Project: Cosmos-S-Trail

[coolmiester]

Project: Cosmos-Skulltrail

Its that time again to get a commissioned project up and running for the Coolermaster stand at Multiplay i34 which doesn’t leave much time so expect this one to take shape pretty fast once all the background stuff is out the way.

There are three major sponsors which I’m eternally grateful for and have all supplied some killer hardware so i’ve first of all got to thank those involved for making the mod possible and vow to hopefully do them all justice.

Sponsors Include:

Coolermaster

Intel

Zotac

HWLabs

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System Spec:

CM Cosmos S

CM 1100watt PSU

Intel Skulltrail Motherboard

2x Intel QX9775 Quad Core Extreme CPU’s (Socket 771)

2x Zotac 9800GX2’s

4GM RAM

Watercooling:

By me

So, let the games commence

 

[Kerotan]

:O that's some serious hardware!!1 Good luck with the build- you can pretty much tell this is gonna be one awesome rig!

 

[Luigi]

Omg, that is totally awesome hardware, I look forward to more on this

What did you have to do for the skulltrail :O

 

[coolmiester]

Cheers

Guess this is a bit of a give away but hey, i like vents

 

[Luigi]

:O That is just stunning!

 

[Brooksie]

omfg can't wait for this

 

[p810252]

really want to see what you make of this

 

[coolmiester]

As always, cheers for all the feedback and comments as it does help loads.

I didn't get anywhere near as much as what i'd planed today but i did get both vents mounted ready to be stuck in place after the panels are flattened and sent for powder coat to give better finish for paint but no real hurry as the painter is on holiday next week

He did drop some of the paint off today which as always is pretty much just like a new car so i'm happy with that.

I dunno, i seemed to spend more time looking at the damn thing today than getting into my usual attack mode but i seem to have more of a game plan so i guess all was not lost

Oh yeah i borrowed a Cosmos 1000 side panel off my mate Tom so i didn't have to deal with the mesh panel in the Cosmos S which was a big help

BTW the vents are an aftermarket replacement for a Peugeot 206 here in the UK

 

[Luigi]

Simply stunning. I love your use of vents, you seem to use them on a lot of projects but i'd never get tired. Your builds are just so elegant and endering

I for sure will be watching this one closely, I must've missed the quad-sli part earlier... Well done

If you ever feel like putting in a good word for me...

 

[coolmiester]

No laser cutters here...........all done by hand

OK, there's a few imperfections which you wouldn't get with laser but much more fulfilling to know you did it all yourself with a fret saw.

Anyway, as you can see the front of the Cosmos S mesh is being replaced with 5.25 aluminium plates which will be anodised black once all the cut-outs have been finished and have chrome hex bolts.

The top one will hold a 4" TFT - two which are already been cut are for dual reservoirs - middle one will hold fan controllers and the bottom one for both Zotac and Intel logos

Few shots of the finished Zotac logo with frosted white and orange plexi attached to the back which will be lit up from behind once everything is anodised and installed.

.........hope they like it :yumyum:

 

[!TIMMY!]

That is dam nice!

 

[rrjwilson]

For non-laser work that is awesome. I salute your handy skills.

 

[Silentsnake]

WOW!!! This is gnna look amazing cant wait!

how do you go about getting sponsored?

 

[Luigi]

WOW!!! This is gnna look amazing cant wait!

how do you go about getting sponsored?

Email companies.. Its damn hard, especially intel, you have to be real special...

Images arent working for me

 

[Silentsnake]

lol i feel sorry for you

 

[Luigi]

haha, They've arrived now.. wierd, just took AGES...

It looks awesome. I love the orange behind the O

 

[coolmiester]

Time to get a bit work done on the three Coolermaster Aquagate's and the replacement reservoirs

Got all three res's stuck together using my new found friend Poly Weld with FB barbs fitted all seems fine but will be leak testing before final fitting.

And a couple of shots of the new look Aquagate in a standard Cosmos S which i did a while back for testing

 

[coolmiester]

Admittedly not a lot of case modding going on here at present as the Cosmos chassis is at the anodisers so I thought I would get the system up and running on the bench just to make sure everything was working………………i knew that mini Cosmos waterbox would come in handy one day

Anyway got it all up and running like a dream with the CPU’s being cooled by 2 D-Tek FuZion and a GTX480 so everything’s nice and cool there but Zotac are still to decide whether to run two GX2’s or two GTX280’s so pointless putting the GFX under water just yet though I was tempted to fit the monster EK block that weigh in at 1080g each

That’s about it for now until the chassis returns and the side panels get back!

 

[Luigi]

Sweet Im a bit confused... is this a build for zotac? Or cant they decide what to sponsor you with?

 

[coolmiester]

Sweet Im a bit confused... is this a build for zotac? Or cant they decide what to sponsor you with?

No no, its my mod but Zotac are supplying the cards.