Hey there guys and girls!

I got my new case to day! i went for the Cosmos .

next step is to Fix/Fit some Radiator's

I was planning to some how fit a Black Ice Stealth GT240 Rad in the top of the case. it has like an empty space at the top covered by some plastic flap. There seems to be just eough space to fit the rad in. the only floor in this is that the fan spaceing at the top is for both 120mm fans and 140mm fans this means the gap between both fans is greater on the case than on the rad. the 120mm fans on the rad are back to back.

so. I can fix the rad useing only 4 fixing holes (one 120mm fan on one end) this leaves the rad about 10-20mm out of line with the other fan. My self i dont see this as much of a Problem because the fan is still goin to cool the rad even if its only just out of line.


the other thing i could do is use two single rad's (as the spaceing would not matter) and link them.... im goin to be useing a very good pump the Laing D5 Vario. im hopping this thing will push the water ok one maybe 3 or 4 single rad's ok + the cpu block NB block and GFX's blocks.


These pics might help you under stand what I'm trying to exsplain

Top view of the cosmos


Plastic flap thingy


The hidden space this space has from 30mm depth to about 45mm


Here you can see the fan spacing



In this pic i just found an old rad is dont have mine yet. just to give my self and you an idea of how things fit .




As you may of guess i dont have a clue how to word all this so my english is a bit ruff

I would just drill new holes?

i got the cosmos. right after they came out. its a pretty kick . case and i am very pleased with the quality and worksmanship that was put into it. a little pricey but you always get what you pay for...

One mount should hold it. Thats all a lot of people use when using the Swiftech MCB-120 "Radbox"

thats not as easy as it sound becuase there no where to drill new holes as the gilled area for the air flow is where the new holes need to be..



@Rr i think thats my best bet hopfully the rad wont need 2 be moved 2 towrds the front as it get quite tight near the back only 30mm of space and the rad is some thing like 29mm lol


well im goin oder the rad as soon as i Get paid so ill no more on firday or over the weekend!

Right ive come up with a plan for the water cooling. because ive got so meny blocks things are goin to get hard for one pump so ive desided 2 have two loops both with 240gts rad's the first rad is simpal to fit just need 2 screw it to the pree drilled holes and cut a little bit of plactic 2 make room for the fans right at the top of my case



the second rad how ever is a bit more complex!!! im goin 2 try and mount all the bits for the second loop all on an arm in side my case.

looking at the pictur below you can clearly see that coolMaster have designed some sort of placstic ventaltion duct! wat i hope to do is... change the silly ducked for a 240 rad a pump a small rez.



Heres a pic of my first thinkins.....

Dont laugh to much!


first of all you can see there are 2 main arms to this design these arms span the gap in the case to give maxium room. the arms have a kink(L shaped) on the end so when this swings open is clears the edge of the case

i hope these pics help you under stand!
Closed





Open


it all seems good to me so far i have to do a little bit of maths cuz i have about 60mm 2 play with between the side of the case as the edge of the gfx card's! and as far as i can tell if i have a water block the gfx card is about 20 wider and with fans fixed 2 the rad the whole lot is about 55mm wide!

hes another idea of how its sort of goin 2 work ......


depending on the space i have the rad will be in one of the two postions

lol i like the way you did the pic thats a nice way to show whats your thinking

Change of plan again. im now goin to use 2 D5 pumps and mount them where the Hdd rack was. i may have mount the pumps on a angle so the tube coming from the top of the pump dose not kink!

Befor



After

UpDate


Some of the water cooling parts come today.

Barbs for the EK rez Made up with PTFE tape


Rez Fixing's


First rez made up and test/fitted

Top barb is for the fill port the barb on the left is the return from the chipset and the lower barb is for the pump feed.

D5 PUMP with photoshop tube linking to the rez


The top of the pump is to close to the HDD rack to fit tube on with out kinking it so i'm goin to mount the pump on an angle to increes the space.

What about mounting it directly below the res and having the base attach to the HDD cage?

Nice idea i like it but it does not quite work. good thinking tho






also i wanted 2 put a dual rad on the foor of my case in sted of drilling holes in the side of my lovly case

more planing


the rad's goin to be down here barbs the far end in the pump "cage" lol im goin have to cut my way though to next door with a nice big hole some thing like this



but a lot neater!

also this is the idea i had of mounting the pump so the tube wont kink




Right hes pretty much how im goin to have the gpu loop.

the big black blob is the 240gt rad the two red blobs are the barbs. geen blob is the D5 pump the blue is ment to be tubeing *all diffrent shades so you can tell what is goin where*

Looks like a good plan. Maybe you already mentioned it, but what res is that?

its an EK Multioption RES 150 rev.2 it says 150 but its 170mm in total i guess the 150mm is just the clear bit lol


im having two one more right next 2 that one for the cpu and chip set loop

Made the pump Braket to day truned out quite nice only has small coat galvanizing spray i will sand blast and spray it black when i no its all right but heres a few snap shots

Get some of those smart coils to help with kinking...

You can use those to make some pretty tight bends. You can see what I did with the tubing coming out of my pump here.

Nice work, it looks good so far...

yh i have seen these coils and ive got 3 foot of it. i just didnt have enough room i had 1/4 inch to fit a 3/4 inch tube lol!

Up date all my parts are coming to morro. i got 2 work and cut my case in to shape the only holes left now are the fixing for the rad's and the holes for the fill port heres a few pics... enjoy

Nice work man Keep us posted!

and now its all dressed again awaiting its new parts

Looking good

I look forward to seeing the finished product.

Nice job with the pumps.

AGREED

That bracket looks like it works good...

niiiice That pump thingy looks sweet!

dude thats a killer idea!! I might do that with my new pump and my old one now that you mention it.

Looking good, more pictures please....

Hey guy's sorry the pic's have been slow was 9pm buy the time i got this rig workin just on the bios and i went out for some hard ernd rest lol installed xp few mins ago and im gunna add some more pic's soon this is the only rig i have @ the mo cuz i nicked my raptor out my other rig and formated >.< BUT MAN thos 8800GT's are carzy loud the silly people that sent me my maze 5 blocks didnt send the ram sinks I ordered so i couldnt finsh my gpu loop....... Grrr so my 8800GT's are on air right now my e6850 has kinda bin lapped and my idel temps are 15c with my D-tek fuztion but the water is still cold so my guess it will be about 20c idle in a few hours any way pic's comming in about 20 mins sit tight!

*waits in anticipation for the last 9 minutes*

Right then. heres a little teaser

the E2180 went in my dad's pc and the E6850 well kinda got well you tell me














and well i think job well done





altho the chip is not mirro finshed ... the temps are VERY GOOD lol

My new mobo






















ive got my work cut with the cables now but its all working hopfully ill get my water block for the chip set and the ram sinks for the GT's this week and finsh it all off

*drool*

Man I want those 8800GT's!

i turn my rig off for an hour or so 2 tidy some more cables and turned it back on and wow ... i think core temp lies

Dude, that is one awesome computer. Good work! That personally is my favorite case out on the market, we obviously have good taste

and its not even done yet got loads 2 do .... got 2 get a fan contorler and some red neons and some red uv die and tidy all the cables and tubes bla bla bla and put the maze 5's on the gt's

You know you can put the waterblocks on without RAMsinks, right?

so i dont need 2 cool the ram? while useing the card on water? ????


i dont fink soo lol

I'm running my overclocked BFG 8800GT without RAMsinks and it's perfectly fine. I'm not saying that's a good long-term solution, but it's fine if you don't have RAMsinks (or don't have time to pick up any up, like me). The RAM really doesn't need cooling. The core obviously does. The voltage regulators will with heavy OCing, but just some airflow should be sufficient at stock clocks.

wow dam it why didnt i no that ... i could of done both loops GRRR lol

Ok then. my maze 4 block came to day and ive got some more bits coming thursday.


next jobs i have planed are fit the maze 4
get the gpu loop working.

then take every thing back out and spray the inside of the case jet black. spray the pump braket also fit the fill ports

I have some more cutting to do. im goin 2 cut out the lower part of the Hdd rack as tube on the top of the pump just tuch's it. will give me about 5mm more room.

goin to cut a hole for the main psu - mobo wire loom so its hidden cut a hole for the sata cables.

change the whole right hand side panle for a peace of plexi *clear* shoudl be a good mod as i can still use the quick releas as it all blots on the side panle.

hope fully goin to have some sweet fan controler

and loads more just need 2 do some thinking





and one last thing OC the hell out of it

good stuff That's the most important part, be sure to make a show in the 775 OC competiton!

man, nice work indeed. Now I'm tempted to do something to my Cosmos

Time is runnin out. im goin to france on the 20th. and i dont think ill have time 2 spray my case this weekend but on the good side i have allmost every part i need just short on some led's and some die for my water

what size is the fan on your northbridge heatsink?
i cannot seem to find out what is recommended, and i need one for my new DFI board.
i tried google with the Sharkoon label on yours, but it comes back a CPU heatsink, and thier site is in German...

Ha ha yh.. that fan is off my first ever Cpu heat sink (A skt) got it from micro direct a few years ago.

all it is a 80mm fan just zip tied on does the job it was only temp cuz my water block is here now

too much work to play in the water...hehe
i will stick to air.
thanks...