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MKG Cosmos II case mod

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Hello guys and gals-

It's been too long but I'm back with an upcoming build for my friends brother Lane. We are going to be getting wet in the new Cosmos II case from Coolermaster. The case is schedueled to be delivered tomorrow, and I am hoping it arrives in pristine condition. I'm a bit worried after reading about all the damaged cases arriving on peoples doorsteps from the Cosmos 2 owners thread.

I'm sure that most of you all know what the Cosmos II case looks like so I'll just post one stock photo-

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I've been wanting to do a hemi orange/black computer ever sinve I completed the MKG-RC1 (http://www.overclock.net/t/888554/madkat-games-rc1-gt5-machine/140_20#post_12113186) so I spend a bit of time with my trusty photo editing software (MS Paint lol) and came up with a few ideas-

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I've got some good ideas floating around, but nothing is set in stone. I haven't even seen this case in person yet. I can't wait to get my hands on this bad-boy and see what I can see.
I've sent the off in an email and am waiting to see if they appeal to Lane. Which do YOU like? Feel free to suggest ideas also. I am always willing to take suggestions and learn something new!

Those fans would go nicely with the color scheme
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If anyone needs measurements or dimmentions from the case, I will be happy to help (when the case arrives).
 
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We can do whatever you want Lane, and welcome to OCN
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450I have two of these
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I think you just want it to match your headphones lol
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I'm totally stoked to get this started, I agree with morg up there
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. Didn't even think of Half Life with that orange. Part of me, however, wants to go white/red with the liquid fusion reservoir from FQPC, and do an Umbrella Corp style PC. Something closely colored to the White Silence by MDPC. I'm so indecisive right now
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I think if you really want to stand out you should stay away from white, its getting over played right now in my opinion. I like the orange and black, but a red, silver, and black could be cool. What MB are you going with? I would work the colors around that.

BTW I like this one.

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Thanks for the replies guys! Everyone likes #7- it happens to be my favorite also, Im thinking like that but with the chevrons being black mesh, I just didnt want to bother changing them on paint- it takes forever to do anything on that program lol.

I think we'll have plenty of time to decide on color scheme while I ponder on ways to make this delicious case even tastier

modding the side panel for the window is going to be... interesting. I haven't seen one done yet- I would love to be firsty!
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#12 ·
Please tell me that you're gonna get the Gigabyte X79 UD7. I'd love to see a completely orange/black theme with that motherboard. This is gonna be an awesome build, best of luck!

Edit: Also really like it with the black mesh and orange trim from the design pics.
 
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Here are pictures for those who don't like to follow links *wink*
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But no- He's going to be using his current board - which has red highlights. That's the plan anyway.
(i"m purposefully leaving specs absent for the time being)
But no one said the inside of the case has to be the same colors as the outside. How many blue houses are blue on the inside? lol
 
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We can do whatever you want Lane, and welcome to OCN
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I think you just want it to match your headphones lol
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I will be destroying those cans of yours llane
 
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modding the side panel for the window is going to be... interesting. I haven't seen one done yet- I would love to be firsty!
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That is one of the things I'm wanting to see how you tackle.
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But no one said the inside of the case has to be the same colors as the outside. How many blue houses are blue on the inside? lol
Very well said, but I think case colors fall more in line with cars.
 
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Very well said, but I think case colors fall more in line with cars.
I would usually agree with you, but I would say that the Cosmos II is more of a house in comparison to most other cases, I'll post pics of it next to my DF-85 tonight
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Agreed. White is what is really popular right now. Red/white or red/silver would look pretty sweet.
That shade of orange is really unique, though. The choice is yours
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I REALLLLLLLLY like the Half Life, maybe I can use it to connive Gabe into releasing juicy details on the next installment of the series
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, but on the other hand, I'm a zombie fanatic, that's why I like the Umbrella Corp idea, with the cool t-virus and vaccine reservoirs. I may do a cheaper, more for fun build to do the Umbrella, maybe with a Lian Li case, since they're more modern looking than the Cosmos
 
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Sub'd! This is gonna be nice
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Good news! The case has arrived in pristine condition
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The only thing that is not 100% is that the front sliding door stops sliding down on its own after the 3x5.25 bays. if I put a bit of outward pressure on the right side of the track, it continues down. I'm guessing that the frame of the pc got ever so slightly tweaked during manufacturing or transport. Even if I cant get is sliding down as it should, it's not a deal breaker, as it will probably remained closed 98% of the time anyway.

Lane has also dropped off a new AX-850 power supply which will be powering this beast. We'll be making custom length cables that will be sleeved, after we decide on final color scheme for the inside.

I'm going to be taking a good look and brainstorming tomorrow- and will throw up some pictures for you all.
 
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PICS!!!
One question are you build this for lane or are you two building it for you?
This rig is for Lane. I'll get some picts up tomorrow. It's friday and one of my friends birthdays, so I'm out of here for some beer
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Heh! Beer and modding go together like penut butter and jelly.

So Lane brought over the case last night, and we set it up on my kitchen table so I can gett a better look at her- Shes a big-boned girl but very sexy..
Thats a lot of wires hanging out in there for the case being empty-

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As you can see, the first thing I did was take the door off. I'll be looking at the inside compartment alot to think about what I want to do, color scheme and modding wise. We are going to watercool this monster, and honestly, this case is too mammoth if you just want an air cooled pc. All this room will be nice to work with for watercooling though!

Heres a picture of the side door, removed from the case-

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There's alot more plastic on this case than I would have guessed. Here's a picture of the backside of the left-side door.

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As I plan on placing a window on this door, I need to see whats going on so I can think over my options. After removing 3 screws, I take off the dust filters.

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Next, I take off the black chromed hinge and lock strip.

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Here you can where the aluminum skin has tabs that are bent over, holding it to the plastic frame, 3 on the hinge side.

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Four tabs under the locking strip.

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Alont the top and bottom edges of the door, I can see four more tabs on each side, covered up by these bits of plastic.

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These can (and will) be removed to gain access to the bent over alum tabs-

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Cafefully, I bend the tabs up using a flat screwdriver-

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The aluminum skin is glued to the plastic in addition to the locking tabs, so some special tools are rounded up-

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This part I was as careful as possible, I dont want to damage the very thin alum skin on this $350 case. I work my way around the door, pushing the spatulas in as far as they will go. From the little sticky white boogers that are appearing when i pull the spatulas out, I am assuming that its some kind of double sided tape acting as tha adheasive.

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Whew. I got the skin off without any damage. We're going to have to source some of this type of double sided tape. Its very sticky, and very, very thin. I am pretty sure I know where I can find some, if not I will be contacting CoolerMaster, and beg them for some. Worse case, We can use some other type of adheasive, but from taking this door apart, the tape used is very effective.

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The aluminum is very thin. Less than 1/16th of an inch. At least it will be easy to cut
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I put my youngest daughter to work removing the sticky double-sided tape mess from the door. She loves getting her picture taken lol.
Modding- fun for the whole family!
I'll probably use goof-off on the tape on the aluminum, but I dont want to damage the plastic, so manual removal then a wipe down with isopropyl alcohol to remove any trace residue.

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