{Dark-Night} {Cosmos S} {Pics & Vids Updated}

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Hello To all

Well I have been reading the forums for some time now and decided it was time to join up and Start water-cooling my pc. This will be my first time by the way.

This is my current system spec:

Asus P5K3 Deluxe
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz @ 3.6GHz
OCZ 2GB DDR3 1333MHz Gold
8800 GTS G92
Quadro FX 370
WD Raptor 74GB, Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB
Creative SB X-Fi
Antec P180
SilverStone ST75ZF
Scythe NINJA PLUS Cooler
Corsair Memory Cooler
Zalman ZM-MFC2 Multi Fan Controller
Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus Black Multi Fan Controller
Razor Mouse & Keyboard
Vista 64


This is the kit I have bought:

Cooler Master RC-1100 Cosmos S
EK Supreme Clear Top
XSPC Full Cover 8800GT/GTS (G92)
Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655
Swiftech MCR320-QP Triple 120mm
XSPC Single Bay Reservoir - Clear
EK 1/2" Hose fitting
Thermochill 3/8"BSP to 1/2" Barb
XSPC 1/2" High Flexibility PVC Tubing
Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Red)
PVC Hose Clip 1/2"
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound
Arctic Silver ArctiClean 60ml Kit
Hose Cutter (10-40mm)
Pre-Wired 5mm Red LED
ATX PSU Bridging Tool 24 Pin
YS-TECH FD1225 120mm Fan
Akasa AK174CR-4RDB 120mm Red LED Fan
AC Ryan Wire Sleeving Kit - Black
1/4" Inline Temperature Sensor Probe
Distilled water
Vinegar
Blotting paper






So on Friday night I started to disassemble the cosmos s ready to send out to get powered coated. The case was only gone for 1 day at the powered coaters. The first step was to start to put the main bits of the case back together, side and front panels, case handles. I could then start to find a home for the new water-cooling kit. I started with the rad just to make sure it will line up with the holes. I then had to find a home for the pump I decided to mount the pump at the bottom under the hard drive cage, this was a perfect spot because it had loads of room and was easy to drill the holes. I then added the res but was not sure where to put this it wouldn’t fit at the top as the rad's tubing was in the way so I put it about half way down the case.
I used distilled water to flash and clean the water-cooling blocks and also the rad and res.

I then put the motherboard in so that I could start to run the tubing, I had to mount the CPU cooler and graphics card as I needed to make sure that the tubing was going to be spot on. To do this I placed a paper towel in between the cooler and CPU and the same for the graphics card.

I started the tubing from the rad's output barb and run it down to the CPU ( I left extra on the tubing so that I could come back later and cut more off if needed.) Then out of the CPU to the GPU and then out to the res and then out to pump and back up to the rad.
I then cut the tubing to the correct length and used the hose clips.

I then took the motherboard and graphics back out and filled the res with the coolant, When the coolant was in I moved it around by raising the CPU and Graphics blocks so that the water run around the loop. I made sure that there was some coolant in the pump before switching on.

The first time when you turn the pump on it makes some very worrying sounds but this is just the air passing around the loop, after about 20 seconds the pump kicks in and the coolant starts to flow, you can see the coolant flowing around the loop as the tubing is not full with coolant. I kept adding more coolant until the res and tubing filled up.

I left the system running for 24 hours until most of the air was gone from the tubing but there were a lot of bubbles left in the res.
After carefully checking for leaks I was happy that the system was stable and working ok.

I then started to put all my kit back in and tested for another 24 hours just in case I had created a leak when putting the kit back together. All was good so I added some thermal paste to the GPU and mounted it; I then did the same for the CPU.
System was now ready for the final test, I left it running for about 3 hours before I powered up the system into windows. The first thing I did was run core temp and GPU temp. Nice my temps were down by a massive jump so I was pleased.

The system has been stable for a day now so last night I decided to see what I could now push my system too. I had 3.6 MHz before and wanted more so I changed the multiplier from 9 to 8 and got a very nice 3.6 with 1800 FSB and it was running cooler than it was at 9x. I then raised the FSB to 475 and got 3.8 MHz and this is where I am at today. I will be going to 500 FSB to get to 4 MHz.
I also decided that the GPU needed some extra speed so I overclocked it from 670 / 972 / 1650 to 800 / 1000 / 2000
My temps:

Before
CPU @ 3.6
58c Idle
70c Load

GPU @ 672
48c Idle
65c Load 70% Fan

After
CPU @ 3.8
38c Idle
48c Load

GPU @ 800
33c Idle
42c Load

Below is some pictures I took of the work carried out also I have attached a link with a video of the first test run.

Hope you all enjoy

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Pictures Below From Start to finish, Also some video clips

Clip 1 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ru-EdESRaM)
Clip 2 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yIeWl9JGvxM)
Clip 3 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zAL7fELgub0)
Clip 4 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkVcgMWbaU)
Clip 5 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZPyyVxnf0Y)

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[disruptfam]

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1st pics looks good

what red led is that?

[BNDMOD]

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1st pics looks good

what red led is that?

But first pics it's not a cosmos one :p it's a antec p180.....

[{Dark-Night}]

1st pic is Antec my current machine, 2nd pic is cosmos

[disruptfam]

But first pics it's not a cosmos one :p it's a antec p180.....

yeah i know that.

[BNDMOD]

yeah i know that.

jejejeje i know, that you know... jejejeje.... that kind of mod like triple-loop my god... it's great!

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Pictures have been updated and hosted now.

[DukeDaal]

Looks awesome man that RED blooood... err fluid looks awesome also with the LED's.

[Anemic]

Awsome job! I really like the Cosmos case and aslo the red theme. Looks yummy ; )

[disruptfam]

lovely build

good work

[YMAA]

I like!

[atlxkevinx]

Wow! Very nicely done!

[manyga]

hahaaa

I'm sell my P182 and I buy Cosmos S too!!! And I will paint black mate too!! jhahaa

looks awesomee!

Regards

[BlueAqua]

Looks really nice. How much did it cost you for the powdercoat job?

[lyl]

Looks like WAYYY too much red dye if theres that much foam

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Poweredcoating was free, a friend of mine did it for me.

The res is now crystal clear, i think i had a lot of air in the loop.

[avddreamr]

When you got it powder coated did you have to d/a the case, as in remove the rivets etc? Btw Nicely Done.

[MomijiTMO]

Great build log. Any problems as of yet? Any upgrade plans?

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I striped everything out but I did leave the side rails on, as I didn’t want to drill out the rivets. I covered the back of the side rails with masking tape, all work ok for me. In the striped out case pic (Pic 4) that’s how it went to powered coating.

Problems:
None so far, all connections seem clean and nicely connected.
I have just started to here a ticking noise and believe this to be coming from the rad, im not 100% sure but it sounds like a cooling down shrinking noise. Like when something is stretching or shrinking.

Couple of things left to do are:
1) Cable sleeve the rad fans, and also the front fans.
2) Top up the res for first time.
3) Also looking for some ideas for what to do with the ATX power plug, I would like to cable sleeve it but that looks like a mission.
4) Any one got any ideas how I can insert a temp sensor into the loop so I know what temp the water is ??? It would be nice to use a LCD Temperature Sensor (Red)

[MomijiTMO]

Best place would be in your res since it won't disrupt the flow.

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Updated with some new pics of cable sleeved ATX connector and added a water temp sensor

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Hi All, just a small update. I got some case stickers please let me know what you think.

[The Shooter]

Nice done Love the stickers where did you get them?!

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Hi Shooter. Look here http://www.shadowmajik.com/Qstore/Qs...6&BACK=A0001A1
Very good service and very good quality stickers