Short’s Black & Red Cosmos S [Worklog] A LOT OF PICS

[short114]

Hi and welcome to my first Liquid built and also my first work log. This built will consist of transferring all my current hardware to my new Coolermaster Cosmos S and install a liquid loop for my CPU, here a list of the hardware:

CPU
Core 2 Quad Q6700 G0 @ 3.60GHz

Motherboard
Asus P5E Deluxe (X48)

Memory
Corsair Dominator DDR2 4GB (2x2GB) 1066 MHz (PC2 8500)

Graphics Card
Sapphire HD 4870 OC@790/1100

Hard Drive
2x Raptors 74GB RAID0 (OS) + 1x Seagate 1TB + 1x Seagate 500GB + 1x WD 250GB

Sound Card
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty

Power Supply
OCZ GameX Stream 700W

Optical Drive
LG DVD+/-RW 22/22 SATA

Case
Coolermaster Cosmos S

OS
Vista Ultimate 64Bit

Monitor
ViewSonic VX2835wm 28" Widescreen

TV Tuner
Asus My Cinema PE9400 Combo

And now the W/C components (1 Loop CPU):

Radiator:
Black Ice GTX 360

CPU Water Block:
Swiftech Apogee™ GTZ

Liquid Tank:
Swiftech MCRES-Micro Rev 2

Pump:
Swiftech DDC-3.2 MCP355

Pump Top:
XSPC Laing DDC Top

Pump Bracket:
Designs Absolute Pump Bracket Rev. 2

Tubing:
20Ft. PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV Red Tubing - 1/2in. ID X 3/4in. OD

Compression Barbs:
8 X Danger Den Compression Fitting 1/2" ID 3/4" OD

Biocide:
Petra'sTech PT_Nuke

Push Fans:
3 X Scythe 120x25mm SlipStream - 110 CFM

Pull Fans:
3 X SCYTHE "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm 2000 rpm Quiet Case Fan

Extra Fans:
2 X Scythe 120x25mm SlipStream - 110 CFM

RAM Fans:
3 X ACE 40 X 20mm LED Fan Red

UV Lightning:
3 X Lazer Led - 6 Led - UV Led

And a lot of other small goodies needed, like sleeving materials, Acrylic windows, custom flat black paint, etc. These items came from my workplace, I am the IT technician in a company that built high-end flight simulator training systems.

I will try to update this built as often as I can, but I am a father and I work 40h/week, so please be patient, also please excuse my bad English and will try my best.

Here some pics of my AIR system in my old Antec Nine Hundred, + some pics from my new Cosmos S.











And now some really early picture form the new Cosmos S.













Updates coming soon.

[TedShred]

nice!

would look great with all-black bay drive button things like Coolmeister snagged for his latest Cosmos. dunno if they're generally available tho

GL on the rest of the build

[MomijiTMO]

Nice pain job mate.

[shoopdawoopa]

Red and black is the way to go m8!

[anubis_is_evil]

wow, came up really different from the original one...love the black paint job , its really perfect

[MINIz guy]

That looks like a great paint job! Did you drill out the rivets and paint each part individually or did you paint the chassis as a whole?

[short114]

Originally Posted by MINIz guy

That looks like a great paint job! Did you drill out the rivets and paint each part individually or did you paint the chassis as a whole?

At my work we have a professional paint shop, I bring it at 9h am in the morning and at 12h30 pm she was already dry, people are really amazing there, it save me money and a lot of time. And no I did not even touch the rivets, they paint it as a whole.

Thanks

[short114]

I start this project 3 weeks ago at a really slow pace, I will update this work log and try to cover the last 3 weeks ASAP, I will post picture per subject and try to cover them quickly.

These pictures are from the first order I received from Jab-tech.









Now I will show you a lot of picture from the sleeving I did, I start with the 24 pins an 8 pins Power that came with the Cosmos S case, following with pump cables, fans cable and also I sleeve cables from the power module of the Cosmos S.









































Update coming really soon, keep commenting it's really appreciated, and if you have any advise or sugestion they are also really appreciated.

Thanks

[short114]

When I came back home with my new flat black Cosmos S I was really happy with the result until I put the back door in place, I notice that you can see aluminum through the cable management hole, I decide to get some flat black paint for my work and fix this small problem.
Here some picture from before and after.

[short114]

Since I and going Liquid for the first time, I don't need the huge side window fan. So I install a side window instead. This is my first any only mistake as of now, the window is awesome but when I use the screw to fix the window I put a little to much force and make little mark on the outside. If they after time annoyed me too much I will certainly buy a new door.

[short114]

Second order arrived, slowly coming in, only 3 fans this time.





Third order arrived the day after, a little bit more this time, Compression fittings, Tubing and UV lighting.

[short114]

Since one of the first parts I receive was the 3 X SCYTHE "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm 2000 rpm I decide to install them in the top of the Cosmos, I was aware of the modifications needed but I was not expecting that much work.

Here some pics of the work that I done to make them fit.

[MomijiTMO]

lol that's a lot of effort dude. Damn fans

[RCG_Bex]

Lol looking pretty badass! Loving the modding and look forward to it being finished!

~Bex

[short114]

Originally Posted by RCG_Bex

Lol looking pretty badass! Loving the modding and look forward to it being finished!

~Bex

Thanks Bex, It's funny I was just looking at you built and I was thinking the same thing!

[RCG_Bex]

Lol good minds and tastes think alike

~Bex

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

good work with the fans, My exhaust kaze looks exactly the same with the edges on one side cut off

[bianco]

nice work on that top mod.


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[pcaddict]

Looking good! I wanna see MOAAAR!!!

[short114]

I am in the process of sleeving my PSU cables, the only ones remaning are the SATA's. I need to decide my HDD configurations. I got 2 X 74Gig Raptors + 3 drives for storage 1 X 1TB, 1 X 500GB and 1 X 250GB.

The way I was planing it is like shown in the next picture, use the drive cage for my two Raptors and leave some space between for air flow.

But I only have two 3.5" to 2.5" bracket at hand, I was finally thinking about placing 4 HDD in the cage, do you think it will really hurt temp to compare to having only the two Raptors like shown in the picture?



Thanks

[Spankyfart]

What did you use to paint the inside?
And, looking good.

[armeniandave]

Looking good! Kinda looks like the one I built for Absoluteczech. Where are you planning on putting the pump?

[RCG_Bex]

Should be OK so long as they can still get some air. HDD's prefer a bit of warmth anyway (helps the mechs or something if I recall...)

~Bex

[short114]

Originally Posted by Spankyfart

What did you use to paint the inside?
And, looking good.

I don't know.. It was professionally painted flat black at my work place.

Thanks

[Spankyfart]

Originally Posted by short114

I don't know.. It was professionally painted flat black at my work place.

Thanks

That was the reason I asked, if you did that yourself and it came out that nice.
It was worth investigating

Looks spiffy.