Hello everybody!
As some of you may know, I have been working closely with Bill Owen at MNPCTech over the past year learning and soaking up as much as I can as his intern. We have done several case reviews and mod guides together, and it is time for me to step it up a notch and take on a big themed build.
- Theme -This is going to be influenced by oldschool Star Wars, and specifically Rebel Alliance equipment. I love the look of their gear, machinery, technology, and spacecraft, so this will take many ideas from that. We're starting with the Cosmos II, and will end up with something that looks dramatically different in the end.
I first must thank CoolerMaster for the sponsorship of the Cosmos II and Silent Pro Hybrid 1300w powersupply, EK for sponsoring the watercooling components, Lutro0 for sponsoring their beautiful sleeving work, Mayhems for supplying their world class coolants and dyes, Cheapskate for dedicating his time into designing custom waterblocks for the 680s, Brian Garrity for his time as the camera man for the upcoming video of this project, and of course Bill and MNPCTech for everything he has taught me and given me during my time working with him.
- Components - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Intel 3930k
Quad SLI GTX 680 Classified's
32gb of Corsair Dominator 2133mhz
CoolerMaster Silent Pro Hybrid 1300w
512gb Vertex 4 SSD
3x 3tb Seagate 7,200rpm storage drives
Cosmos II
Full dual loop EK watercooling setup with custom GPU waterblocks designed by our very own Cheapskate
- Supremacy Elite socket 2011 Nickel CPU block
- R4E Nickel CSQ mobo block
- 2x Ram Dominator X4 blocks
- 2x 480 XT radiators
- 2x DDC-3.2TP pumps
- 2x X3 150mm res
- Black Nickel fittings
- Custom Classified blocks by munkeybutt
Time for the pics to do the talking!
The Cosmos II
It's a bird. It's a plane...
Cosmos II opened up - I hate that mess of useless crap dangling there.
The build will feature MNPCTech's new Cosmos II Full Acrylic window side panel! Available soon for order. This is a serious chunk of acrylic!
A few components going into the system
Classified unboxing
These cards are bigger than 690's...
Shiny!
Why is quad sli not overkill? 6000x1080-across-three-monitors-gaming is why. Even the Rebel Alliance has to game from time to time!
Stripping down the CMII for some modding.
Taping off the top to cut room for a 480mm rad.
Lining up the top rad
Cages removed to make room for a 480mm rad in the front
Creating the mounting system for the 480 in the front bezel
Rad mounted into front bezel. I will be doing more in between the rad and the edges to make it more connected.
Front rad mounted in the case
I wanted to do something special with the edge frame work, so I decided on cutting out slots and putting some modders mesh behind it
Clamping down the mesh for some epoxying
This stuff is the best for all kinds of modding. Epoxy of the gods I say!
Removing the stock top panel mesh
Mounting a hinge on the top panel for some flap movement
Watercooling time! Supremacy 2011 block and black nickel fittings
I love the frosty tops on these blocks!
DDC's and tops