Three days of research, I'm ready to watercool my Cosmos S

[Gforce180]

After a few days of readin this forum, I have taken the plunge (excuse the pun) to watercool my system.

Asus P5B Deluxe WIFI Socket
Intel E4300 @ 2.7Ghz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO
Patriot 2GB Kit PC6400 800MHz
2x Samsung Syncmaster 500GB SATA2 Raid 0
2x Hitachi 250GB T7K500
Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU -
BFG 8800 GTS OC 320MB


It's not the fastest of PC's but hey if I am going to spill water over my PC it best be this one rather than on a new 280 GTX.

I have just ordered a Cooler Master Cosmos S case, (inspired by Gunther's Toaster build !)

A XSPC tripple 360 radiator.
Load of Yate Loon fans
Zalman Fan controller
Big double slot LCD thing !
XSPC double resevoir with pump.
1/2" Tygon 3606 Tubing 4ft + barbs

I plant to watercool CPU only for time being, no point buying a £99 waterblock for a 8800 GTS ?

Right If I haven't forgotten anything oh yes I got that AC Ryan PUS modding cable kit. !

will keep posting !

[MomijiTMO]

CPU block is???

You could always grab a universal GPU block like the MCW60, Fuzion GFX V2 or the new VGA Supreme. That way you can use it on future cards if you upgrade often.

[Lloyd]

Are those XSPC res & pump combo any good?

[Gforce180]

CPU block is???

D-Tek Fuzion V2

You could always grab a universal GPU block like the MCW60, Fuzion GFX V2 or the new VGA Supreme. That way you can use it on future cards if you upgrade often.

good point I will look into it, do you need to buy anything else or just the Fuzion GFX V2 will be enough ?

[twwen2]

Are those XSPC res & pump combo any good?

Depends what you want to use them for. Martin reviewed it i think, he seemed to like it. Of course the included pump isn't as strong as others on the market, so you'd be looking at a CPU only loop (with a low-restriction block) probably.

[MomijiTMO]

All you need are some ram sinks and some mosfet sinks so they don't over heat. Swiftech have some cheap kits out there.

[twwen2]

good point I will look into it, do you need to buy anything else or just the Fuzion GFX V2 will be enough ?

Ramsinks? Swiftech or Enzotech make them and are widely available.

[Gforce180]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/2763954514_1e44a2a42d.jpg?v=0

Big Box !!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2763108861_0e57a07650.jpg?v=0

Big Case !!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2763109155_f6dd90e081.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/2763109367_4d899d3ba2.jpg?v=0

[Gforce180]

OK first attempt at fitting the triple radiator didn't go quite according to plan, I managed to puncture the rad when screwing it to the case as the screws I used were too long. Lucky I did a leak test first !!


New rad ordered !

[Gforce180]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2763955990_8230fdb0ba.jpg?v=0


Meanwhile while waiting for the new rad, I thought I'd try my hand at sheathing some cables just like Gunther04 and Fumle did to their Cosmos S which has this adapter that connects to the 24pin ATX to power the touch sensitive power switch.

Ouch this really really i s a pain, .. literally !

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2763956210_0a94f41f59.jpg?v=0

I have no idea how Gunther04 and Fumle did, it's a real pain and the sheath kept on fraying which is why I had to use heat shrink on the ends !

[xVeinx]

You need to gently heat the end of the sleaving, which melts the strands together enough such that it won't fray. The heatshrink also helps, but it ends up being a lot of extra heatshrink that you end up using in said instances...

[twwen2]

Yeah it's a bit of a PITA, just take your time and perhaps use better sleeving? Techflex PET is great, that's what most use i think. It worked for me.

[Gforce180]

Yeah it's a bit of a PITA, just take your time and perhaps use better sleeving? Techflex PET is great, that's what most use i think. It worked for me.

Thanks ! I just checked it out ! had I know there was self wrapping stuff on the market, it would have saved me a lot of hassle.

Anyway I have decided that my time is worth more so I will be forking out £100 to get a modular PSU, my origional intention was to sleeve the Antec-650 Trupower with the AC Ryan kit.

[NaeKuh]

should be 40 days and nights! :X

[Pellepel]

If you want a nice uniform look on those heat shrinking tubes, you can use a small ruler and line them up about 3/4" and cut the ends, and they should be nice even :up:.

[Kaane]

I tried techflex stuff and it still frays and it sucks for 1/8.

I ended up using J&T brand stuff from frys, it's really good looking and never frays.

Here is my cosmos extension.

http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08316/sleeve468.jpg

[coolmiester]

When i first saw the Cosmos S adaptor i thought it was some kind of joke so threw it away and just spliced the 3pin thing straight into the PSU connector which makes things much neater :up:

[Waterlogged]

I use a Weller 25W soldering iron with an exacto knife blade attachment to cut my sleeving. I've had exactly zero frayed ends since I started using it about 3 years ago.

[lyl]

Yeah, youve got to cut everything the same length. And it looks a lot better if each wire is sleeved, rather than 2 or 4 wires per sleeve. Kinda like a full head of hair versus a comb-over. Careful with the lighter... I wouldnt get the flame closer than 3 or 4" away. A black connector will help, too. Take youre time and have patience... youll have plenty of time afterwards to admire

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q204/lyl18/WC%20Worklog/DSC_0178.jpg

[Gforce180]

When i first saw the Cosmos S adaptor i thought it was some kind of joke so threw it away and just spliced the 3pin thing straight into the PSU connector which makes things much neater :up:

Can you tell me how this is done exactly di you use solder ?

Thanks

[coolmiester]

Quite hard to get a photo in situ but that's the best i can get.

Basically just popped the relevant wires out the power connector block and spliced and soldered the little link cable to each individual wire and used heatshrink to cover any bear wire.

http://www.coolercases.co.uk/skull/psu_splice.jpg