MaxxSauce

Allright. This is my official worklog for my first ever case mod, second ever build. I'll try to keep it organized and update frequently, don't forget to subscribe to the thread if you want to keep updated. I hope you all enjoy it, and can help me if I get stuck or have any questions. Althought I am pretty far along already, I have been taking pictures, and still have a window to make. Have fun!

Fixing the GPU Mod (Sort of)

Finishing Touches on the Pump

My Card Reader Fail

Attaching the Window

Finale

The plan:

Take a Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 case, give it a sick red and black theme, and get all the components which include: Foxconn Bloodrage, Core i7 920 D0, Alphacool HF14 Yellowstone Waterblock (Black), Mushkin Redline, and more. Make cable management cuts, as well as water cooling cuts. Cut out a space for a plexiglass window, paint the panel, order the window, attach. Put everything together. Overclock.

The parts I need to order:

Cosmos 1000
Foxconn Bloodrage (was bought for me by my uncle. THANK YOU)
Mushkin Redline 6GB (was bought for me by another uncle. THANK YOU)
Core i7 920 D0 *EN ROUTE*
Black Ice GTS 280 Radiator
2 x Lian Li 140mm Red LED Fans
2 x Lian Li 120mm Red LED Fans
XSPC 500mL Acryllic 5.25" Bay Resevoir
Alphacool AP700 Pump
Alphacool HF14 Yellowstone Waterblock
Ultra X3 1000W Power Supply
Primochill UV Red Tubing
Intel 80GB X25-M MLC SSD
Windows 7 Pro (From Microsoft's Ultimate Steal for $29.99)

Parts I own already:

Seagate 250GB 7200RPM with Windows XP Home
Seagate 500GB Storage Drive
EVGA GEFORCE 6200 LE BEASTMODE (until I decide on a DX11 card) No games for me for a while.

To Do:

Strip Cosmos 1000 of all removable parts
Cut two holes for rear-mounted 120mm Radiator (For a 2nd GPU loop in the future)
Cut cable management holes for a clean look
Cut square behind CPU for easy access to heatsink/WB
Decide on/buy paint/primer
Remove foam padding from left side panel
Use goof-off to remove adhesive from foam padding
Cut window hole in side panel
Paint window panel
Attach Plexiglass to window panel
Paint case and accessories
Put case together
Put system together
Put water loop together
Install Windows 7
Overclock

I've been designing this build for over a year now, and am really happy that I finally have the chance to build it. And I'm also excited about doing everything myself, rather than paying somebody to paint or cut. Even if I don't do a perfect job It's good enough.

**UPDATE**
Pictures are where I am now.
Table of contents is up to date.












And yes, my ping-pong table has been temporarily out of commision

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Daney

Very nice build there!

Maybe one day... I'll be able to have one like that?

MaxxSauce

I'm wishing you luck

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88EVGAFTW

NICE, perfect color combos. skeet skeet skeet**

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MaxxSauce

Thanks! I was just reading your worklog and noticed you had some waterjet work done. I, unfortunately, don't know anyone who works at a shop, and before I start grinding the hell out of my perfect panel, I want to know all my options. How much would it cost to get a cut out of my side panel do you think? If it's more than ~30 I will probably use my jigsaw/rotozip/angle grinder/dremel multi-max to get a hole as perfect as possible, then seal it with u-channel. Scotch 3M clear double sided adhesive tape to seal on the plexi.

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MaxxSauce

Ok, I'll try to make a worklog from scratch and keep everything organized.

The parts (pictures):

Cosmos 1000



Foxconn BloodRage





Mushkin Redline 6GB DDR3-1600




Black Ice GTS 280 Radiator, 2 x Lian Li 140mm Red LED Fans, 2 x UV LEDs for sticking in my resevoir



XSPC Acryllic 5.25" Resevoir, AP700 Pump, and Radiator




Alphacool HF14 Waterblock B/B/B




Ultra X3 1000W PSU



Primochill UV Red Tubing



Logysis 2 x 12" UV Cathode Kit



Nozzles and Clamps



Double Sided 3M Tape and U-Channel Molding



AC Ryan Card Reader



Fan Power Splitters


More to come. Check back soon!

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MaxxSauce

It took me a while to get all the parts off; the Cosmos 1000 has a lot of plastic goodies. Here is a picture of most of the parts.

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Grim

Dude - no one has repped you?

let me be the first
-this is gonna be nice - work hard

Question - was the first case (first pics in this thread) done by you?
Or, was that a prebuilt case - but, thats the direction you're heading in?

kevingreenbmx

very nice, glad you were able to figure out everything i was telling you about making a worklog. ;-)

i am subscribed. :-)

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MaxxSauce

So first, this is going to be a future-proof system, and I plan on adding a second water loop containing a DX11 GPU and 2 GTS 120 Radiators. One will be bottom mounted with push/pull fans, and one will be on the back with push/pull fans. There are two holes cut already for tubes, but I didn't want to have excess tubes outside of the case, so I decided to cut my own tube holes in exactly the right places.

Here is one of them cut, and the other one drawn:



And the other one cut:



With the radiator mounted:



And the nozzles sticking perfectly through to the inside:



Now, the plastic side thing would not go over the radiator while mounted, so I cut out a little with my rotozip:



And it fits very nicely for estimating I think:



I am planning on having my pump sit on the bottom of the 5.25" bays, but there was a grill there that moved the pump up just enough so that it would take 2 bays instead of 1. Some Rotozipping fixed that.

Grill:



Removed:



Pump fits snugly under a 5.25" device in the 4th slot:



Next are the cable management cuts. I just did a couple of them, one for some power cables, and one right next to the motherboard's 24-pin connection.

Drawn in:



Cut:



And I needed to cut a square in back of the CPU to get to my heatsink without removing the motherboard. This one was ugly because my rotozip grinder became unbalanced and unusable, so I had to do it with the clumsy angle grinder. But luckily, it will stay hidden.

Drawn:



Cut:



More to come.

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