I may even try a smaller cpu like an r5 or a i5 on air with this system with 13th gen or am5. Prior to a flagship i9/r9 purchase/aio adaptation. Considering the "LEAPS" as it is just from a pure gaming standpoint/build to mess around with. Prior to selling my current system. If not ill just sell my MESH II build outright for something fun. Just too bad there arent "many" m-atx options at reasonable price points IMO. I had made a build in the past with a z490m gaming edge which was a reasonable 180$. Now around that price im seeing msi gaming plus and the edge options are past 200$. Asus makes a prime z590m for 180$ which could be paired with a price cut 11700kf(170-180$). But id still feel more comfortable with a vrm on par with a gaming edge/tomahawk or even past a tuff/prime asus. Just bc this chassis "demands" to showcase a "build" M-atx just overall lacks ideal board options and pricing. Even though a 360mm aio up top would be a dream id just cut the front fan mounts and try to "find a way" to still utilize front intake fans and the side panel intake. To get as much air in to cool the gpu and 360 rad. Still what with the GPU cooling concerns/heat idk if a top mount is the way to go with an AIO or air cooling an overclocked cpu. My guess would have to be a 280mm in push pull up front if possible. With ALL of the fans slots populated and a way to add more clearance for the bottom intakes....it could be possible to remove one of the front intakes for a 360mm clearance up top....swap the front intake into an exhaust but idk i feel it will take some troubleshooting to really dial in ideal thermals/noise ratios with a rad up top even for itx/matx application/cooling.
HI, Love the review and case looks fantastic. Instead of liquid cooling CPU & GPU, would it be cheaper and better to use multiple fans and have it air cool?
O11 Air mini is a same version from the O11Air, its different from O11 Dynamic series (O11d & O11D mini) cause Air series focus more on Airflows. so if you mean bigger version, it should be the original O11 Air.
Captivating review and I see what you did: you chose that oven processor called Intel 11900K to really stress test the cooling and temp inside the case :)
Thanks for video! Im using O11 Dynamic (regular) I have 2 cons: 1.NO tinted window panels :(, 2. Need more space at top FOR side radiator tubings when mounted 360, because, when there is mounted another 360mm radiator at top, its impossible to mount 360mm AIO at side, because can break these AIO tubes...
@@m1nusasusplus897 Согласен! Смотри - у меня нижные и боковые на вдув (intake), только верх на выдув, но с VRM всё хорошо... Именно качество материалов не порадовало. У О11 обычного всё такое жёсткое, тяжёлое, кабеля круче (USB3.0 кабель плоский, TypeC 90-градусов, а у XL нечего такого НЕТУ, кабеля стандарт как в копеечных кейсах)! Нашёл один пост, где пацан ляпнул что обычный О11 сделан в германий, а XL в китае 😒
GREAT CONTENT :) if only it can fit 360mm rads -_- 1 of the thing stopping from going o11 mini was sfx psu... and now the o11 air air mini is only up to 280mm rads oh well
What's the point of this review, especially temps? You took case that was supposed to work well for Air cooling and should've reviewed it as such. Instead you watercooled everything and show temperature results, for what? Do you review watercooling setup or the air cooled case?
It would have ben a lot easier to install a ATX plus AIO if they just made the case a little higher and longer for Up To a 360 AIO. If this case was a little bigger and had Front I/O on the bottom it would have been on my desk already.
hope you can buy the case without the fans at least give the customer an option. never really did like cases that came with fans always liked to put my own fans in and which 140mm fans has 20mm thickness?
Would an EVGA 1200 P2 power supply fit in this? It's a bit longer (220mm) and the case specifies that it supports up to 200mm PSUs, but it looks to me like there's room back there
This is such a well build, thought through, affordable case. I am very impressed, well done Lian le. The only thing I don’t understand is the whole mirco atx thing, make that 50 mm taller and accommodate all rads, fans in the top as well. It could have been the perfect case. But like this, I don’t know why anybody should use this case.
I bought this case for a home server. It was a very big challenge installing 3xHDD and 2xSSD. I ended up having to buy a six-pack of sata power extensions at 180 degrees. The HDD cage was upside down, I only had sata data cales with 90-degree angles, so I had to buy some 180 degree (straight) cables. Luckily I was able to stuff everything in the back panel area, barely. The 4th HDD may not be able to be mounted. Without removing the top control panel as the cables block the HDD from being installed. It is a very tight squeeze. But I don't know if I can knock off any stars. It does work well and is quiet. But I did need to spend an extra $100+ decent extensions. But moist cases only support 2xHDDs any more. I was surprised this one holds 4-HDDs. I still run windows on the motherboard's built in NVMe drives, so I can use it for video editing as well, and even game on it occasionally.
LianLi obviously did research but surely there should be an open but filtered top panel? (Ie not a blank piece of metal on top?) Also, if you mount the GPU vertically, move the res in front of the motherboard (bolt to the floor), would a radiator fit in the front behind the 140 fans?
I know this is a old video but I'm Looking for ideas for my first build .I want it to be a powerful system but also keep it coll ,I know this is a small case ,hence,mini, But this case Looks gorgeous and the build you have done is Gorgeous ,,,I've watched this same video 6 times now ,it's great ,I do have a question ,might sound silly but how did you cut the black tubing ,thanks ,and again great video and build ❤️
An excellent review that convinced me that the power supply (be quiet! Pure Power 11 FM 650W) that I already have should fit this case, I had my doubts before watching your video.
I have and use a Der8auer endorsed Liam Li PC case, and there are many simple design changes that could and should have been improved for gamers who actually use there PC day to day, and as one example we need to clean them. I can’t believe he put his name on some of these, without some changes
The Lian-Li page shows the radiator on the side mount for AIO cooling. I've got this case on order, and I'm wondering where to put the rad. Side only takes 240mm so would it be better to put the rad on the front and use the side fans to pull the hot rad air straight out again?
Great video. Just purchased the air mini. Out of curiosity, does the tempered glass panel on the original fit in the front part of the air mini? Thanks
