Lian Li A3-mATX Case

Can you by chance meaure the possible graphics card width to the side panel? I was thinking of getting this case to do a mora3 420 build and my PNY RTX 4090 with alphacool core 1 block is about 6 3/4" from the pci-e bracket where the card seats. I hate that manufacturers will list AIr cooler height and gpu length, but not width.
 
Kendragon said:
Can you by chance meaure the possible graphics card width to the side panel? I was thinking of getting this case to do a mora3 420 build and my PNY RTX 4090 with alphacool core 1 block is about 6 3/4" from the pci-e bracket where the card seats. I hate that manufacturers will list AIr cooler height and gpu length, but not width.
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Just saw this. I popped the cover on the one with the PNY 4080 SUPER (in my signature) and at a glance it looks like that is ~10 mm from the side panel. It's pretty tight and that is a truly huge card. Hard to say with the MSI 4090 Liquid Suprim X but that card is much, much, smaller and I'd estimate ~20mm clearance from the side panel.
 
Peter_Brosdahl said:
The GPU. I know it seems strange to keep showing this thing but its because it really is the biggest graphics card I've ever owned, and I've owned a lot of them.
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Now that you've sold that 4080 Super to my friend we see that you were not even remotely exaggerating in the slightest. The thing is a massive behemoth, and I feel like it might be affecting the rotation of the Earth. Pictures do NOT do the size of the thing justice.
 
Yeah, I had the 5090 from my new rig sitting side-by-side with it before I shipped it out and they looked about the same size. Later on re-checked the spec dimensions for both and they were within millimeters of each other. The 5090 was only just barely larger.
 
that's a much better case and cleaner build. Good lord the hammering. At that point I would have taken a sawzaw to it to get it in right. I mean really what's the point of a case with that hammering in it. Just cut it out and get more air flow.

Actually now that you have depopulated that case you could experiment on taking it apart with a dremel/sawsall to make a cleaner more efficient case for your use and you don't have to worry about further ruining the case. I mean really with that bend it's not supporting anything and is probably putting torque on the drive cage it's connected to.
 
Now the next goal is finding either an mATX or ITX AM5 board that checks all the right boxes. I've been researching since January, almost daily, and still nada on one, available in the US, that has everything I'm after. I'm not confident in ASRock right now, plus they don't have the features I'm after either, and ASUS and GIGABYTE are the only ones out there. I'd like an X870i but the two available don't quite have the right stuff. Really want an MSI board as they've treated me very well over the last 20+ years now, but while good at announcing, they haven't really launched much here.
 
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