See the related videos to find out more about these: Corsair 2500D Airflow review th-cam.com/video/hioLnvtUYh8/w-d-xo.html Lian Li Air Mini vs Dynamic Mini Snow Edition th-cam.com/video/3HM69x5wO8Q/w-d-xo.html Lian Li O11 Air Mini with an air install th-cam.com/video/9LPB8X4KB1g/w-d-xo.html Lian Li O11 Air Mini build with Uni AL120s and Phanteks 240MPH cooler th-cam.com/video/QYdyx-rARS8/w-d-xo.html Lian Li Galahad Trinity Cooler and Reverse Infinity fans - Behind the Scenes th-cam.com/video/a56VArFr-js/w-d-xo.html Lian Li SL Infinity Reverse Fans are fantastic th-cam.com/video/JxhIPQJlZ2E/w-d-xo.html
Agree 100% .. It's as if Corsair never wanted to compete against the air to begin with, which is perfectly fine. In my eyes, they are simply selling a "design", and nothing else. It is absolutely massive, and you go for the mini, well the Corsair is 10 cm longer 😂
Great timing on this! I’ve been going through your content the last couple of days while agonizing over my fan choice and setup for the Air Mini. I have a 240 AIO and mATX MB for a 7800x3d and 7900xtx. I think I am going to put the AIO in the side, 2x140s in front and bottom as intakes and for exhaust 3x120s in top and a 120 in rear…but I’m not sure. The 3x120s in the bottom look awfully good.
I made a build with the Air Mini case and 11 SL-Inf, the three above and the three below with 15mm plastic spacers to avoid hiding the infinite mirror of the fans behind the edge of the glass panel once mounted. To do this it is necessary to mount the two 140 fans frontally (without a metal frame) simply using 4 cable ties.
3:15 Corsair has some quality stuff and great software, but let us be honest, the expectation is to buy at least 3 rgb fans and spend 60 more € on top of 160€ for the case. Or even more. 😮
They look similar, but Air mini 's quality is far beyond corsair heads. Air mini panels and frame is rigid, you can tell Lian Li put a lot of effort into their design and superb quality there is literately no flex opposed to 2500D or in fact any of corsair cases wobbles a lot so after while it feels like waist of money. I have 540 air and 2500D Air, both aren't even close to the superior finish of Lian-Li
12:25 regarding the problem of the hard disk cage creating interference with the cpu cable connected behind the motherboard, it is actually not a real problem. There is an opening in the cage right above the 4+4pin connector (12:48), so you are supposed to insert the cable inside the cage and get it out of the aforementioned opening, but you will have to sacrifice a 3.5 slot.
@@TheProvokedPrawn you can use a be quiet or anything else familliar (if exists) that has the pump on the pipes which makes no problem at all since no air is going to be trapped in the pump no matter what kind of placement the radiator has.
I think in your description it’s incorrect. It says the description of both builds using the Corsair 2500 case. One of them is clearly the lian li. Cheers.
Lian Li O11 Air Mini to me is better as it fits ATX and comes with fans. What I wish the Air Mini had is the same front fan brackets like the Corsair has.
Your description states that the 2500D can hold either 3x 120mm or 2x 140mm in the top and bottom, yet the official specs say that it can hold 3x 140mm in both. Might be worth trying to fit a third one in there^^
I'd wish Lian Li would make a more vented top panel as an accessory.. Taking off the top panel lowers my fan rpm with about 500 rpm, on tripple radiator custom loop.
Me, too. I started my build in a mini because I like its size, but I wanted to use a 360 aio. The EVO is perfect, and it will take a very special case to make me change. I thought about upgrading to an EVO XL for better cooling, but I'll go with the MO-RA3 420 to keep my setup.
New builder here. I understand that this aio is to long to be put in the front on this case but I’m curious as to why you choose to mount the aio as exhaust at the top on most of your pc builds as opposed to the front as intake?
@@TheProvokedPrawn What about the same hardware configuration in both and normalize variables, then if you wanted to spice it up you could try different fan configurations, between 120mm and 140mm, or intake and exhaust. There seems to be more internal volume in the 2500D and a difference in side mounting depth. Likely very time-consuming but it would be some interesting data. Might also be better to do the comparison between the Dyanmic Mini vs Air and/or the Corsair 2500D vs 2500X etc.
Weird, I had a lian li case years and years ago that had all the problems the modern Corsair has. This was over 12 years ago. I couldn't get the window to fit in another case and bought a lian li that was even worse, I won't give those asses a penny
See the related videos to find out more about these:
Corsair 2500D Airflow review th-cam.com/video/hioLnvtUYh8/w-d-xo.html
Lian Li Air Mini vs Dynamic Mini Snow Edition th-cam.com/video/3HM69x5wO8Q/w-d-xo.html
Lian Li O11 Air Mini with an air install th-cam.com/video/9LPB8X4KB1g/w-d-xo.html
Lian Li O11 Air Mini build with Uni AL120s and Phanteks 240MPH cooler th-cam.com/video/QYdyx-rARS8/w-d-xo.html
Lian Li Galahad Trinity Cooler and Reverse Infinity fans - Behind the Scenes th-cam.com/video/a56VArFr-js/w-d-xo.html
Lian Li SL Infinity Reverse Fans are fantastic th-cam.com/video/JxhIPQJlZ2E/w-d-xo.html
Air mini all day every day. The corsair one is so weird. It's so big and only place for a mini or matx motherboard.
Agree 100% .. It's as if Corsair never wanted to compete against the air to begin with, which is perfectly fine. In my eyes, they are simply selling a "design", and nothing else. It is absolutely massive, and you go for the mini, well the Corsair is 10 cm longer 😂
And Lian Li worked with Der Bauer so an independent design perspective from a real expert. Lian Li wins.
rear motherboard ports>>lian li basic design
Lian Li 100%
I absolutely agree; looks to be so much wasted space between the front and the motherboard
I went with a push pull set up on the Lian Li using a 240 in the side with 13900K. Works great and temps are fine.
The air mini's major letdown is no 360 AIO top support, all the case needs is to be a little longer and it would be perfect.
True, a depth of 42 cm would have been enough instead of 40
yes! would be best atx compact case ever if support 360aio imo
Great timing on this! I’ve been going through your content the last couple of days while agonizing over my fan choice and setup for the Air Mini. I have a 240 AIO and mATX MB for a 7800x3d and 7900xtx.
I think I am going to put the AIO in the side, 2x140s in front and bottom as intakes and for exhaust 3x120s in top and a 120 in rear…but I’m not sure. The 3x120s in the bottom look awfully good.
I made a build with the Air Mini case and 11 SL-Inf, the three above and the three below with 15mm plastic spacers to avoid hiding the infinite mirror of the fans behind the edge of the glass panel once mounted. To do this it is necessary to mount the two 140 fans frontally (without a metal frame) simply using 4 cable ties.
3:15 Corsair has some quality stuff and great software, but let us be honest, the expectation is to buy at least 3 rgb fans and spend 60 more € on top of 160€ for the case. Or even more. 😮
Lian Li is just miles ahead everyone else. All other manufacturers copying them is a telltale sign :P
Just a reminder the the 011 was pretty much a elegant copy of corsairs dual chamber case from a decade a go
They look similar, but Air mini 's quality is far beyond corsair heads. Air mini panels and frame is rigid, you can tell Lian Li put a lot of effort into their design and superb quality there is literately no flex opposed to 2500D or in fact any of corsair cases wobbles a lot so after while it feels like waist of money.
I have 540 air and 2500D Air, both aren't even close to the superior finish of Lian-Li
12:25 regarding the problem of the hard disk cage creating interference with the cpu cable connected behind the motherboard, it is actually not a real problem. There is an opening in the cage right above the 4+4pin connector (12:48), so you are supposed to insert the cable inside the cage and get it out of the aforementioned opening, but you will have to sacrifice a 3.5 slot.
I wish the Air Mini was designed with the idea of mounting the radiator on top when using ATX mobo instead of at the bottom
You definitely shouldn't mount a radiator on the bottom unless it's in a custom look system
Bad idea if you are using AIO.
@@xSeanok yeah, that's what I'm saying. Even though I use a custom loop. I hate radiators at the bottom because it's harder to bleed the loop.
@@holley850-ij8dn I have two rads, one on the top, on on the front, but I had to go with another case
@@TheProvokedPrawn you can use a be quiet or anything else familliar (if exists) that has the pump on the pipes which makes no problem at all since no air is going to be trapped in the pump no matter what kind of placement the radiator has.
5:00 are you serious? This was a problem on my air 240 and they didn't even try to fix it :(. Now I'm sincerely happy I didn't get a day 1 purchase
I think in your description it’s incorrect. It says the description of both builds using the Corsair 2500 case. One of them is clearly the lian li. Cheers.
You're half right. I built in the 2500 twice. I should update that though. you are correct
Lian Li O11 Air Mini to me is better as it fits ATX and comes with fans. What I wish the Air Mini had is the same front fan brackets like the Corsair has.
Your description states that the 2500D can hold either 3x 120mm or 2x 140mm in the top and bottom, yet the official specs say that it can hold 3x 140mm in both. Might be worth trying to fit a third one in there^^
I checked this and did not see 3x140mm as a supported configuration, unfortunately. The 6500D does support 3x140 top and bottom.
@@unspoken7704 The german corsair website lists them. Maybe an issue on their side then.
I'd wish Lian Li would make a more vented top panel as an accessory.. Taking off the top panel lowers my fan rpm with about 500 rpm, on tripple radiator custom loop.
imo air mini would be best atx compact case ever if support 360mm aio on top. my air mini use 11fans 120mm and 2fans 140mm 😁
Is the Lian Li O11 Air Mini worth getting over the Lian Li Dan Case A3 mATX as of Sept 30th 2024?
Lian Li all day long..
I have an o11 Evo and wouldn't change for anything else..
Me, too. I started my build in a mini because I like its size, but I wanted to use a 360 aio. The EVO is perfect, and it will take a very special case to make me change. I thought about upgrading to an EVO XL for better cooling, but I'll go with the MO-RA3 420 to keep my setup.
New builder here. I understand that this aio is to long to be put in the front on this case but I’m curious as to why you choose to mount the aio as exhaust at the top on most of your pc builds as opposed to the front as intake?
th-cam.com/video/qQcyYHGtArs/w-d-xo.html
Question about the O11 Air Mini: Is it possible to use ATX 7 slot mode with an Arctic Rad (+fans = 65mm) with consideration of the offset brackets?
What about temp and performance comparison maybe ?
That'll vary wildly depending on what you've put in there.
@@TheProvokedPrawn What about the same hardware configuration in both and normalize variables, then if you wanted to spice it up you could try different fan configurations, between 120mm and 140mm, or intake and exhaust. There seems to be more internal volume in the 2500D and a difference in side mounting depth. Likely very time-consuming but it would be some interesting data. Might also be better to do the comparison between the Dyanmic Mini vs Air and/or the Corsair 2500D vs 2500X etc.
@@unspoken7704 yes that would be plausible though a massive undertaking
Lian Li O11 Air Mini looks better and cheaper
Is the o11 air mini discontinued? I cant find the black version anywhere and the white is sold out in some places.
I just bought a black air mini on Newegg, not sure if you still need this
@@greenthumb3103 it was just a question I had lol, thanks
The corsair looks more sleek and micro motherboards seems fo be better fitted. The lian li looks like forced a atx mobo just to say it fits.
except it does fit just fine, so wtf are you even on about lol?
Why no atx? Whats a hugh fail. ... i love the Look
You play for honor?
The Corsair is a poor copy of the Lian Li, imho
You must be young. Corsair made dual chamber cases years before lian LI.
@@aHungiePanda Yup, the case is the Corsair Carbide Air 540, still using it since Dec 2014.
Skip both an just get the king 95 🤷🏽♂️
Why would you go for such a massive case?
This case is the ugliest 2 chamber case imo. Lian Li and nzxt all the way
Weird, I had a lian li case years and years ago that had all the problems the modern Corsair has. This was over 12 years ago. I couldn't get the window to fit in another case and bought a lian li that was even worse, I won't give those asses a penny