Watercooled RC-1000 Cosmos Case

I've modded a few cases in the past, so have now looked at what I can do with one of my Cosmos RC-1000 cases.

Will go into some more depth on what done so far, but on the way out and getting nagged to hurry up.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...B/sideview.jpg

This is it as of now

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...angledview.jpg

Inside will be my GAX38DQ6 Mobo, 8800GTX which I intend to watercool completely.
Its already watercooled on the CPU/GPU but I'm waiting for the X38 chipset/Mosfet blocks from EK to come into stock (Acetal).
All fluid will be orange to match.
Sorry it's a late start to post, hopefully I'll make up for it with the end results, if all goes to plan.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...angledview.jpg

looks really cool , just one thing, I think you need a DFI LP DK X38-T2RS to match it

http://www.trend4pc.de/media/product...K_X38-T2RS.jpg

Very nice Cosmos! I like the orange accents on the HDD drawer handles and the controller knobs (sunbeam? does the front door still close with those?).

+1 on the mobo suggestion!

great job man:up:

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Originally Posted by ultimeus

looks really cool , just one thing, I think you need a DFI LP DK X38-T2RS to match it

http://www.trend4pc.de/media/product...K_X38-T2RS.jpg

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I second this idea... :yepp:

you really need an orange accented mobo to match your beautiful case work :up:

heck you both have DK in the name even :rofl:

Subscribed :up: :up:

Thats one nice looking case! well done, can't wait to see the end result :)

Back from the meeting.

Thanks for comments!

I like the the look of that board, I've been twitching about what I should buy next, that would help out with not having to strip my current build down to get this finished. I've never used a DFI before 'maybe time to try now'

TBH I haven't looked at the front door fitting, its currently shoved up in the beams of the garage as I tended to get p'd off with having to open it so took it off.

I'll see if it fits and then see what I can do with it, if it does as I've fitted 2x 80mm fans behind the front grill to help cool the HDDs, as it tends to get too warm there otherwise (design fault IMO)

I toyed with doing either orange drive bays with black handles, or the way it ended up, I think I made the right choice, as I don't want it to be too OTT.

I've got a windowed side panel on pre-order £28 (not bad) saves a lot of work.Plan to paint that black.

I'll take the front off tomorrow and post some pics of the fans.

Just started playing with rad mounting.

Theres a twin and triple rad ready ATM, but might get a PA160 and just use that with the double rad so I can keep everything inside the case.

Still got to work out what goes on which water loop, as will be 2 inside.

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Originally Posted by BigDK

Back from the meeting.

Thanks for comments!

I like the the look of that board, I've been twitching about what I should buy next, that would help out with not having to strip my current build down to get this finished. I've never used a DFI before 'maybe time to try now'

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I have a DFi and bios is more flexible and easy than asus and gigabyte :)

Just been looking at the prices of the DFI, cheaper than what I paid for the X38DQ6, but I did get it on launch day (never again) had a dead board and was consoling myself.

I've currently got my Q6600 running 400x9 24/7 so looking for that at least.

I've got a choice between Dominator or Ballistix Tracers both 8500 to fit, but the Doms I have 4x 1GB Ballistix only 2x 1GB (would need another pair really) or get a 2x 2GB set of something?

I think there have been some funky batches of tracers over the past while. Afaik it's been cleared up, but thought I'd mention it.

Funky in what way?

My present set are double sided with the 2 led rows, I need to ensure I get the same kind if I get them, I don't want to end up with the newer single sided Ballistix.

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Originally Posted by Goreg

Funky in what way?

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Just that new stix would only last a few months. I don't think the performance was that great either. I think it might have had something to do with the voltage settings, but I'm not sure. I know someone whose latest stix (after returning the previous ones) are working really well.

on ebay they are a few sellers that sold double sided ballistix

Edit : Your case is painted or powder coated ??

Its all painted with spray cans from Halfords.

I do have a spray gun, but my garage is doubled up as storage ATM so space has been too limited to get anything properly sorted.
Once I've finished decorating a bedroom end of next week I should get the garage back to a usable space.

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Originally Posted by ultimeus

on ebay they are a few sellers that sold double sided ballistix

Edit : Your case is painted or powder coated ??

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Well the door as expected doesn't fit 'as is'

I have now striped off the perspex to see what I have to work with underneath.

I now have a plan, but I need to do some research to see if its possible to do what I plan.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q.../frontdoor.jpg

maybe this mod would help ;)

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2008...greensabbath/1

I'm enjoying watching the modding. And I really love that case.

Keep the good work!

Thats a nice looking case he's done there.

I like the engraving 'hadn't thought about doing that'

Cheers:up:

Thanks for the support.
Posting it here gives me more reason to keep the pace up and get the job done:)

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Originally Posted by maneta

I'm enjoying watching the modding. And I really love that case.

Keep the good work!

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Have decided to have a reasonably easy day on it and do some work on the front as I'm out working all afternoon.

Plan to take the mesh back off finish the holes for fans and spray the front panel.

Should get the primer done and then the black surround started, will then lacquer the black before spraying the main area behind the mesh orange.

The orange won't show much behind the black mesh, but should at least add to the effect.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...frontholes.jpg

This is really nice :) I have a Cosmos 1000 too and would like to mod 2 intakes on the front lower portion.

Primed and ready for an updated paint job!
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...anelprimed.jpg

Will get the black on asap, as I want to get a couple of coats of black and clear coat on before end of day ready to mask and apply orange tomorrow.

Will have to work on the rest of the control knobs for the fan controller and the handles for the drive bays as well over the next couple of days.

I keep looking at the blue push buttons on the HDD bays as well, so looking at what I can do with those.

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Originally Posted by aoch88

This is really nice :) I have a Cosmos 1000 too and would like to mod 2 intakes on the front lower portion.

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Its not the easiest case I've ever striped down, in fact its a bit of a pain, but when you get to the panel behind the mesh it's only thin plastic, the mesh comes off easy enough by bending out tabs (see photo)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q.../meshclips.jpg

Then you need to be able to cut the main case which is thin steel sheet.

I went for 2 x rectangular cut outs to maximize the air flow around the area.

I couldn't fit 120mm fans due to construction around the drive bay cage.

Hmm, looks like it's quite a bit of work to do (for an amatuer case modder like me) :D Just as I thought so and 80mm fans would be a better fit and we need some thin profile ones.

Standard 80mm Akasa Amber fans mount in there with no problems.

It looks like there isn't enough room for standard thickness fans 'thats what I thought originally' but they go in with loads of room at the back.

Just hit a major snag as well, spray can fell off shelf onto the plastic front panel and cracked it at the top.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...kedtophole.jpg


Managed to glue it together and sand it flat again, another spray of primer before the black, so thats set me back a fair bit as I can't now start the black until a lot later.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...lereworked.jpg

One good reason not work in an over crowded untidy area:(

come on , give a clean up to your garage and give us some updates :D

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Standard 80mm Akasa Amber fans mount in there with no problems.

It looks like there isn't enough room for standard thickness fans 'thats what I thought originally' but they go in with loads of room at the back.

Just hit a major snag as well, spray can fell off shelf onto the plastic front panel and cracked it at the top.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...kedtophole.jpg


Managed to glue it together and sand it flat again, another spray of primer before the black, so thats set me back a fair bit as I can't now start the black until a lot later.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...lereworked.jpg

One good reason not work in an over crowded untidy area:(

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http://www.toolstation.com/images/li...bbig/86075.jpg:up::up::up:

Garage part tidy on the way, at least I'll be able to move around.

Ended up using plumber pipe weld to fix it 'does the job' and I've got a few tins knocking about.

Have now sprayed the black (1st coat) second will get done later on today.

Have started working on the door mod as well 'very early stages ATM'

Will post some pics of both in a couple of hours 'when my stomach is full':D

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Originally Posted by BigDK

'when my stomach is full':D

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Waiting for mine too :D

wow, lookin' good BigDK!! Glad you recovered nicely from the crack.

I'm also planning to take remove the acrylic from the door, amd cutting out/ sticking back on that oddly-shaped little cooler master logo (or maybe put it somewhere in the interior). Very retro cool!

Can't wait to see the final result.

Edit: cutting out that CM logo on the brushed aluminum part of the VGA "tunnel" thing migh also make a nifty badge

Edit: just wondering about the HDD cooling (one of my bigger headaches in figuring out how to mod this thing), given that it appears you're retaining the stock HDD cage setup while putting fans up front. The 6 hdd's are stacked on top of each other in pairs, with air channels between the stacks. I think the original design was that the exhaust fans would draw air from the (surprisingly small imo) bottom vent under the cage up through the vent on the top, blowing by either side of the vertical hdds (that was the theory anyway). With the HDD on the top interior getting the added benefit of the stock intake blowing up beside the meshed steel part of the cage (maybe a bit of a added-draw benefit from the opening to the hdd right underneath.) So won't the airflow from the fans up front (intake I'm guessing?), run smack into the 2 HDDs closest to that end? No doubt cooling those down a lot, but I'm wondering it will benefit the other ones very much. I'm no expert at this by any means, but I thought I'd mention that thought.

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Originally Posted by TedShred

cutting out that CM logo on the brushed aluminum part of the VGA "tunnel" thing migh also make a nifty badge

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Very nice idea, I've got two of those lying 'again in the loft beams' never saw any use for them before.


This shows the spare room between the front mounted fans and the drive bays (about another fan width approx)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ansupclose.jpg

At last the black paint is now applied to the repaired panel.

I again needed to do more work on it as after black was applied to crack I could see a faint line dent, so I ended up applying toy model filler to crack and sanding before yet more primer and then the black x 2.

I have done a bit of a tidy up but I really need to clear the bedroom furniture out of here asap.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...nelinblack.jpg

This is my answer to those controller knobs, I need to finish the slot off with some very boring sanding work, but it should look pretty neat and will serve the purpose.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...nobcut-out.jpg

I then need to source a mesh for the bottom part of the door to allow the air through to the fans.

Will do some research tonight, all ideas welcome.
The distance between the inner door recesses where the perspex was removed is 160mm, ideally I will keep 20mm within that.

Ideas so far are to look for a domed grill either round/oval or (last choice)squared/rectangle.

I'll probably put the cut perspex back around the cut outs and the side strips will be orange.

Love the door mod for the controller.

Did you see my second edit? After seeing the pic I'm thinking there may indeed be enough room around the cage that the fans will provide a nice overall benefit.

Man, I'm getting a lot of ideas here.:up:

I agree most of the cooling effect if not all will be on the 1st 2 HDDs , I run a couple of Raptors in Raid0 in those caddies, so keeping those cool is main priority.

I'll take a look at what I can do with the mount underneath, I've got 6 drives in my un-modded Cosmos so I'll rig some fans up tomorow and do some temp tests.

Sweet looking case!
+1 on the DFI LP DK X38-T2RS suggestion as well.

Very nice door mod for the controller!

Still no luck finding a meshed dome for the door 'that I like'

Been looking at car speaker grills, desk speakers etc... etc... but nothing jumps out yet.

Bingo:shocked: something has just popped into my head whilst writing this, will look into it this morning and see where it goes.

Its pretty mad so I'll hold it from here unil I know if it will work!!

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After getting the first coat of orange on, the paint had a reaction in a small area, so deciding to be go down the easy route I bought and used a filler/primer coat 'supposedly good for all primer/paint/wood/metal/plastic’ Very wrong though.
This is the result after it reacted and started to eat into the area at the top, other areas had shrinking of the top layer causing wide cracks to appear.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...erreaction.jpg
After many hours messing about to correct this, I have finally got a good coat of orange on ‘although quite thin’ and will hopefully get this front panel finished off tomorrow.
Now looking far better, I’ll be gals when this part is behind me and finished.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...orangecoat.jpg

Nearly finished the 4 x Controller knobs.

Slowly Slowly, but get there in the end 'another task done'

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ntrolknobs.jpg

Finished and ready for the controller in the morning. (1 already done before)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...orangecoat.jpg

My brain wave for the door grill isn't going to work, so that will stay locked away in my head, it looks like standard mesh will just have to be cut and fitted instead, Just found my mate has a handy 1MTR+ length hidden away begging to be used, so a little can come my way.

Just placed order for remaining waterblocks for the NB/SB/Mosfet on the X38DQ6.

I'll be sticking with the board for now, as I have my eye on a the new X58 chipset when it comes out at end of year.

Have now finished front panel painting and re-fitted the mesh, this is now back on the case and looks pretty good IMO.

Will post some more pics in a few days, as I'm off to hospital for an operation later today (12th) and will out of action for a few days so won't be posting until I get discharged.

Just 4 more caddy handles to paint and the rear case surround, then the RHS panel and the LH side panel when it turns up from pre-order.

X58 will be out only end of 2008 :( , rheobus looking good, any updates ??

Can you post more pics of the door?

Heres some more pics of the door cut out, now showing the knobs in finished coat.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...hroughdoor.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...bscloseup1.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ideangledv.jpg

Here the front panel is re-fitted to the case. (the drives fitted are just to fill the gaps - not what will be there at the end)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...lre-fitted.jpg

Work has come a near stand still since Sunday, as I was in hospital having an operation.

I can stagger about for a few mins at a time and prod and pull/take photos, but can't really start any major work again for a few days still in all probability.

I've now got all the waterblocks ordered and now shipped from EK direct, so they should be here pretty soon.

My windowed side panel is no longer being shipped, and it is cancelled 'nice one CoolerCases:down:'

Will now send the side panel off to ChilledPC to get them to do it, I really can't be hassled with putting the window in even if I wasn't feeling like cr*p.

Hopefully by early next week things will be moving quickly again:)

Good to have you back, BigDK.:up: I'm lovin' how that door mod works with the controller.

looks nice!:up: you gunna paint the door too?

Thanks TedShred:)

The door is going to be painted orange down the side strips and on the complete reverse. The centre panel will have a mesh added to the bottom section and then the original perspex black insert sheet will be re-worked and fitted back into that area.

I now have 2 drive bay handles completed, so need to get the next 4 done over the next couple of days. I will finally start work on the last surround panel to get that finished by the weekend.

looks nice i like the colour combo!

The water-blocks have turned up direct from EK with no problems on the shipping side of things.

Here is the Mosfet Block; all blocks came with ½” barbs and all fitting screws/washers/etc...
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...osfetGAX38.jpg
I will clean up the copper base on the blocks, as they have the odd scratch on them.
This one is for the NB.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...yEK-NB-SB5.jpg
Here is the SB block
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...K-SBGA-X38.jpg

At least now when the case is ready, I now have the complete blocks to water-cool the CPU/Chipsets/Mosfets/GPU.

Anyone interested in what blocks EK do and what boards they fit may find this pdf useful to look at (it should be up to date)
http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/downloa...et_04-2008.pdf

nice blocks what barbs are you using?

The Barbs I am using are what I’ve always used so far, standard ½” barbs.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ksandbarbs.jpg
I like these as I always use 7/16” tube and by heating the ends in hot water get a water-tight fit well before applying any clips.

I have now finished the 6 x HDD Bay tray handles and re-fitted these, will post picture later.

Have also started work on the front door again.

Firstly marking out the position of the fan grill, I ended up opting for re-using a fan grill from the inside fan tray on a Stacker 830 that I have lying around.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...llposition.jpg
Here’s the first rough cut done with a standard metal drill and Ali blade in the jigsaw.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ughcut-out.jpg
This was then filed off and sanded on the edges, and then the grill was checked for size fit, all okay so far!
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...initialfit.jpg

Then replaced the Perspex on the front of door and traced around the cut out to give guide for cutting the Perspex.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...readytocut.jpg

This hole was cut with Dremal disc and then filed and sanded to make smooth.
The door, Perspex and grill where then checked for fit, which again seems fine.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...xandgrill2.jpg

Lastly just to get idea of end result, I align the CoolerMaster badge to see how that will look

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...llandbadge.jpg

Now I need to do a proper fit and finish of the Perspex and grill, and then do the paint work.

I really like what you're doing with the door. That CM badge fits in perfectly with your mods! Really ties it all together.

Silly question about putting in that mesh: did you cut it pretty much to size and then just dab a bit of glue on a few spots? (Maybe double-sided tape?)

Thanks

So far the grill isn't glued into the door, this was just a trial fit to test everything looks ok.

I'll probably glue the grill in with a glue gun.

At last I’ve been able to get on and do some more work on the case.

It’s been slow going as I’ve been in too much pain to concentrate on anything for too long.

Here the door is now finished and re-fitted to the case.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...thdooropen.jpg

Same shot with the door closed.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...sideangled.jpg

Front view with the door shut.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ntdoorshut.jpg

The RHS panel is now finished ‘in black’ and re-fitted as seen here.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...sideangled.jpg

I’ve opted for a twin radiator mounted in the top of the case, with 2 x 12cm fans pulling air out through the top grill and a new fan exhaust I’ve cut into the top ‘as seen here’
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/top.jpg

My main problem was where to mount the second radiator, as what I could have done with it, should have been worked in from the start, and I’ve done too much painting etc… to start cutting and re-working again.
So I’ve opted for a rear mounted triple radiator hanging off the back.

It won’t be the most refined solution but will work fine and when the case gets sold on; the user can opt for the same type of solution or just keep the internal twin radiator.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...rearangled.jpg

I’m now working on the top reservoir with is a XSPC passive reservoir, this is currently drying after painting, it will mount on the top and feed the top radiator and that loop which will have the chipset blocks and Mosfet block on it.
The triple radiator will cool the CPU/GPU and will be using a reservoir mount in a front drive bay.

always amazing Bigdk :clap: :up:

The contrasting orange and black is stunning - good job BigDK :up:

Gorgeous! :up:

Amazing effort BigDK, my hat's off to ya man.

Amazing work. I especially like the door on the Cosmos!

Looks more yellow to me..Dont really see any orange

black and orange is the best color combo imo!!!!

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Looks more yellow to me..Dont really see any orange

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I think you need to calibrate your screen if you don't see orange :D

Thanks for the feedback:)
Its been a slow process to get this far, especially the last few weeks, but its now getting near the end.

Its definately orange BTW, VW classic.

Just waiting for some final bits to come into stock and then when they arrive, I'll be getting the motherboard fitted and rig up the loops.
I've now decided to go for clear fluid with UV orange coils, rather than the orange UV dyed liquid, I've had too much tubing go opaque with dyes.

Currently the mobo is in use in my other RC-1000, along with the triple rad and gpu/cpu blocks, so I don't want to take it apart until as close to the end as possible.

I serioulsy thought of binning the whole project on Sunday, as my office got too hot and 2 of my raptor HDDs died from overheating.
RMA's on the way, but the standard HDD area in the Cosmos is a seriously bad design for heat. I just hope that the modded area will keep them cooler than the stock case.

My next case re-work will be a Stacker 830, which I originally changed from as the psu area was too small for my Galaxy, but will re-work that area to allow it to fit. @but thats for another day'

Looking Good Man! Like the front panel treatment.

That front panel looks hawt.
reat work as usual! keep it up!

really lovin the color scheme! looks sick!:up:

any updates ??

Unfortunately I'm now just awaiting parts to turn up before I can do any more.

All have been ordered but nothing has been sent yet.

The side panel is away getting the Perspex window put in, when that gets back, I'll paint that black.

I've also got 2x Micro-reservoirs on order, but the fill holes are being re-tapped to G1/4" thread, so I can get a standard barb going up to the fill ports connected, I was planning on using top mounted cylinder reservoirs, but it seems that cyclone effect is almost guaranteed with those, so binned that idea.

I'm also waiting for 3 bottles of clear Feser fluid which is currently out of stock; I'm keeping away from dyes from now on, as it just makes the tubing go opaque over time.

I'm also waiting for 2 x in-line temperature probes and 2 x temperature LCD displays which are going to be mounted either on a drive bay cover at the front, or on the top of the case (see what looks better when they arrive)

Loads of different sized cable braids and heat shrink is also on order along with some extra clips.

I'm not taking the X38 motherboard out of commission from my current setup until all the other bits turn up, that way my system down time is kept to a minimum.
That system currently has the triple radiator fitted keeping the CPU/GPU cool, so I can't even mount that.

I've also opted for only using 4 of the 6 HDD bays inside the case, that way 2 x Raptors in RAID0 will have the newly fitted fans directly cooling them (as they run hottest) and 2 x Seagate’s in RAID1 will just sit in the back 2 slots, leaving a 1 bay air gap between them.
These 4 HDD’s will run on a dedicated RAID card which turned up yesterday and will then free up the ports for the 4x external HDD’s, 2x optical drives and 1x case mounted ESATA port.

This case is seriously flawed in the HDD storage area; it is just a heat trap with very poor capacity to dissipate the heat (IMO).
I've now opted for a 4 bay ESATA caddy outside the case, giving me less heat in the case as well as the extra storage.

Hopefully all or at least most of parts should turn up within a week or so, and then I can get on and finish it up.

Plenty of pictures to come!

Meanwhile I’ve now started work on re-modding my Mountain Mods cube case, that will have to keep me busy until the Cosmos parts get here.

cant wait to see the end result :up: it might even persuade me into getting one if these lol :D

At last my bits turned up today in a very large box.

Work starts again tomorrow morning, so will start to post some more pictures showing the progress.

Tonight I did start mounting the 2 x orange LCD temperature displays in one of the 5.25" bay covers.

I also need to now order a sheet of clear acrylic for the door, as it came back with solid coloured UV orange acrylic instead of the see-through UV orange, so instead of being a window, its now just an orange insert, a mixture of crossed wires and lack of thought on that one, otherwise the aluminium cut out is very good, so I'll at least get on with spraying it black.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but the color scheme reminds me of a McLaren F1 GTR everytime I see it; in case you need a visual:
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/mc...rs-400x370.jpg

I love the color scheme, nice work ;)

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Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but the color scheme reminds me of a McLaren F1 GTR everytime I see it; in case you need a visual:
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/mc...rs-400x370.jpg

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I'd swap the case for the car without any regrets

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I'd swap the case for the car without any regrets

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*Buys Toy McLaren F1 GTR for free case*

Subscribed :up:

EDIT: Yay, 100th post! :D

You paintjobs rule, coolmiester! :D

love the orange & black combo! :up:

that's one of the most beautyful projects I've ever seen :woot:

These McLarens are awesome! Case not bad either! :)

Motherboard now striped out of old case and the required water blocks (CPU and GPU) now reclaimed, along with 2nd D5 pump.

Have also opted to swap my Nexos Extreme triple rad with a Black Ice 360 GT Xtreme (another thing on order) I don't tend to go for quiet cooling over extreme, so opted for the Xtreme over Thermochill.

Mini-reservoirs looking good, and twin temp displays now mounted in case, will post some pictures tomorrow when I've also mounted the waterblocks on the mosfets,sb and nb.

looking good, subscribed!

Here are the blocks that I will be using.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...KPB/blocks.jpg
Storm 4 CPU
EK: GPU - NB - SB -Mosfet

Board pre-removal of stock cooling
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...inalblocks.jpg

Board with stock cooling removed
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...rdnoblocks.jpg

Board with new waterblockes fitted
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ksonboard2.jpg

LCD Temperature displays mounted
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...llcdfitted.jpg

LCDs in case
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...llcdincase.jpg

Dual reservoirs fitted together.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...B/twinres2.jpg

My method of cleaning out and leak testing the barbs, all items are tested this way before fitting onto board or into case.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ningblocks.jpg

Here is the fill ports fitted into the top, when cover one these can't be seen.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q.../fillports.png

Position of pumps, these have been moved from originally planned location as they interfered with the components (mainly GPU)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/pumps.png

Close-up of the tubing, I'm using dark and bright UV orange primochill coils for the two different loops.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ngclose-up.png

Heres a view of what it looks like so far.
The radiator has turned up, so that will need to be painted, I've also started to rub the side panel down ready for painting as well.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...sideview-1.png

Just waiting for some more darker orange UV coils to turn up, then I can add the final tubes (when second radiator is fitted.

And as I'm typing this, I've just realised that so far I haven't fitted the temperature probes, so will look at that now.

Off working for two days, so hopefully by the time I'm back, the coils will be here and I can finish this case off.

That's hot. Seriously nice work, I like the tubing arrangement.

I love looking at this build.

(perfect place for those fillports!)

:up:

Is that a Sunbeam fan contoller? If so, you can reverse the lights so the green LEDs come on first and switch to red at full speed. Also, if you do the resistor mod to them you can get the red to look almost orange, in addition to make them A LOT LESS BRIGHT. :D

The case does look amazing. You do great work.

Axis

It is a sunbeam, so that advise is certainly appreciated, these LEDs start red and go blue, so I will certainly look for the mod and do it when I find it, if you have a link 'please post' the blue leds wouldn't have been an ideal solution.

Edit: Have found the mod, I already have some variable resistors, so will do it with the reverse trick on the leds as well.
many thanks for the info.

Ive now leak tested the temp probes, so they are now ready to go in.

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Is that a Sunbeam fan contoller? If so, you can reverse the lights so the green LEDs come on first and switch to red at full speed. Also, if you do the resistor mod to them you can get the red to look almost orange, in addition to make them A LOT LESS BRIGHT. :D

The case does look amazing. You do great work.

Axis

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Here's a great guide with pics and everything. Shows before and after pics using 22k ohm resistors. I used the same ones. To reverse the lights, all you do is turn the pins around. Bending them the opposite direction will do the trick.

FYI, take the entire contoller apart before you start. Makes getting the LEDs in and out MUCH easier. I figured this out while trying to put those damn things back in.:D All in all, should only take you 30-45min total.

Axis

You really need to change that mobo into DFI's DK...it would TOTALLY work with the colors! :D

I did think about that, but I'm saving funds 'sort of' for the next gen chipset boards and CPU which should be here end of the year'ish.

All my parts have turned up, its just a shame I'm 200 miles away from them in a hotel, so can't do any more work.

Tomorrow night the radiator will be sprayed and then Thursday the pipe will be finished.

Looking for a finish of the project this weekend.

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Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but the color scheme reminds me of a McLaren F1 GTR everytime I see it; in case you need a visual:
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/mc...rs-400x370.jpg

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Funny you mention that car because I have the 1:18 scale model of it sitting on top of my p182.

http://xs228.xs.to/xs228/08262/picture233292.jpg

Great Job...:up:

TheSynth
it's not the gtr. it's the lm
the gtr is the black one at the back.

Fianlly got around to finishing the case off over the weekend.

I didn't get time to stop and take pictures as I went, as I just wanted to get it up and running again.

Here it is running.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/25.jpg

I'm awaiting some replacement SATA cables, and will do a final tidy on the cables on the inside soon.

At least this shows the general effect that it has.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/43.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/2-1.jpg

My office where its located has been very warm the last few days, but the loop temps are running about 30 and 32'C the hotter being the chipset loop with the smaller and cheaper radiator in it.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/29.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/34.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/9.jpg

Heres the view of the the front with the door closed

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/5.jpg

How it looks on the desk with the monitor etc... next to it.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/51.jpg

Finally a couple of dark shots (not too good though) as the tripod is in the cupboard.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/17.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/18.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/BigDKPB/15.jpg

Now its time to play some games and relax before starting the next case.

FYI: System info:
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos Rc-1000
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
CPU: Q6600 B0
Memory: 4 x 1GB Corsair 8500 Dominator
GPU: Nvidia 8800GTX
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Audio
RAID: Adaptec AAR1430SA 4 Port
HDD: 2 x WD 74GB Raptors Raid 0 (Adaptec)
2 x Seagate 80 GB S2 Raid 1 (Adaptec)
2 x 250GB WD 2500KS JBOD (External Caddy)
1 x 160GB Hitachi HDS7216 (External Caddy)
1 x 320GB Seagate ST3320220AS (External Caddy)
DVD: Optiarc AD7200S DVD-RW - SHD-163B DVD-Rom
Fans: 6 x Akasa 17Db 1400 RPM 120mm
2 x Akasa 18Db 1400 RPM 80mm
Controller: Modded Sunbeam
Radiators: 1 x Black Ice GT Xtreme 360 Triple
1 x Alphacool NexXxoS Xtreme II
Blocks: Swiftech Storm 4 CPU
EK 8800-GTX Black ACETEL
EK-Mosfet GA X38/48 ACETEL
EK- ND/SB 5 ACETAL
EF-SB GA-X38 ACETAL
7/6” Tubing
Feser Pure Water
Pumps: 2 x Laing D5 Vario
Reservoirs 2 x Swiftech Mini Res
Barbs: EK G1/4 High Flow
Filler Ports: 2 x Acetal FillPort - Black

Probes: 2 x 1/4" Inline Temperature Sensor Probe
Sensors: 2 x LCD Display Temperature Sensor (Orange)

Speakers: Logitech Z5400 5.1
Monitor: 30" Dell 3007WFP-HC Black Widescreen LCD
K-Board: Steelkeys 6G Pro Gamer
Mouse: Habu Razer 1092

Beautiful job, BigDK.:up: Everything really came together nicely. (Rad is tight!)

Man, I love all the cool Cosmos builds to gawk at these days.:cool: