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Today, to fully utilise this case, we are installing an ASUS Z9 Pe-D8 WS motherboard with two Xeon 287W processors. This is a fairly complex build although it shows the potential of the X2000FN Chassis.
Processors: Dual Xeon 2687W
Coolers: Corsair H80 x 2. (one radiator with dual fan mounted as front intake – angled 15% to create more airflow upwards) Other radiator rear mounted as exhaust
Memory: 64GB of Corsair Memory
Graphics: ASUS GTX690
Power Supply: Seasonic 1000W Platinum
SSD: Two Corsair 240GB Neutron GTX
Motherboard: ASUS Z9 PE-D8 WS
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise.
Thermal Diodes
Raytek Laser Temp Gun 3i LSRC/MT4 Mini Temp
Digital Sound Level Noise Decibel Meter Style 2
Firstly let us have a look at the chassis design and airflow.
The Lian Li X2000FN airflow is very powerful, with three 140mm fans pulling in cool air from the front of the case in the ‘out of the box' configuration. All these fans are supplied. As we stated earlier in the review, we removed the bottom 140mm fan and fitted the dual fan Corsair H80 radiator at a slight angle to push cool air upwards over the components. At the rear are two other fans – a single 120mm fan and a single 140mm fan. We removed the lower fan and installed the other Corsair H80 radiator in an exhaust position.
We have placed thermal diodes in 5 case positions – 1; top optical drive bay position. 2; fan intake position. 3; hard drive area. 4; CPU (1) area. 5; Power supply/GPU zone. Ambient room temperatures were maintained at 24c throughout.
We load both processors with a Cinema 4D render, for 45 minutes at 100% demand on all cores. We connect all the fans to the ASUS Z9 PE-D8 WS motherboard for direct control.
Fantastic results, with the processor cores being held at 70c or less under load. All other temperatures are held well, with the motherboard peaking at 41c under extended load.
Holy batpants batman. I almost creamed myself.
System price must be close to £5,000? crap, i feel poor now 🙁
They do make beautiful cases, but I can never afford the ones I like as they all seem to cost £300 or more.
The case seems lperfect for workstations but gamers can do better. Does LianLi have a shorter version with two front intake fans and less drive bays?
Would a side fine obstruct the airflow of this case?
Hi Luay. You mean the same case but basically just shorter in height? I dont understand your second question – whats a ‘side fine’?
Oops! That’s me typing from my iPad. Thanks for taking your time to help out!
I meant a shorter case with one less intake and less drive bays, and perhaps a side fan would make a proper gaming case. But I agree with you saying it can serve both gaming and workstation in one build. Three front intakes would probably cool even dual video cards but not optimally as a side fan would.
I can see the carefully planned airflow of this case, but would a side fan obstruct this type of air flow? I really like the build quality of this case but I also have the specific requirement I mentioned.
Thanks for the detailed review Zardon.
I was wondering… Is the drive bay on the top (Zone 1) removeable?
Hello Yume. The drive bay at the top/rear for 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch units?
the 2.5 inch bay at the top is removable as shown on this page http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=627&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=61&g=f but only the one at the front, not at the rear. The reason is that particular bay is the main position for hard drives so its in place with soldered bolts, rather than screws. the lower one in Zone 3 is also removable.