Project: Toaster (Cosmos S Mod)

[Gunther04]

Well finally after 3 months of reading all those watercooling guide, I decided to start my first watercooling adventure this month. This project will be named Toaster since I had my Cosmos S case modded with running lights in front similar to those Cylon Toaster models in BSG tv series (which I am a die-hard fan).

1st Week

Started off with ordering parts from various online stores: Petras, Performance-PC, DangerDen, EK Waterblocks, GAMMODS and Frozen CPU. Take note that I am from the Philippines so yeah, overall costs I spent is almost double the cost of those parts geez!

3nd Week

Parts arrived after 2 weeks:





Temporary Air-Cooled setup to "break-in" the parts and prayed that all of them are working, for international rma process will be a pain in the butt. Fortunately all of 'em are working 100%



3rd week

I then had my cosmos-s sent to the best case modder in town here in Manila, Philippines for some paint-job, powdercoating and some custom fitting for the thermochill rads.

Had my setup on nekkid mode and continued with air-cooled break-in while my case is being modded.



4rd Week - Current

Finally after 3 weeks, the last and the most important part of my setup the Tygon B-44-3 tubing arrived (I actually thought that it was lost in transit due to the delay).




Air-cooled break-in is over, started to install the water blocks, some wire-sleeving and pump conversion:











As for the Cosmos S, here are some shots taken by my case modder (TantricModz of TPC.com) - Both Thermochills 120.3 and 120.2 plus the pumps already installed ready for leak testing this weekend.











Take note guys that I had the top cover with the red line of the case modded with some LED tracers in them similar to Cylon (a.k.a.Toaster) eyes

That's it for now, will update this worklog again for latest developments. At the moment I am stuck on how the tubing will run inside the case. I am having some difficulty since if possible I am preventing to use elbows on the loop.

Hopefully will be able to finalize the loop order today or tomorrow and start leak testing this weekend.

Geez! Didn't know watercooling is so time consuming but exciting at the same time. I can barely get enough sleep recently

[smee]

WOW!!!

that looks excellent m8!!!
Looks so sexy!!

[Pedalmonkey]

SICK NASTY. whoever this case modder is is very good. specialy like the Raptor mounting and the new top.

[Gunther04]

Yeah, TantricModz is one of our best if not, the best case modder here in Manila. All i did was tell him what I want to be done to the Cosmos S and he took care of the rest.

This design is exactly what I visualize from the start, its perfect!

The outer paint finish and chrome will definitely still be better once I clean, wax and buff 'em as the final step

[cryptospartan]

nice nice nie i wish i knew someone in Montreal Canada that can do that work... sweet i wounder how much it would cost to send my case over to Manila to be modded

[aspire.comptech]

nice nice nie i wish i knew someone in Montreal Canada that can do that work... sweet i wounder how much it would cost to send my case over to Manila to be modded

Wayyy too much

[[XC] NetburstXE]

Subscribed

[septim]

b___nino lolz... impress them some more...

[manyga]

Suscribed too!

very very nicee! Awesome!

Regards

[BNDMOD]

suscribed!

[knet370]

@gunther

nice build bro. hehe..pinoy powah! tantricmodz ftw!

[disruptfam]

wow mate very very nice

Looking forward to this!

[RockfordFosgate]

Very sexy build Cosmos S is my favorite case after V2000

[Fumle]

Deja vu ?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/....php?p=2997757

[Gunther04]

Yeah, guess we both like the same black and little chrome combination on the Cosmos S. He does take the credit for being first on doing it, I'm not contesting about that since most of the design from this case are from designs I saw from various watercooling forum galleries, XS included

[PrometheusCon]

Wow. I just had to comment on how awesome that Raptor mounting looks. So clean and sweet!

[knet370]

black is a pretty common color for a case. no surprise that someone out there will have a similar color theme. especially if you guys have the same case too. still both works are awesome! keep it up!

[Giannis86]

Wow. I just had to comment on how awesome that Raptor mounting looks. So clean and sweet!

same here..it looks very nice..good way to show it off

[Astratuner]

sweet mother of god

[armeniandave]

I just love seeing my pump brackets put to good use!!
Looks fantastic!
Dave
(UN)Designs

[philbrown23]

hey, what EK block is on the SB?? I need one just like it.

I just love seeing my pump brackets put to good use!!
Looks fantastic!
Dave
(UN)Designs

I only use UNdesigns pump brakets, but I have 2 D5's, LOVE their funtionality!

[armeniandave]

I only use UNdesigns pump brakets, but I have 2 D5's, LOVE their funtionality!

Thanks I really appreciate it! I look forward to seeing this build progress. Nice job so far.

[Gunther04]

5th Week update:

Well I was able to finally finish the tubing runs and started leak testing last weekend. Here's a pic:



Unfortunately guys, that pic will be the last that you'll be seeing for now with the SIIE installed since after the leak test, the mobo decided to fail on me

Was happily testing out the system last monday after the 24-hour leak test and all of a sudden the OS hanged and went downhill from that point on. It went very unstable after that to the point that there is no BIOS post at all. LCD Poster is stuck to "CPU INIT" which is then I realized that my mobo is dead based on reviews I have read about this mobo.

I ruled out any leaks from my tubes nor the blocks for there is no sign of it, I also can't imagine my 7/16" ID tubes on 1/2" barbs to be dislodged at any point.

As of today I was able to successfully removed the motherboard from the case and the loop. Tried to resuscitate it by putting back the default fuzion blocks and run it from the cardboard, reseated the cpu/memory/gpu but also no go, its officially dead and being prepped now to be RMA'ed. (which might take more than a month since I have to ship it back to the US)

This will probably delay my toaster project, I'm disappointed actually but I am not giving up. I have 2 options:

Option 1: Buy an XFX 790i motherboard (available locally) which means I will only be able to watercool the CPU and GPU only since my mosfets, nb, sb blocks are not compatible.

Option 2: Buy an Asus Rampage Formula (available locally) which means I can use the mosfet and nb blocks but I will not be able to use my DDR3, thus I will have to buy DDR2 1066 (which are cheap already anyway). SB might just be passively cooled.

Getting another Asus Striker II Extreme is not an option since it is not available locally

Might just go with option 1 but feel free to chime in if you have any other suggestions.

[DIE-TEMP]

yes option one. It's a shame to spend $4000 and have nothing for it. A month wait to get another mobo sux, but then so does having all those parts and no pc to use

I'd go with the XFX mobo and get that thing running asap......if you wait much longer new tech will be out and your toaster project will be toast.

[knet370]

@babynino

ouch! talk about unlucky..you can try woody at tpc for the sIIe. i think he sells one..
woody
http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=1779713
keyplayah
http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=1926936