I know this video is now 2 years old or older; but...... Thank you, Jay for this video!!! I spent many hours researching AM5 parts and researching reviews of the needed components. The case was a component I couldn't make up my mind on. As someone who has used "traditional" tower cases: I wanted something "different" along with the need for the PC to be on the left hand side of the desk. The installation of all the components in the case was the easiest one I've ever done and the cable management was awesome. I have since ordered another O11D Evo to move my AM4 platform into. While there are many cases that allowing the motherboard to be rotated: for me, the O11D Evo made sense as far as price and build ease for what I needed. Thank you so much!!!
This looks fantastic. When I did my first build a year ago I thought the case from a different company was amazing, but that's also because I didn't know any better. I'd definitely want to do a build in this for myself or family!
I love my 011D XL. Was such a nice case to work in. Having a EK distribution block that’s designed for the case was a major plus. I even did some modifications to fit in a second EK FLT 360 reservoir on the MB side, and the vertical GPU mount with a radiator on the bottom. Took 2 months, but was a fun journey.
@@Evil_Chronic Ohh yeah, that's nice. Particularly the twin blocks side by side for the MB and GPU. And straight lines for the tubes. It's a shame when things don't line up perfectly, but fitting elbows are better than kinks in tubes imo
I'd love to see an inverted build in this thing! What does inversion make you change about how you'd normally go about cooling the thing? And is a hotswap bracket for the drive cage even possible? Not often done in a case this size that isn't purpose-built for it.
The Lancool II has an HDD/SSD hot-swap kit available for $15. Pretty sure Lian Li is forward-thinking enough to have one ready for the O11 Dynamic EVO as well.
I'vre had an inverted case for a few years now (Corsair 600C) and I think the cooling suffers a bit. In this case its probably not too bad as you could just do bottom intake top exhaust either way. I'd be interested to see how it affects cooling for the 30 series FE GPUs in particular. Ive got an FE 3080Ti and I don't think inverted is giving the best cooling for its cooler design, so I was actually planning on picking up a normal oriented case, though inverted tends to work better for my setup space in general. This case is now the top of my list as I can orient it either way.
I prefer to have my feet next to the empty side rather than the motherboard side of my rig (not only does it relieve some anxiety from when I kick my computer... it also reflects the RGB off my toes!) so afaik it might depend on the configuration of your computer station. It gives you more options to RGB bling out! xD
@@pdraggy Ah. See, there I'm supposed to quote the great and powerful Paul: Computer off floor. Mine's only about 10 inches off the floor, but it's off to the side of me sufficiently that kicking it isn't happening.
You guys should do a build in this, easily one of the best cases I've seen, maybe one with a custom loop. Also seen Gamers Nexus's review of this thing and the customisability is very commendable. However, I think for the top shield, make it an option to have the usbs and stuff like that nearer to the front, because a lot of people put their pcs under their desk, and may find it hard to bend down, or find it hard to fit usbs on the top, so if the usbs were newer to the front, the user could maybe have the case stick out a bit and they could fit them in far more easily, but this is just my opinion. Other than that one small thing, cool case.
@@A.Martin The ports were movable from the front to the side. It was clearly demonstrated. Now the real downside is that they were on the bottom of the case rather than the top. That is actually good for setups like mine: with the PC on a floating shelf just above the rest of their builds. That is one of things I loved the most about it. My current case is the Lian Li Lancool 2, and its difficult for me to get to my front panel ports just because of where I keep it (yes, that is my fault, not Lian Li's).
In my last month of soaking up RU-vid to catch up from a 15 year gaming and PC building hiatus, I independently came to the conclusion that this case (specifically the O11D EVO RGB successor) is all around one of the best looking, versatile, and great value cases ever made. Along the way I became familiar with and a subscriber of Gamer Nexus, PC Builder, optimum, TechSource, and many others along with of course this channel. It should not surprise me that you all speak highly of this case and that this line is one of the most popular out there.
People always say stuff like this, but never give a single specific. Keep in mind that anyone watching this channel, or Linus, or PC Jesus... you're a niche market. The general public doesn't like what we like. It's why operating systems have been going more towards phone/tablet type interface.
@@staLkerhu Definitely a niche market....ask a "normal" PC user and they will laugh at people who have a massive desktop PC (or a desktop PC at all) instead of something like a Microsoft Surface or MacBook Pro....hell now kids are basically just using their phones as their main PC. And then those same people complain about optical drives not being in many PCS/laptops anymore. Average person would never spend more $ on their PC case or processor much less the same amount of money for a cheap used car for a video card. Only people like myself who need space for multiple SSDs, airflow for expensive video card, capture card, etc. In other news I miss more full sized ATX cases or even taller. Shit feels cramped in mid caees
Ok now this version, I want - so much room for activities now, and would be more fun to mod. Also love that Gunmetal color, I think it would look great with a white frame with the Gun Metal panels.
Can we turn our beds into bunkbeds??? And here's the thing it will give us so much extra space in our room to do activities!!!! You don't need permision from us to build bunkbeds your adults you can do what you want...... sooooo...... I'm not making myself clear I DON'T GIVE A FU@K!!! sooooooo..... YES!!! You guy's will not regret this we will get so much more activities done! LMAO Step-Brothers movie was awesome.
FYI: Buyer Beware: the "O11D EVO Front Mesh Kit" shown at 16:30 does NOT come with an Air Filter. The "mesh" holes are 1.5mm in diameter and are therefore unable to filter any dust for intake fans placed in the front of the EVO. The problem is Lian Li does not even sell the matching Air Filter for their product. Expect to spend more for the Air Filter.
Very well thought out. This is also why, in my mind, it's kinda lost its magic at this point. There's just something about it, that doesn't make me go wow. When I saw the original case, I was absolutely blown away by its simplicity. This is starting to be overengineered now.
@@kevinerbs2778 every case has some kind of flaw or tradeoff. No case is completly perfect. It all comes up to personal preference too if something may be a flaw or not.
@@kevinerbs2778 High-end SFX power supplies have served as an exhaust in cramped ITX builds for years now with no issues. As long as you have a high efficiency, high quality PSU, with average or above average heatsinks inside, and it's decently overkill for the power usage of your components, it's gonna work more than fine.
I got the XL myself and apart from the ability to switch it upside down I still prefer the XL especially on design (I prefer old button/io locations). About the Evo itself as you stated it in the title, I am amazed how they take the time to improve their design even though their are still in the top range compare to competition.
Imagine a company, that has a product that sells better than everyone’s…. But instead of doing what they can to destroy their competition and drive down competition. They actually keep improving. Some how they make things that perform better than other and look nice. How. Really should tell everyone how lazy these other companies have been.
Thank you so much Jay for making this excellent video. As always, your videos are tremendously helpful. Please note that there is a small screw on top of the glass side panel that Jay easily removes at 6:35. If that screw is not removed, then the glass side panel will not come off.
It feels like with some of the optional accessories this case fills some of the void Case Labs used to fill and I'm sure that's reflected in the price.
6:13 I actually didn't even realise this when building my computer, I just took off my dust filter for my exhaust side with my O11 and it runs instantly cooler. could you guys maybe do like top 10 tips people overlook when building a computer? you guys are legends!
something like this really depends on the hardware you own and if you case has a good airflow around it. I could disable all top fans and the temps would climb like 1-2 degrees. the filter makes it easier to clean tho
That's also true for the intake. Remove the dust filter and more air goes through. Of course, more dust goes through too. So you have to clean out the computer more often. But I'd rather blow the dust out every couple of weeks and have a cooler quieter computer.
@Matt Cooper this is true also as my build would have been better originally for left hand side. I had to redesign my entire setup just to get it over on the right side.
This review and this case deserved the latest update with RU-vid. Not having the dislikes being shown. This case and Lian Li doesn't deserve any dislike. Looking forward having this case
I spent a couple of months trying to find the perfect case for the last build I kept coming back to the 011 dynamic and I kept rejecting it because everyone uses that case and I wanted something different. Finally out of frustration I just said screw it and ordered one. Now I know why everyone uses it. The dynamic is an amazing case.
ive spent 2 years trying to find a worthy replacement to my TJ 11 but there literally is none....and i can only fit the asus TUF Gpus all others are to long so i might be fucked for the 40XX series... unless someone make a decent case within a year....
If I didn't already build in the O11 Dynamic XL i would buy this case immediately. Phenomenal design, can't believe they continue to make an already great case even better.
Real good that you purchase one case, and then can just swap stuff as to how you want it. I love the side radiator/fan bracket. I didnt like the look of my radiator on the side in my O11 really. It is great that they took this case and found ways to improve it. It is great that you make a left or right sided case depending on your setup. Good stuff Lian-Li!!! Job well done
i'm not usually one for hype trains because i usually find things are OVER-hyped but jesus christ there is so much to this case to love, there were multiple parts of the video where i out loud was like "ohhhh, that's really cool" so honestly i'm sold on it. like, who thinks of ALL of those features and then ACTUALLY puts them into their design?????
i bought the front fan bracket and populated the whole case with fans and a 240mm aio with a push pull configuration. my fan curve never goes above 30% fans speed. allowing the quietest pc gaming pc under full load and its awesome. i love the tinkering that building a computer gives you. top fans (exhaust, bottom fans (exhaust), front fans (intake), side fans (intake), rear fan (intake)... with top mounted aio... allowing positive air pressure, getting the benefit of dust filters, and a super aggressive low fan curve. 3080 never goes above 80 degrees C (thats playing 4k max settings on a game like hogwarts legacy). but with most games it sits around 70 degrees C. 12700k never goes above 50 degrees C at the high end.
This is an excellent case and one I could look at in the future. My only gripe with the company is extra pieces being available. For those that get things used, keeping things out of the landfill longer, sometimes they may want to purchase something (not trying to use the warranty) in order to set up the case to their liking.
Something that none of the video showcase/reviews are mentioning is the extra cooling clearance for tower coolers! They went from an annoying 155mm to much more awesome 167mm! NH-D15's and Ice Giant ProSiphon Elites are part of the O11D mid twr game now. =) About time Lian Li!
That side panel swivel sheet for the fan / rad mount really explains why Lian Li Left me on read when i offered them the product I made to solve that issue for them in the non Evo models.
This video got (and left) me wondering: Can you mix and match? Especially those optional parts you are showing, could they be used in O11 mini? Or older models? Or other models there's of O11? Could parts of this new case be used in other models? You could maybe touch the inter usability in the powerblock video? Or just make a Lian Li Lego video showing what all parts can be swapped and made into a crazy build with different Lian Li case parts to see how far their modularity really goes?
Wonderful Jay, I am seriously saving up for this in the new year. I can't afford a new GPU but I can give my current rig a facelift and I need the space for 3.5-inch storage. Thank you for the inspiration to get building again. International Music Services (Malta)
I just received my evo case, loved the modularity of it when I watched the video. Disappointed that there aren't many places in the UK to get the extras, but did manage to grab the front mesh kit and my first of many 3 pack kit of the uni fans. Time to get rid of the Corsair 780t that my build is currently in. A huge thanks to you Jay as you are the content creator I watch most for up to date ideas and advice on which hardware to look for and which to avoid 🤘🏻
thats some badass customization. i love that derbaur can help design cases while still uploading german videos, and english videos and doing insane overclocks and product reviews. the man is a robit
I don't plan on building another computer for a year or two, but I'm extremely tempted to pick this case up so it doesn't go out of stock whenever I get to it. This looks fantastic both aesthetically and mechanically.
Now I want that Mesh kit for my Lian Li 011D XL. When I go to build a computer for my teenagers I will definitely be getting this one. You have a lot more options for orientation with it which makes it even better.
LOVE MY NEW LL o11D Evo build. I also just replaced cheap apevia fans with adjustible mag. AL 120mm fans(quiet and blow like a jet). Great case, amazing cooling (6 intake side and bottome, 3 exhaust corsair h150i elite capellix 360 aio top and corsair 120 rear) and plenty of room for even more hardware. I can park my car in there. LL o11D Evo | Msi x570 Game+ | Ryzen 9 5950x | Gigabyte Rtx 3080 | x 4 Corsair Vengeance RGT RT 8gb 3600MHz | x2 WD Blue 570 m.2 nvme SSD 1 TB | 2 TB Seagate HD | Corsair H150i Elite Capellix 360mm | x6 LL Uni Al120. Uploading Build Specs/looks on my channel shortly! Thanks J and crew
Funfact. Der Bauer is a German Enthusiast as many will know (he also works for Caseking Partly). The Fun Fact however is that his Name means two Things. Der Bauer translates into The Farmer. Which i dont know about America but… in our Country is like an Insult. Or it was. Ppl not knowing much have been insulted with that Term back then. Not so much these Days because well… Farmer arent really dumb anymore (most). There has been a Time were it was suited more rightfully i guess. And der Bauer also means The Builder. For sure i dont have to explain that one. Its just pretty funny to me that it means two Things that are quiet different at the same Time. Anyways. The Builder… making his own Case or rather giving an Case Manufacturer some (many) Ideas makes Sense and it for sure shows that someone who Builds PCs on his own regularly does come up with good Ideas.
Liam li is by far the best company making pc components. They’re doing things that just make every build so much nicer and really make such small detail improvements that fix things that have troubled builders for years. Modular fans. Little extra cut outs to help hide wires. All that stuff. And unlike other brands like Corsair who do the same shit as everyone else. They really don’t charge up their prices for these functionally and aesthetically better components.
It may sound stupid but, the O11 Dynamic is the whole reason I am switching back to PC gaming from console. The case is absolutely beautiful and this new one is so much better! I can't wait to get it.
Tandem or ALTERNATE PSU mounting locations. You just finished talking about alternate mounting methods. If you flip the case over, you may not want the PSU mounted on the top, making the case top heavy. So you have a way of moving the PSU to the alternate location to make it bottom mounted.
"Fresh Mint Kit" made me laugh out loud a lot more than it should have ahahaha It's amazing what people can mis-see(?) at a glance LOL Fantastic video, as always!
here I am gearing up to build my dream machine and purely by accident I stumble upon this video and what case did I choose for my machine well this one and you have just dispelled the last lingering questions about my case which arrives tomorrow ... thank you for the timely input now I need to order some accessories that I never knew existed til now awsome ...!
This will be the case I do for my bedroom. Been looking and haven't found a case that caught my eye until now. My main pc is upstairs in the gaming room way to big to fit in the bedroom (sth10). And this case brings me back to caselabs days.
I just found a video of someone building in the Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO and they used an AIO for cooling the CPU, however this "Reviewer" placed the radiator on the bottom of the case thus letting any air to go to the pump and then complains/explains why he did the set up that way. (He did a vertical GPU mount blocking off the top mounting area) This reviewer also mostly complained about how this case is not for the beginner in building computers.
For aesthetics make the upright GPU bracket screws area slidable to position the GPU centrally between the motherboard and the front of the case. This would also provide space and give the ability to connect cables to all motherboard sizes.
Right until now the O11 Mini hit the sweet spot for me in terms of features, visuals and form factor. They shortened the air mini a tad too much for my plans and I wasn't really sure what to get. Now I think I'm sold on the EVO.
@@N7_Ronnie I really lik the mini, but had they gone for full atx psu support I'd never doubted that choice. But the EVO now brings so much extra while keeping the stout look, they hit it out of the park for me. :)
@@FastSloth87 yeah, but I was talking about the regular mini, not the air mini there. It's a really odd one with the mini and air mini. They reduced the height and depth of the air mini even further and that prevents me from using the air mini, since it's become too small for my planned build. But when I'm allready locked in to something a bit larger I might go for the EVO directly since it's closer to the stout look of the mini and air mini thans to the extra width but delivers more space and options than the regular O11
Can't wait to get my hands on one of these Just ordered one of these bad boys over the weekend! Gonna pick up some white corsair QL fans to match. The rest of my hardware is black. This is gonna be a hell of a build once I get everything transferred over
The only thing missing in this case is allowing us to make it Horizontal, that would be so good. Put the feet on one of the sides and just sit it on top of it. ^^
Great review! You saved me from a bad relationship with the corsair 5000 which looks good but it is less than functional. Seeing this video I returned that one and ordered this one. Thank you!
For me the biggest change is the CPU cooler clearance increase. O11 Dynamic and Air had too low CPU cooler clearance - you couldnt fit big CPU coolers like Dark Rock 3/4 or Pro 3/4, or Noctua NHD-15 or many others. I think it was really not cool to name the case Air and have basicly no option for good aircooling.
Great case. Unfortunately, the Harbor Gray was sold out, so went with black. This case makes the build so easy. Used Lian Li AL120 Unifans, installed the fan controller, which the case RGB plugs into; EK 011D Side Distroplate; 2 EK PE360 radiators, and voila, everything is neat, clean, and cool. I agree with Jay, the cable channel is a definite plus. I have both regular 011D and an 011D XL builds and in each I've got the cables crammed in and bulging, since I'm running so much stuff. This case, everything fits behind the shroud. Also love the mesh top and side panels, which seem to help airflow, over the prior 011D slotted panels. If you can't easily build a great system with this case...give up!
Regarding the upright mount, I'd put in a triple fan set up, but have the bottom fan act as a exhaust rather than an intake. Two fans blowing directly on the card, and the 3rd (which is in-line with the cards exhaust) pulling air out.
I think this is amazing like the customization alone seems reason enough to be excited for. I like the clean look the case provides and the option to be different than your average build. I’m currently upgrading my rig and yes i know bad time to do that with all the inflation on pricing but, this makes me want to get this case to make my new build look aesthetically pleasing. Hope to get one can’t wait to see others builds on this.
I think the IO ports on the bottom just makes it alot cleaner since I know many people like me do use the usb ports in front of the case and have cables dangling
really tempted to consider this, but don't wanna give up the lancool 215 either, the airflow is just superb in that along with the dust filters. will totally wanna get this if going to water cool the entire system.
The front IO is a pretty cool system, my only problem is that is requires you to put your pc on the desk, if you have it on the ground you will have a hard time accessing the IO. Obviously you can just get the top IO thing, but that would cost extra I assume? It did not look like it would be included by default
They’ve put so much thought into it but totally forgot about something obvious I’ve been waiting for, for years, a horizontal option. Now that they’ve made it symmetrical I can just turn it on its side, buy some random rubber feet and put it under my TV!
No joke 3 days ago I went out and got the 011 Mini and after 20 years of PC building never though you can get a case that's this good. And today look at that, I found your video talking about this case.
I put a aorus z390 extreme in my o11 and i dont think it looks bad at all. The only thing i dont like is that the front panel usb sticks out over my fans. But other that that the over hang just covers the grommets for the cables and adds the lighting from the board there. Think it makes it look better imo.
I greatly prefer my Corsair Carbide Air over this. Hands down the best case ever made. I'll be using it for years to come. Got it 6 years ago and its still in pristine condition. Another correction, even if it HAS cables in it, doesn't make it hot swappable. Your motherboard and OS need to support hot swapping. If it doesn't specifically allow these things, DO NOT pull a drive out of your computer, you can and will corrupt the data on the drive.
Here is an idea, make multiple builds (regular, inverted, server focused with loaded hard drives and finish off uber - water cooled RGB build). I want this case in my next build!
They made the "threadyness" case even better... that stuff must be a MSRP of like 400$ minimum which is going to put it out of reach for most. but definitely the ultimate case. good job Roman and Lian lii !
I wait for the XL. But also you missed to show the one true feature... switch the whole thing to have it on both sides of the desk. A killer feature. The current XL sucks when it comes to airflow when using 3 rads.
One thing I don't like and I wish Lian-Li would fix is those new side panels, the older ones slid in and were bullet proof, the new ones have little pins where the panel pushes in and over time they bend away.
I would love to see the power switch on that Front connector module since I since to have my pc on a shelf behind my monitors, and I can reach the side, but I have to stand up and move to the side of my desk to hit the power button. This is a minor thing, but it would be nice for those builds where the front of the case is not pointed as the user.
I never usually comment on videos but even I'm unable to bite my tongue on this one, this case is ridiculous and sets the norm of what modular cases should be like. My last case was a corsair carbide air 540 and this case craps all over it, I'm currently waiting on my own dynamic evo to arrive so seeing this video just makes me even more excited.
Hey Jay, I would absolutely love to see a build in this, but if you do PLEASE do it in the left-side configuration! Like you said at the beginning, it looks similar to the regular O11 Dynamic from the outside, so I feel like a left-side build would give it a lot of novelty and make it much more interesting. Plus it would show us exactly how it flips, because I still can't wrap my head around it. For Lian-Li, I don't know how much this is addressed but because we have a new location to put the graphics card, it would make a lot of sense to include watercooling component support in the bottom left of the chassis, to help fill the space if the graphics card is on the right. Or maybe some sort of new distribution block/pump designed for this case that helps fill that space? Either way, this is seriously one of the most impressive and well designed cases I've ever seen.
