Cosmos S Project

[NameTaken45]

1 x XSPC 250 Passive Aluminium Reservoir - Silver

5 x Serial ATA II 300Mb/s Cable w/ Metal Latch - Right Angle to Right Angle - 36" - Silver Braided

1 x Feser One F1 Cooling Fluid - UV Blue - 1 Liter

6 x Tygon 3603 1/2" ID (3/4" OD) Clear Tubing

all on the way from performance pc's. awesome customer server too! i had a problem and was double charged (my fault) and they took care of it asap and were very courteous on the phone. just wish they were closer than FL. i was gonna do 95% distilled water with 5% coolant, with feser dye, but just decided to order the 1 liter bottle.

[The0men]

Good Choice

The biggest issue during my build was trying to get the RHS panel back on as the latch system can be awkward if the panel has any uneven pressure on it so be carefull with your cable management.

In use not having a reset switch can also be annoying although I have a blue Bulgin reset switch to fit in the lower drive bay mesh when I get five minutes. Apart from that the touch 'PS3' style ON switch can also play up after a power down to the mains which means you have to disconnect the PSU mains cable to restart the PC. Minor gripes though really as it does what I wanted.

HAHA Im glad you mentioned the on/off switch, up untill this point
I had no idea where it was

I looked EVERYwhere lol, I found the power switch cable, but no switch??
But now I know where it is and feel like a nobhead lol.

I pretty much forgot about it, and decided, well at least I'll be using
my Antec Veris (sound graph) so it wont matter because I'll use
the remote to power up and down the system.

Anyway I love the look of the case, but like I said I'm leaving it stock,
I'm just waiting on some parts coming, probably next week, and then finaly
my gaming rig will be up and running again.

I can see im going to have trouble getting the back panel on, I have
terrible cable management, horrid really lol.

[rob2k]

i was gonna do 95% distilled water with 5% coolant, with feser dye, but just decided to order the 1 liter bottle.

Mine is 100% Feser 1 cooling fluid which you use neat - used about 0.4l even after a leak due to forgetting the hose clip on the pump outlet pipe . Had to clean a UV green patch from the biege office carpet before the wife got home from work and gave me

I can see im going to have trouble getting the back panel on, I have terrible cable management, horrid really lol.

Mine was a battle and then some - had to use gaffa tape for some cables to make sure they would only sit one layer thick from the PSU and not on top of each other

[NameTaken45]

2 150 GB raptors on the way. gonna use these for the OS and games. a 320 GB Caviar se16 for music and my samsung 1 TB for movies.

[The0men]

Man thats loads of storage, I got my 74GB raptor for OS and Page file, 2X160GB in Raid0 for applications I need to instal, and a 750GB for storage, but thats more than enough, I probably only have 300GB on it, and thats with all my music, movies, games, photos, art, everything that I own I've put on there, and thats all it amounts too lol.

One other thing I don't like is not have a removable MOBO tray, it would have been nice, though its not
something I must have.

[retrogamer1990]

thanks for the comment on mine nametaken.
am i correct in thinking this is your first mod / build too? 'cos if it is...hats off to you! (even if its not, then its still damn nice!)

[A2C]

You are so crazy man
beatiful job
maybee next time i start paint on my Cosmos S in combination Black / Chrome (mirror)
good luck

[NameTaken45]

for the love of cable management.

[rob2k]

for the love of cable management.

Mobo looks great against the black interior

Do you plan on cooling the chipset before the CPU though ?.

[NameTaken45]

no, rad, cpu, NB, GPU, GPU, res, pump, rad.

why? does something look weird?

[rob2k]

no, rad, cpu, NB, GPU, GPU, res, pump, rad.

why? does something look weird?

Yes, the CPU waterblock is directional (see image) - the way you have the pipes now the CPU inlet is connected to the chipset waterblock which indicates the coolant is flowing in a clockwise direction - hence my question.

[moogle]

Looking nice NameTaken

Got almost the exact same setup

[NameTaken45]

Yes, the CPU water block is directional (see image) - the way you have the pipes now the CPU inlet is connected to the chipset waterblock which indicates the coolant is flowing in a clockwise direction - hence my question.

nice catch rob, thank you for pointing that out, completely slipped my mind.

well i booted it up today, threw 2 GB of tracers in with an old 8800 GT i had and it booted up fine. turned it off quickly of course seeing as i dont have the water loop done yet. MCP 655 pump is on the way and my asus xonar D2 sound card will be here next week.
it was kinda weird when i booted it, for some reason my 22" monitor took a a few seconds to turn on, so i only saw a quick glimpes of the bios/post screen. and jumped straight to saying it didnt have a OS to boot.

also, ive decided im going with 2 4870 1 GB cards for Xfire, im still researching the cards (brands, specs, etc) i officially decided to go with the DD water blocks on the cards, since i had the DD IONE's on my GT's and they kept them at 32c idle and around 44c load. i dont like to order everything at once, like to focus on one thing, research it then buy it. any opinions on the 4870 1 GB cards would be appreciated.

[NameTaken45]

very bad news...the cosmos S has had an untimely death..may it R.I.P.
ill be modding my cosmos 1000. i dont like it AS much as the S but maybe after its painted ill like it more. the limited black edition that came out looks pretty good. so it made me think twice about buying another S.

so this is what ive come up with after 4 days of work since i destroyed the S.

[rob2k]

so this is what ive come up with after 4 days of work since i destroyed the S.

Sorry to hear about the 'S' after all that hard work !! - what happened ??.

Nice job on the 1000 in red and black. I'm sure this will look just as stunning

[The0men]

very bad news...the cosmos S has had an untimely death..may it R.I.P.

I've got to ask, what the hell happened to make the 'S' rest in peace?

[Sil2]

I've got to ask, what the hell happened to make the 'S' rest in peace?

Thats what I wonder also

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

that paint looks sick man

[NameTaken45]

my gf thought the blue and silver looked stupid, so i was trying to get her involved and asked her what her color i should paint it, she said red. so i spent the whole weekend sanding the whole thing and putting fresh red paint on it. she said she didnt want me painting inside anymore so i went outside and i tied a rope to each side of the wall on the back porch. the studs in the wall were questionably loose to begin with but i thought, eh itll hold. so i strung up all the pieces to the rope, to repaint them (final coat). the stud in the wall broke and it snapped one side peice in half when it hit the ground. cracked the top piece, and took out a chunk of the front peice. its just not repairable. so i guess the moral of the story is dont get your gf involved with your hobby cause youll lose. big time.

[shoota]

looks good rob, gotta know what happened to the S, i don't wanna kill mine

edit: OUCH!

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

looks good rob, gotta know what happened to the S, i don't wanna kill mine

he just said what happened to the cosmos S in the post above yours

[sniperbob]

may we have a moment of silence please for the "S" ?

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Thank you.

Sorry to hear about your loss. Personally I like the HDD cages in the 1000 better anyways, but that S was a nice looking case.

[shoota]

he just said what happened to the cosmos S in the post above yours

i saw that. we were writing at the same time apparently and he beat me to the post..

[NameTaken45]

sorry guys, the tax man paid me a visit and gave me more money than i had expected.
i ordered a new cosmos S. Zalman ZM1000 watt psu. ordered 6 new Red led yate loon fans and a new XSPC triple rad.

going flat black this time on the cosmos, im not going through painting all the pieces again.

[The0men]

Well I got mine all going, looked great... for the half second it worked. After RMA my Striker2
the replacement was dead on arrival, I've had enough of Nvidia chipsets
and I'm even more disappointed in PC Case gear where I purchased the product
as it seems the package had been opened, so I probably got another one someone else
had returned for RMA and was already dead.

I've got liquid in the loop and all, and its been 43 degrees C three days running down here,
so I'm far to mad to be bothered pulling it apart, and I won't be RMA'ing again, because if I
had to go back to the store one of those fools would end up eating it sideways.

So when I get a chance I'll pull it apart and stick a dirt cheap P35 or something in it.