How to fit Big Tower heatsinks in Cosmos S

[madspec]

Hi all !!

Ok , when i got my Cosmos S i was really upset cause i could not install my Thermalright 120 eXtreme Heatsink . So i decided to mod the case just a little so i would be able to use the Cosmos S and My Thermalright .

First you need a Dremel or something that does the same job





And at the end , the Heatsink does not touch the fan anymore





Hope this helps people like me who have Huge Tower Heatsinks !!

Mad

[Zenphic]

Nice mod man!
And clean interior as well

[madspec]

Thanks man

[wijszman]

The pics that show 'how' you did this are not visible, can you fix this please .
The fitting of a TRUE is the only thing keeping me from getting a cosmos s (i was waiting for the revision, but somehow there is no news on that).

[mik3_uk]

i did this mod a while a go to get the tuniq tower to fit i have posted some pictures of how much u need to cut from the fan check out the link to my post for the pics

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10149&start=30

[BuddyLee]

Will the Thermalright fit in a vertical orientation without the mod?

I mean if the heatsink and fan are oriented with the fan blowing towards the top exhaust fan, instead of to the rear exhaust fan.

[madspec]

You have to cut even more . But ne carfull , the 200 mm fan is really cheap , breaks for absolutly no reason .

And i find that the fans at the top dont do the job reall good , i dont know why but the meshe on the top doesent let the air go out easaly . i would recommend using the bask fan for the cpu cooling .

[BuddyLee]

Bummer but thanks for the reply, I might just have to move the fan to the outside of the panel. Then I would have to either cut the modders mesh on the side and maybe...

1)mod in a 10" subwolfer grill.

2)replace the entire pop out on the side with a piece of nylon or other stretchy breathable material.

3)build a custom carbon fiber insert using my broken fan, door, and plastic insert wrapped in wax paper as templates.

[madspec]

Idea number 2 sounds cool

[EarlZ]

Or you can also rotate the default orientation of the fan so that the flat part is positioned horizontally and would allow the TRUE120ex to fit.

[roofus]

to fit the Scythe Mugen-2 in, i ended up rotating the fan to the flat part on top and madspec's mod to clear the end of the heat pipe. remembering this thread kept my Cosmos S from going airborne last night.