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[Xion X2]

and then some

Thanks, Wezly.

Very very nice! It's all coming along just like you designed!

Do you mean 'windex' colloquially or literally? Because windex contains several alcohols albeit in dilution and I wouldn't use that on perspex...

Thanks, Kibbler!

I meant Windex as in literally; it's what I use to clean the glass with. I've never heard that it could be dangerous to use this on glass or acrylic/perspex before as it's what I've always used to clean it with?

a wonderful build till now!!

i know design is a matter of taste but i have to give you some thoughts on the design...

first of all i`d suggest you use a different mobo than you stated in your opening post... what about a EVGA classified 3 way sli: http://www.evga.com/products/moreInf...board%20Family wich is on my opinion the most beautiful board on the market right now...

and then the waterblocks... http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=224344 from bitspower, on my opinion too beautiful in relation to design!

or you you choose the EK fullcover: http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...d.php?t=232916

or the koolance version: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=223808

then the case... arent there a lot of cleaner cases on the market? let me suggest a LianLi for your build... not only in relation to design, but also regarding the materials used in the stacker...

as i already stated it`s a matter of taste, and i don`t want to say you have a bad taste not at all... maybe you`re very focused and have somthing bigger in mind, so just forget my suggestions!! otherwise think over it...

a technical questions i do have... may it be you forgot about the decoupling of your pumps? i guess if you install them without you`ll have heavy vibrations within the case wich will be noisy... i just thought you forgot about it, because the pumps will be slightly in a higher position if you will mount something decoupling between the plexi and the pumps wich will affect the view through your small windows....

again: I love your build!! it`s awesome craftsmanship and beautiful ideas in the details, wich i really admire, so keep up the good work!!

First of all, thank you for the kind words, martensch. I'm glad that you're enjoying the build.

I appreciate your suggestions, but like callen mentioned, I think a lot of them would require starting over from scratch at this point. A lot of work has already been done on the Cosmos, and the Zero Gravity Chamber is sized to fit that case specifically. So, to this point in the build, everything is designed around the layout of the Cosmos S.

As for the "Classified" SLI motherboard, last I looked they are quite expensive, and I'm running Crossfire with two 5970s, not SLI. So it wouldn't benefit me. I already owned this Foxconn board from a prior build, so it saved me money to use it instead of purchasing another board. I do have in mind some techniques to dress up the Foxconn board to make it more visually appealing. More to come on that later.

For the waterblocks, I have already worked out a deal with DangerDen for sponsorship, and the blocks will be here either today or tomorrow. I plan on modifying them a little by either nickel plating the copper or painting the copper facing so that it blends in with my color scheme a little better. I think the blocks will look outstanding after this as they have an aggressive, futuristic look which fits this space theme well.

As for your "technical question," before installing the shelves, I had already offset them by 1/16" to make room for placing an anti-vibrating pad underneath the pumps that will fit between them and the shelves. So the pumps/res tops should still line up with the windows perfectly.

Thanks for your interest and suggestions.

I personally think it looks great and i'm sure criticism is welcome, but your basically suggesting he start all over again. Give it a bit more time and the project will be complete in all its powder coated glory. If all goes to plan (as it has so far) it will be a masterpiece.

Nice work mate

Thanks, callen! Looking forward to seeing your awesome build progress even further. (And still jealous as hell of your workshop.)

Excellent to see that this stage in neally done Xion.

Just two small sugestions.
The first one, I think is a must, I feel you need to put some large flat washers between the head of the screws and the perspex.
This will help to displace the pressure on the perspex from the head of the screws and will help stop the perspex from cracking around the holes.

The second sugestion is just a superficial one, just for looks.
It's the open/non-used mounting holes in the SSD that face out to the window.
It might just be me but they are the first thing that I see and the last thing I look at when I look through the window.
If they could be either be filled with screws, plastic plugs or a strip of black tape running the full lenght of the SSD to cover both holes.
I find the devil is in the detail and this for me would just finish this off perfectly.

Looking good mate well done.

Thanks, kg.

Yep, I was already thinking about adding washers below the screw heads. I'm working with thicker perspex than before (1/8") that's very sturdy, so I don't think this stuff will crack with the minimal weight of the SSDs. But I am going to add the washers anyway just to be safe and also because the screw heads are slipping into the drill holes and causing the drives to not sit perfectly parallel to each other. Adding washers should take care of both issues.

As for the screwholes on the sides of the SSDs, I'm in the process of looking for something to fit in those holes or layer over them. I was going to use the same black MDPC screws, but they're a little too long to fit flush with the sides of the drives.

If you or anyone else has any suggestions of something that I could use to insert in those holes that would look nice and neat, please do. I looked for some small rubber inserts at Home Depot, and they didn't have any that small that I could use.

Thanks for the continued interest, everyone!