LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2(O11D MINI V2) Unboxing Review

LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) chassis supports up to ATX (back-plugged) motherboards, nine 120 mm fans, a 360 mm top-mounted water-cooler, a 400 mm graphics card, a 200 mm ATX power supply, and four hard drive installations, and this update brings features such as an A-pillar-less 270° display with a 10° tilting bottom fan. The O11D Mini V2 comes with features such as A-pillar free 270° display and 10° tilted bottom fan, as well as accessories such as inline and vertical graphics card holders, making the O11D Mini V2 practical for today's market!

LIAN LI 聯力 O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2(O11D MINI V2) Chassis Specifications.

Size: 423.6(L) x 273.3(W) x 391.95(H) mm(45L)
Color: Black, White
Material: steel, tempered glass, plastic
Motherboard: ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX, ATX (back plug)
CPU air cooling: up to 160 mm
Display card: 400 mm
Power Supply: ATX 170.5 mm (default) ~ 200 mm max (with SSD cable shield removed)
Fan (top+side+back+bottom): None
Fan Mounting Positions (Top+Side+Back+Bottom): 140 mm 2+0+0+0 pcs, 120 mm 3+2+1+3 pcs
Water cooler support: 360 mm (ATX/Upper M-ATX mode) / 280 mm (Lower M-ATX mode) on top, 240 mm on the side.
Chassis I/O Ports: 2x USB-A 5 Gbps, USB Type-C 20 Gbps, TRRS Composite Headphone Mic Hole
Hard drives and bays: Two 2.5", two 2.5 or 3.5" composite mounts

LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2(O11D MINI V2) Chassis Unboxing

In early 2021, LIAN LI launched the O11 DYNAMIC MINI (O11D MINI), the first Small Case/Mid-Tower Case size in the O11 DYNAMIC series, and a derivative in late 2021. O11 AIR MINIIn the blink of an eye, four years have gone by, and on LIAN LI 2025 Digital Expo Announcing the release of the successor model O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2).

The dimensions of the O11 Dynamic Mini (O11D Mini V2) are 423.6 x 273.3 x 391.95 mm (45L), which is not much different from the first generation's 420 x 269.5 x 380 mm.

O11D Mini V2 synchronized with the launch of the black and white models to choose from, this unboxing is the black model in the chassis side and front of the configuration of the black glass panel with micro-brewing, the visual view will slightly reduce the brightness of the effect, but will not be as dark as the matte black glass so dark, the unboxing of this time there is no fan attached version (O11DMIV2X).

The ∆ O11 Dynamic Mini (O11D Mini V2) measures 423.6 x 273.3 x 391.95 mm (45L) in length, width and height.

∆ Front glass view angle.

∆ Side glass viewing angle.

The ∆ side glass is held in place by a rear hand screw and can be opened with the aid of a toggle. A magnet is provided at the side panel to assist in fixing it by means of magnetic attraction.

 

The O11D MINI V2 is tilted a bit from the front because the bottom fan mounting bracket is tilted 10 degrees.

By default, there is a chassis I/O port at the bottom of the front panel, which provides TRRS composite headphone jack, 2x USB-A 5 Gbps, USB Type-C 20 Gbps, and a power on button. The chassis I/O of the O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 is modular in design, and the whole set of I/Os can be switched to the top of the chassis, which can be changed according to the different usage scenarios. However, considering the display effect of this case, most people will put the case on the desktop, so it's more convenient to preset it at the bottom of the front.

∆ Front view of the chassis base.

∆ Chassis I/O at a glance.

 

The author is interested in the previous generation of O11D MINI and its derivatives. O11 AIR MINIO11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) has the most impressive modular rear panel block, but it seems that O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) removes this feature, and instead, it uses a simpler dual-brass post mounting position with variable I/O masking configurations to realize the M-ATX motherboard downward mounting to obtain more space for upward water-cooling installation, although it is said to be more efficient in the process of change, but it seems less interesting. Although the efficiency of the change process is better, the fun factor seems to be reduced. Maybe it's because apart from M-ATX, other ATX and ITX don't need so many changeable modules.

The rear of the chassis supports 120 mm fan mounting, while the bottom has five PCIE device mounting positions with reusable baffles and no crossbar, and the bottom of the chassis is equipped with a rear extractable filter to minimize the dust intake from the lower fan position, which can be extracted separately for cleaning after a period of use.

The current generation of O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) supports ATX-sized power supplies. The previous generation's restriction to only SFX-L / SFX-sized power supplies led to some reaction in the market, but we haven't seen similar restriction from LIAN LI on the O11 DYNAMIC series since then.

Below the power supply mounting location is the composite drive bay mounting area, which is secured by hand screws with rubber pads and screws.

∆ A view of the rear of the chassis.

The ∆ variable I/O mask is shifted upwards.

∆ HDD bracket mounting lock holes and five PCIE device mounting locations.

∆ Tilting down fan with rear extractor filter.

The bottom of the ∆ chassis, with the bottom of the chassis cable routing coil in the center can be used to pass the cable under the motherboard, allowing the cable to exceed the chassis structure to dive into the outside and then drilling back to the inside to be installed in the slot, especially Strimer this thicker light-emitting cables, the disadvantage is that it is afraid of small insects and so on to run into it.

 

The back side of the motherboard uses steel side panels, and because the O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) is a DUAL CHAMBER DESIGN dual-cabin chassis, there are air intake holes for the power supply and the side fans, but the special thing is that there is a filter underneath the side fan grille, but it is not removable separately. This part is not removable, so the whole side panel has to be taken out for cleaning.

∆ Overview of the steel side panels of the chassis.

∆There is a dust filter for the side fan, but it can't be removed separately, so you have to take the whole side panel to clean it.

 

The dust filter on the top of the chassis is basically the same as that on the side fans, and it effectively reduces the amount of natural dust from entering the chassis, but again, it can't be removed independently.

∆ A view of the top of the chassis.

The ∆ filter is fixed to the top cover.

∆Modularize the upper I/O position, you can change the chassis I/O to this position.

∆ Chassis I/O is preset on the top demonstration.

 

LIAN LI O11 Dynamic Mini(O11D Mini V2) Chassis Core Hardware Installation Space Showcase

O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) supports ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX size motherboards, but not the E-ATX motherboards used in the consumer flagship models, and the recent ATX (back-plugged) motherboards can be supported; the smaller back-plugged Micro-ATX motherboards are not supported. The O11 DYNAMIC series can be equipped with the UNIFAN series fans that you want to use, in line with the O11 DYNAMIC series style.

With the glass side panels removed, you can see that the new generation V2 version has an A-pillar-less 270° surround design, meaning that there are no steel pillars between the front and side glass panels to block the view.

There are pre-installed graphics card holders on the side of the chassis that can be used, but basically only three fan lengths should be supported, and up to nine 12 cm fans can be mounted throughout the entire chassis, on the side, top, back, and bottom of the chassis respectively.

The air cooler is compatible with a height of 160 mm and a length of up to 400 mm for graphics card mounting, leaving plenty of room for mainstream air coolers and flagship graphics cards, while the air cooler has a slightly lower compatible height, but most people use this case with water cooling, so it should be unlikely that anyone will use it with air cooling.

∆The chassis itself does not have a pre-installed fan, you need to purchase your own fan to match the chassis.

∆Maximum support for rear-plug ATX motherboards, 160 mm air-cooled towers, 400 mm graphics cards, nine 120 mm fans.

∆The cable routing holes for the 24-Pin power supply cables of the motherboard are paired with placement brackets.

∆Pre-installed inline graphics card support bracket, fixed by hand screws can be adjusted left, right and height.

∆ For a graphics card with a width that does not go over the shoulder, the maximum bending space of the power supply cable of the graphics card is about 6 cm (for over-the-shoulder cards, the extra width will be deducted).

 

By factory default, the motherboard copper columns support ATX/M-ATX/ITX motherboards, but the top water cooling above the chassis can only support 360 mm all-in-one water cooling. The overall thickness of the water cooling must be ≤ 72 mm for ATX motherboards and ≤ 92 mm for M-ATX motherboards in this mode. In this default mode, the overall thickness of the watercooler must be ≤ 72 mm for ATX motherboards and ≤ 92 mm for M-ATX motherboards.

If you want to install the wider 280 mm all-in-one water cooler, you have to move the motherboard copper columns downward so that the mounting mode becomes the downward locking hole mounting mode, but then the motherboard can only support Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX installation, and the ATX does not support this downward locking hole mounting mode, which means that the ATX motherboard and 280 mm all-in-one water cooler cannot be mounted together at the same time in this chassis. This means that the ATX motherboard and the 280 mm all-in-one water cooler cannot be installed at the same time in this chassis, and can only be installed with Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX.

Another thing to note! If the motherboard is used in the default upward mounting mode, the first slot of the motherboard corresponds to the rear of the chassis, which means that the motherboard itself must have the graphics card slot at the height of the second slot in order to use the motherboard in the upward mounting mode, e.g., the motherboards that have been out of the box before. ASRock B860M Steel Legend WiFi In this case, if the M-ATX motherboard has its graphics card expansion slot set at the first slot height, the chassis must be replaced with a lower mounting mode, while the ATX motherboard must be used with the graphics card in an upright position.

The default mounting mode of ∆ is the top mounting hole, if you want to install with 280 mm water cooler, you need to change the copper column to the bottom mounting hole, so that there is more space for the top mounting space of the water cooler.

 

The O11D MINI V2's side fan bracket can be used to mount two 120 mm fans or a 240 mm water cooler exhaust. The bracket itself is not removable, but it comes with two fan stoppers, which are detachable and can be adjusted according to the mounting requirements.

240 mm fan and water cooling can be installed on the ∆ side, and the top and bottom are modular removable fan shields.

∆ Modular detachable fan blade.

∆The side fan bracket is 3 cm away from the inline graphics card holder.

∆ The other side of the back of the motherboard has a depth of more than 4.5 cm.

 

LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) can be equipped with either three 120 mm/two 140 mm fans or a 360 mm all-in-one water cooler on the top of the chassis, or with a wider 280 mm water cooler, which can be adjusted to the aforementioned M-ATX motherboard and top-mounted locking holes installation mode. For use with a wider 280 mm water cooler, the M-ATX motherboard with top mounting holes should be adjusted as mentioned above.

The mounting bracket on top of the chassis is a detachable design, secured by a total of five screws in three directions. After removing the screws, the bracket can be dismantled to install the water cooler and fan.

∆ Water cooling installation space on the chassis.

The ∆ ceiling height is about 4 cm, which makes the hamburger row mounting method incompatible with a 280 mm monobloc water cooler, while a normal width 360 / 240 mm water cooler may still be able to be hamburger row mounted.

∆ Fixing screws on the front of the upper fan bracket.

∆ Upper fan bracket side mounting screws.

∆ Fixing screw at the rear of the upper fan bracket.

∆ The upper fan bracket is completely disassembled.

 

The bottom fan mounting bracket is tilted 10° upwards to increase the air intake from the right side of the bottom. The bottom fan mounting bracket allows for the installation of three 120 mm fans blowing directly on the graphics card to improve GPU cooling performance, but because of the tilted angle the total thickness of the water cooler and fans would hit the glass if installed, so it is not possible to install water coolers.

∆ Bottom fan bracket.

The ∆ is secured by two screws.

∆ Modular removable bottom fan bracket.

 

The back of the motherboard has a maximum of 8 cm of cable hiding space and comes with a removable SSD cable shield that covers most of the cable routing area. The SSD cable shield is secured by a single screw and allows for the installation of two 2.5" hard drives.

∆ Space on the back of the motherboard.

The ∆ Removable SSD Wire Shelter Bezel is held in place by a single screw and allows two 2.5" hard drives to be mounted on it.

The maximum depth of the ∆ hiding line space is about 8 cm.

 

A number of devil's felt cable ties are available for use with the entire cable, and a platform is provided for heavy 24-pin motherboard cables to help with aesthetic adjustments.

A spatial overview of the ∆Tibetan Line.

∆ Overview of I/O cables on the front of the chassis.

The ∆ 24-Pin Cable Holder, secured by hand screws, can be adjusted up or down in height, and can also be switched to the lower outlet for use.

The ∆ CPU power cable and the upper water-cooling fan cable routing port can be organized with cable ties.

 

The O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) supports ATX power supply mounting, however, the mounting bracket should be removed from the rear, the bracket should be locked with the power supply, and then mounted back to the chassis body. 170.5 mm of mounting space is supported by default; 200 mm of mounting space is supported by removing the SSD cable shield. The SSD cable shield can be removed to support up to 200 mm of power supply mounting space.

Underneath the power supply are two composite drive cages, each of which can hold a 2.5 or 3.5-inch hard drive. The composite drive cages have a special way of opening and closing and are secured in place, so it is recommended that you refer to the manual first.

∆ With the SSD cable shield removed, it can support up to 200 mm of power supply mounting, giving you nearly 230 mm of cable space.

Underneath the ∆ are two composite drive cages, each of which can hold either a 2.5 or 3.5-inch hard drive.

 

The accessories section provides: vertical display card holder, vertical display card support bracket, and accessory screw box.

∆ Accessories at a glance.

∆ Vertical graphics card holders can be used to directly and painlessly hold graphics cards upright, but you will have to purchase your own graphics card extension cables.

∆ The Vertical Graphics Card Support Bracket must be used with a bottom-mounted fan. The bracket must be locked to the fan locking holes, and the bracket itself supports front, rear, and top/bottom height adjustments.

 

Lian Li O11D MINI chassis actual installation demonstration

Then the actual installation of LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) chassis to show you.

∆Back mounting display.

∆ Power installation with previously unboxed LIAN LI EDGE GOLDThis time with the black 1000 watt model.

∆Installed with ATX motherboard.

∆ The glass of the black model slightly reduces the brightness of the hardware.

∆ The total thickness of the top-mounted water-cooling installation space is thicker, and the VRM heatsinks on the motherboard are leveled with the motherboard. If some of the heatsinks are more exaggerated, you may need to pay attention to whether there will be any interference problems, such as the ASRock Z890 Taichi AQUA or the ASUS Z790 FORMULA, which have split water-cooling inlets and outlets.

∆ LIAN LI Hydroshift II LCD-C 360R is a top-mounted water-cooling installation. For the ATX memory overclocking motherboard in hand, it is recommended that the water-cooling tubes should be adjusted so that the tubes come out from the memory side.

Three UNI FAN CL WIRELESS reverse wireless fans are mounted on the bottom of the ∆, and the graphics card is powered by Strimer Wireless (PW16-12 1W) wireless light emitting cables.

∆ Water-cooled use LIAN LI Hydroshift II LCD-C 360R (HYDROSHIFT II LCD-C 360CL)The side is decorated with Strimer Wireless (PW24-1W) wireless light-emitting cables.

∆ Overall visual presentation.

∆ The whole machine lighting effect is shown.

∆ Front glass view angle.

∆ This time, I paired it with a lot of wireless related products to install the device. The advantage is that one wireless receiver can pair with all the devices without the need to install a control box, which is really quite convenient.

∆ You can customize the name of the device, so that you can recognize and set the device later.

 

Chassis Thermal Performance Test

Then we also tested the cooling performance of the chassis, with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF During the test, the fan slot was set to run at full speed in the motherboard BIOS, and the actual test was conducted in a closed air-conditioned room at 23°C. This is for reference only, as it is difficult to control the ambient temperature in a normal room.

The software uses AIDA64 FPU and Furmark 2 to simulate the temperature data of the processor and graphics card under high load stress, Black Myth: Wukong 1080P to run the test scenarios, and HWiFO64 to collect and record the maximum temperature and power consumption.

Testing Platform

Processor:Intel Core Ultra 9 285K QS
Radiator:LIAN LI Hydroshift II LCD-C 360R (HYDROSHIFT II LCD-C 360CL)(full speed)
Thermal paste: water cooling with thermal paste included
Water-cooled fan: LIAN LI UNI FAN CL WIRELESS (full speed)
Motherboard:ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF ( BIOS version: 3.07 )
Memory:G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK DDR5-8800 48GB (2x24GB) cl42-55-55-140 1.45v
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 24H2
System Drive: Plextor PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 2280 SSD 512GB
Game Dish:XPG GAMMIX S70 PRO PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD 4TB
Chassis: LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2(O11D MINI V2)
Chassis Fan: LIAN LI UNI FAN CL WIRELESS (Forward / Reverse) Total 6 (Full Speed)

 

I would like to add a few things to you, the first one is that the author will be ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF The BIOS version is updated to 3.07 with the remaining settings: XMP_on, all fan slots set to full speed.

In the double-bake test program AIDA64 FPU, the processor package temperature peaked at 81°C, and the RTX 4060 Ti FE graphics card peaked at 66.7°C in the Furmark 2 test.

The maximum processor and graphics card temperatures during Black Myth: Wukong games are only 74 °C and 60 °C respectively.

1. Black Myth: Wukong_Black Myth: Wukong_Performance Test Tool 1920 x 1080(FHD)_1 round
2. Graphics Test Furmark 2_30 Minute
3. Processor Test AIDA64 FPU_30 Minute

• CPU Package temperature is recorded by all Digital Temperature Sensors (DTS) in the package as the average of the maximum temperature over 256 milliseconds, and is the HWiNFO64 recommended CPU temperature observation value, which is also used as a benchmark for overheating and downclocking of the processor.

∆ Chassis thermal performance chart.

 

Conclusion

LIAN LI's new generation of O11 DYNAMIC MINI V2 (O11D MINI V2) chassis has finally been updated four years after the launch of its predecessor. Overall, there is not much difference between the previous generation and the new generation, especially in the expandability section, which is almost the same size and volume, and there is really very little that can be changed.

 

The chassis is still the same smaller dual-cabin Ocean View chassis, but there are some minor updates to make the chassis more in line with the needs of 2025, such as removing the A-pillar for a 270° display, removable fan mounting brackets for the upper and lower sections, better cable planning, ATX power support, modular I/O ports, and more efficient M-ATX top-mounted water-cooling mounting pattern changes, Coils for chassis bottom routing, included inline and vertical graphics card brackets, fan blade for airflow planning, included vertical graphics card bracket, and more.

 

However, the problems encountered in the actual installation are similar to those of the previous generation, because of the height limitation of the chassis, the top-mounted water cooler can easily be mounted too close to the motherboard VRM heat sinks, and the compatibility with the wider 280 mm water cooler is still not so comprehensive (but there are not many 280 mm water coolers anymore, including Lian-Li's own as well), and the cables underneath basically can't pass through the motherboard after it is installed. After the motherboard is mounted, the cables underneath will basically not be able to pass through the motherboard, and must be routed before the motherboard is mounted. If you don't want to dismantle the motherboard afterwards, you may have to rely on the bottom of the chassis to route the cables with a wire loop.

When using the Strimer Wireless (PW16-12 1W) with a shorter 4060Ti FE, the Strimer Wireless cable alignment will be a bit awkward due to the alignment coils being set to the right side of the motherboard, but this should not be the case if you are using a longer 3-fan sized card. However, if you're using a longer graphics card with three fans, this should be less of an issue since the graphics card power supply slots are closer to the cable routing coils.

 

This time with the ATX motherboard to install after the experience that this chassis will be more suitable for M-ATX motherboards to install, ATX motherboards are too unfriendly to the bottom of the slot cable installation, and ATX motherboards may not be able to use the bottom of the PCIE slot expansion (according to the configuration of the motherboard model height is not necessarily), in conclusion, most of the inconvenience is the height of the chassis itself limitations! In conclusion, most of the inconvenience is caused by the height limitation of the chassis itself.

From the author's point of view, O11D MINI V2 has less interesting playability, for example, the modularized rear panel area with three modes of change and the included tank rack accessory have been removed, although I don't necessarily use it, but it is a bit of a loss to lose these interesting designs, and instead, it has been updated to be more in line with modern practicality, and it feels like that fun childhood friend who has become a mature and reliable adult by the time you see her again. It's like that fun childhood friend who, when you meet again, has become a mature, reliable adult.