Lian Li PC-T80 Test Bench Review

Installation
When it comes to installation I would suggest working from the bottom up. So the first piece of hardware we will be installing will be our power supply. Lian Li supplies two rubber shock absorbing pads that you can place down that your power supply will sit on.

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Now slide in your power supply and secure it on the back with four screws.

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Next will be our hard drive which is a 2.5-inch solid state drive. Install the anti-vibration rings on the bottom of the drive with the included screws as shown in the below photo.

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Now you can place this hard drive in one of three places on the case, I decided to go with the 2.5-inch hard disk tray in the center of the case. Line the vibration rings up with the large holes in the hard disk tray and place the drive, then pull it back to secure it.

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Our motherboard is next, which lines up perfectly with the motherboard standoffs in the case. The motherboard is secured with thumbscrews, which is nice if you are planning on using this to test motherboards as it makes swapping them out much easier. I have to say our Gigabyte X99-UD4 matches this case quite well.

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I wanted to install a liquid CPU cooler for this build, which can be a bit tricky. As I stated earlier the top rack supports 360mm, 240mm and 120mm radiators. I went with a 120mm radiator as I did not want it to get in the way of installing graphics card, which is the main purpose of this test bench. I went with the Corsair H80i GT, which actually has a thicker radiator than most, but I made it work. If installing a radiator remove the top rack and install the radiator first.

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When you have the radiator installed you can reinstall the top rack. Just like the motherboard tray you can place the rack on the back support pole at and angle. This way you can mount the CPU block easily. When you’ve done that you can slide the rest of the top rack back down and lock it into place.

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Finally it was time to install our graphics card and wire everything up. The graphics card goes in quite easily and since this is a test bench I don’t have to worry about length because it can extend out the front if need be. Also for those wondering I could easily fit another 120mm radiator on the other side of the top rack for a graphics card like the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X.

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Wiring everything up was pretty simple. Most of the power supply cables went to the back part of the case and then were routed. The cable routing holes really helped out, although it would have been nice if they were a bit wider, the 24pin ATX power connector barely fit through.

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Here are some shots with everything installed.

Lian Li PC-T80 Test Bench

Lian Li PC-T80 Test Bench

Lian Li PC-T80 Test Bench

Lian Li PC-T80 Test Bench

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