Question AIO installation nightmare

[jinglemouse]

I am trying to install the Lian Li AIO on my mini itx build (which has been been rather difficult and painful)

It looks like I have to connect a 15 pin SATA from AIO (male) to my Cooler Master PSU (which has a few 5 pin SATA slots remaining). Refer to this pic:

https://imgur.com/a/QXjksLc

Could I use something like the following to connect them?
https://www.amazon.com/lilila-ree-Adapter-Cooler-Master-Modular/dp/B0CP7QCJGK

It looks like they would fit but chatGPT says the following: Even if your Cooler Master PSU’s 5‑pin connector physically matches the cable, the internal wiring is for SATA power rails—not for providing controlled 12 V + 5 V ARGB power to the AIO.

In that case, what could be my options? Because I see that most of the other slots in the PSU are already taken.

 

[In2Photos]

The 5 pin on the PSU is just for power, no RGB anyway. Not sure why chatGPT is mentioning RGB unless you specifically asked about RGB in your question. Which Lian Li AIO is it? The cable you linked to looks like it could be the correct one, but the issue with modular power supplies is that cables are not universal. Since the one you linked to says it works with Cooler Master PSUs you could be fine, but it is unclear if Cooler Master has used different pinouts with this 5 pin port. I'm guessing you were unable to locate the original cables that came with your PSU? It might be worth reaching out to Cooler Master for a replacement cable just to be safe unless someone on Amazon specifically mentions your PSUs model number.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I spent the day reviewing my research for a 280mm AiO to be used in my next PC building project. If your cooler was a Lian Li, was it the "Galahad"? No matter. I was looking at the NZXT Kraken Elite 280.

Then I reviewed the TDP wattages these coolers are supposed to handle. The Kraken fits in somewhere above 250, but lower than 260. The stock TDP for the Core Ultra 7 265K is 250W, just as it is for the 9 285K. So I went back to look at my well-used heatpipe coolers -- particularly the ThermalRight Grand Macho RT, and another I'm looking at now -- the OCYPUS Iota A62. The TR Macho comes in at 280W, and the OCYPUS at 285W.

These modern AiO coolers have 6-year warranties, but eventually they require maintenance. The heatpipe coolers only require blowing the kruft from the fins and NASA had determined that their MTBF was around a million years.

This makes my project simple again, because I can use the same old formula I followed in 2017 and 2022.

The AiO coolers now integrate a dimension of "bling" with "ARGB", a factor in the OP"s current but resolvable difficulties. If I use heatpipes again, it will be more simple than that. As the Swiss chef I knew used to say: "Simple is best!"