MKG Cosmos II case mod - Page 79

You sure got my vote bro. Hope I could develop my skillset to do a copper tube build as slick as this one day.....

The starscream build is pretty impressive too.

@ bob808,

First off MAJOR Props for the AWSOME BUILD. You have truly inspired me! There are a few design cue's that if you don't mind I will one day emulate on my own Cosmos II.

Forgive me for being a complete noob but I have been looking all over the net for someone who has removed the upper HDD cage on the Cosmos II and you are the only person I can find who has done it that I feel has the expertise to advise me on the matter and how it effected case strength and report if yours has been effected at all by the removal of the upper HDD cage. Aside from that do I even need to worry about it raising my temps? I realize the ultimate judge of that will be to see my temps once it is all put together (Parts are in transit as I type this)

I am doing my FIRST ever PC build so I dont want to do something stupid and regret it. I am very mechanical so I am not worried about how to remove the upper HDD cage rather should I. According to Cooler Master removing the riveted in support bracket will void my warranty and that the case could bend. I wanted to find out from you if this has happened or if the case has proven to be more that rigid enough with this removed. I want to remove the cage to get maximum air flow and fear it too restrictive for the front 200mm fan. I am not ready to do full water cooling yet as again I am a noob and I just dropped a huge chunk on the rest of the build. Please advise. Sorry If this is a bit long but I want to make sure you have a complete picture if you needed it to give your advise. My build including cooling solution is as follows:

Cosmos II case
UPPER PART OF CASE
Corsair AX1200i PSU
AsRock Z77 Extreme9 MOBO
i7-3770k (Planning to OC up around 4.5ghz)
16gb 2133 G.Skill Ripjaws Z Ram
Dual Gigabyte GTX 680 OC x3 in 2way SLI (Will overclock from there with Afterburner)
Cooling Solution - CFM is MFR Est Max:
Air In - BitFenix Spectre Pro 200mm Fan (148CFM which runs into the first cage rack - IE the one I want to remove, screwed in cage rack already out)
Air In - 2x XIGMATEK 120mm Side Fans (75CFM each)
Air Out - Top Mounted Corsair H100i CPU Water Cooler with stock fans pushing (77CFM each) and for pull 2x Cougar 140mm Dual-X Blade Blue (73CFM)
Air Out - Rear 140mm Stock Case Fan (60CFM)

Lower HDD Cage
256gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD (OS and Boot Drive) Transfer VIA Steam File System with 4TB WD listed below
1TB WD Caviar Black HD (Document Storage)
4TB WD Caviar Black HD (Game Storage and MP3 Storage)
320gb WD Blue (Image Drive)
Cooling: Stock 120mm dual fans (44CFM Each)

great work!!!

OMG... just wow dude, wow

I'm like...

Bravo sir, Bravo
Going to vote now!

voted! hope ya win, this is truly a beautiful mod

Very nice build man mod dem CoolerMaster Cases!!!!

bloody amazing case. congrats!

Holy crap...... this is awesome!!! amazing work man amazing work.