Product Showcase - the alternative options
Product Showcase - the alternative options
Inverted ATX
Lian Li promised that the case’s inversion could be done quickly. It is only necessary to loosen the cover and the base with five screws and pull them back off the case. Then the lid and base are exchanged and reassembled, which means that the inversion of the Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO is finished.
Mesh Front
The $19.99 Front Mesh Kit consists of a painted and perforated sheet steel, which can be clipped into the Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO instead of the front glass. The front mesh kit also includes two fan mounts (which are connected to the housing with two screws each). These offer the option of installing either three 120 mm or two 140 mm fans. We decided to install three 120 mm Arctic P12 fans for our test.
Top I/O kit
The Top-IO Kit consists of a metal strip that replaces the original decorative strip on the top of the Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO and has cut-outs that allow the modular Front-I/O or the Additional-IO Kit to be mounted on the top of the housing. To do this, the plastic housing of the front I/O must be removed. It is closed with four screws, which are easily removed and then can be removed and attached to the Top-IO Kit with two screws. It is also the cheapest O11D kit, priced at $12.99. It’s cheap because it consists solely of an aluminum strip with holes cut out for ports and a couple of screws. If you want more external ports than this, there’s also an Additional I/O kit, which can install in any of the three previously mentioned places at the bottom of the case. It delivers two more USB-A ports and one more USB-C port. Just note that you’ll need ample front-panel connectors/headers to use the standard and additional IO kit, as both use one USB 3.0 header and one USB 3.1 front-panel connector.
Vertical GPU Kit
First up is the Vertical GPU Kit, which is $69.99. Aside from the cable, you get a couple of brackets to mount your graphics card standing up. You’ll need to remove most of the case’s eight expansion slot covers to install this kit. The instructions have you removing the second through the fifth slot covers, and then the part of the bracket on the left in the image above slots into the same holes that typically hold the expansion slot covers.
Upright GPU Kit
Last up is the Upright GPU Kit ($89) is the most expensive and a bit more complicated to install. In addition to the standard kit for vertical mounting of the GPU, which consists of an adapter plate for the PCIe slots and a corresponding riser cable, Lian Li offers an upright GPU kit for its Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO. It enables hanging mounting of the GPU. To be able to use the Upright GPU kit, it is necessary to swap the fan mount next to the mainboard tray for the closed tray that comes with the Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO. The bracket included in the upright GPU kit is then screwed to the upper right side of the mainboard tray and serves as a mount for the GPU. The GPU mount included with the case is used as an additional mount. It is screwed to the closed tray that has just been installed. The GPU can then be mounted and connected to the mainboard using the 40 cm long, color-matching riser cable. The result is visually appealing, but mounting space for cooling components is lost.
