Production Meshlicious Redesign - Vertical, 280AIO mainstream case

[futurewau]

Hello everyone,

I really really need some help. There was talk on reddit mentioning buying "longer" standoff screws so the Founders Edition Card can have more "breathing room".

Can someone explain to me how that works? Or where I can buy those (on aliexpress or amazon)? I really dont want to buy the wrong screws but I woul appreciate it so I can have the 3080 FE one slot away from the back of the motherboard.

 

[tinyitx]

Hello everyone,

I really really need some help. There was talk on reddit mentioning buying "longer" standoff screws so the Founders Edition Card can have more "breathing room".

Can someone explain to me how that works? Or where I can buy those (on aliexpress or amazon)? I really dont want to buy the wrong screws but I woul appreciate it so I can have the 3080 FE one slot away from the back of the motherboard.

The case uses a central spine. On 1 side of the spine is the mobo. On the other side is the GPU. The spine can move to provide more space to accommodate a thicker GPU. But, the position of the card relative to the mobo is fixed. If a 3080FE is used, the fan (further away from the IO bracket) will be close to the underside of the mobo, making its breathing difficult.

To improve the situation, longer risers (circled red in the pic) can be used to replace the stock ones so that the riser cable insert is extended away from the central spine/mobo.

Clear?

I do not know the size. I suppose it is standard mobo size M3, which should be found easily in any local PC hardware store. I would not bother to buy a few standoffs online.

 

[futurewau]

The case uses a central spine. On 1 side of the spine is the mobo. On the other side is the GPU. The spine can move to provide more space to accommodate a thicker GPU. But, the position of the card relative to the mobo is fixed. If a 3080FE is used, the fan (further away from the IO bracket) will be close to the underside of the mobo, making its breathing difficult.

To improve the situation, longer risers (circled red in the pic) can be used to replace the stock ones so that the riser cable insert is extended away from the central spine/mobo.

Clear?

I do not know the size. I suppose it is standard mobo size M3, which should be found easily in any local PC hardware store. I would not bother to buy a few standoffs online.

Thank you very much! That helps me a lot. Unfortunately I have to buy them online since every store is closed in my country due to Covid lockdown.

 

[EscHatch]

The case uses a central spine. On 1 side of the spine is the mobo. On the other side is the GPU. The spine can move to provide more space to accommodate a thicker GPU. But, the position of the card relative to the mobo is fixed. If a 3080FE is used, the fan (further away from the IO bracket) will be close to the underside of the mobo, making its breathing difficult.

To improve the situation, longer risers (circled red in the pic) can be used to replace the stock ones so that the riser cable insert is extended away from the central spine/mobo.

Clear?

I do not know the size. I suppose it is standard mobo size M3, which should be found easily in any local PC hardware store. I would not bother to buy a few standoffs online.

Does anyone know if the length of the included gen 4 PCIe riser cable will accommodate the taller standoffs?

I'm in the same boat as OP, but with a 3090 FE. I believe one of the reviewers said temps were fine, but was thinking of putting the case in 4 slot GPU mode and offsetting the 3090 FE.

Anyone going to attempt to a full custom loop in this case? I was kind of wondering if Founder Edition water blocks could make it possible to print a bracket for a 92mm or 120mm rad at the top of the case, SFF gpu area.

 

[SirJack]

When can I get one in Taiwan? I can pick it up at lian li .

 

[No Hands 55]

is there a way to put a fan at the top of the case? I am trying to think of a way to best exhaust a founders edition GPU.

will larger riser standoffs ever be available with the case to help the founders edition cards?

 

[Navic]

is there a way to put a fan at the top of the case? I am trying to think of a way to best exhaust a founders edition GPU.

will larger riser standoffs ever be available with the case to help the founders edition cards?

I dont think there is a mount for fans at the top.

And yes, using standoffs to space the FE card away from a solid surface so the flow through fan can breathe has been shown to work (FormD T1)

 

[No Hands 55]

I dont think there is a mount for fans at the top.

And yes, using standoffs to space the FE card away from a solid surface so the flow through fan can breathe has been shown to work (FormD T1)

i guess we will have to wait and see how some people build to figure out the most optimal spacing. i wish there was a fan over the top though that could exhaust all that gpu flow through hot air :/

 

[oldlee1234]

Is it possible to add some mounting point for a 240 or 280m radiator on the GPU side?
Since it supports 4 slots VGA card (80mm), I am sure it should be enough space to add another radiator (28mm) with regular fan (25mm) when you water cooling your VGA card (still have 27mm left for VGA card).

 

[Firebear]

Is it possible to add some mounting point for a 240 or 280m radiator on the GPU side?
Since it supports 4 slots VGA card (80mm), I am sure it should be enough space to add another radiator (28mm) with regular fan (25mm) when you water cooling your VGA card (still have 27mm left for VGA card).

should be, yes. If I get the case I will probably do that and share a file to 3d print if someone else doesn't do it before me.

 

[robojim]

Is it possible to add some mounting point for a 240 or 280m radiator on the GPU side?
Since it supports 4 slots VGA card (80mm), I am sure it should be enough space to add another radiator (28mm) with regular fan (25mm) when you water cooling your VGA card (still have 27mm left for VGA card).

I feel like you'll have to mod that

 

[futurewau]

Are those the correct standoffs to buy to have more space for the FE?

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[Van0]

Are those the correct standoffs to buy to have more space for the FE?

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They'd work fine, though you'd need to stack 3 on each corner to make the 20mm of a single GPU slot. I'd look at 20mm standoffs if you're going in 3-slot mode, or 30mm in 4-slot, just for simplicity.

 

[wywywywy]

They'd work fine, though you'd need to stack 3 on each corner to make the 20mm of a single GPU slot. I'd look at 20mm standoffs if you're going in 3-slot mode, or 30mm in 4-slot, just for simplicity.

You can't stack them, because the male thread is #6-32 UNC, and the female thread is M3.

 

[biopunk]

One more review (actually from 3 days ago):

Lian Li Spinoff Ssupd’s Meshlicious Is a Versatile, Compact ITX Case

Pop-off panels on an affordable mini-ITX case

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Wahaha360]

When can I get one in Taiwan? I can pick it up at lian li .

Hey man, been a while, not possible because not assembled in TW...

 

[Wahaha360]

is there a way to put a fan at the top of the case? I am trying to think of a way to best exhaust a founders edition GPU.

will larger riser standoffs ever be available with the case to help the founders edition cards?

No material difference in temps (<2.5C temp difference @ <1000RPM, within margin of error), so we didn't both trying to support it.

 

[SirJack]

Hey man, been a while, not possible because not assembled in TW...

Unfortunate pretty much subscribed to formd cases now.

 

[Wahaha360]

Hello everyone,

I really really need some help. There was talk on reddit mentioning buying "longer" standoff screws so the Founders Edition Card can have more "breathing room".

Can someone explain to me how that works? Or where I can buy those (on aliexpress or amazon)? I really dont want to buy the wrong screws but I woul appreciate it so I can have the 3080 FE one slot away from the back of the motherboard.

Does anyone know if the length of the included gen 4 PCIe riser cable will accommodate the taller standoffs?

I'm in the same boat as OP, but with a 3090 FE. I believe one of the reviewers said temps were fine, but was thinking of putting the case in 4 slot GPU mode and offsetting the 3090 FE.

Anyone going to attempt to a full custom loop in this case? I was kind of wondering if Founder Edition water blocks could make it possible to print a bracket for a 92mm or 120mm rad at the top of the case, SFF gpu area.

- The PCIe Riser standoff on the Meshlicious is 6.5mm tall and *female on both ends, tapped for #6-32 screw
- To move the 30XX FE GPU 1-GPU-Slot away is about 20.3mm
- To replace both the default Riser Standoff and add 1-GPU-Slot spacing, need 6.5 + 20.5 = 26.8mm, or 27mm
- Given #6-32 standoffs are difficult to find, 27mm tall M3 standoff are easier to buy, using M3 screws to secure (25mm are more common and will work also)

Both 1) *default 140mm PCIe 3.0 Riser and 2) upgraded LinkUP 140mm PCIe 4.0 will work with 1-GPU-Slot spacing on Mini-ITX motherboard.

 

[biopunk]