Got me a CoolerMaster CM 690

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jan 27, 2009

lollerskater69 said:
Nice hardware man. Really diggin the dominators.

Me too!! The active cooling would be so much sexier if they were bluelit like the A-DATA XPGs... meh I'll settle for my dominators for now!! :laugh:

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jan 27, 2009

Update!! Cable management finally in place!!

Here ya go Kenkickr! More pics w/cable management 16 days from purchase! Finally found some time. I dread the day I have to undo all this hard work for the modding :cool:

Chicken Patty · Jan 27, 2009

nice dude :toat: it was about time, looks much cleaner

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jan 27, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
nice dude :toat: it was about time, looks much cleaner

Thanks CP....hey, sorry to hear bout your denied RMA, and after all that suspense...but time will yield much prettier gifts!! Can't wait to hear news on the M4A and PII 940! :rockout:

Chicken Patty · Jan 27, 2009

ChaoticAtmosphere said:
Thanks CP....hey, sorry to hear bout your denied RMA, and after all that suspense...but time will yield much prettier gifts!! Can't wait to hear news on the M4A and PII 940!

thanks bro, im actually going to get a M3A79-T for now, getting a good deal on one :toast:

I'll be back soon, hopefully.

kenkickr · Feb 9, 2009

Looks tidy Chaotic and I wouldn't worry about dreading the day you have to undo that, I'm sure it will be worth it! I wish I could get back to working on mine but I've been so fucking busy working on soldering a DC jack on a laptop for a friend, building a couple systems for friends, and playing with my Imac G3; but I think I can actually get back to what I want to do on this case.

mav2000 · Mar 12, 2009

Hey kenkickr, super work man...cant wait to see this finished, but been a while since an update...

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0402.jpg

Hey, how have you fitted the ocz vendetta 2 on this. I have the same on my AM2+ board and have fit it with the fan below the cooler blowing upwards, yours seems to be the other way around. ANy reaon for this, or is this the rite way?

1Kurgan1 · Mar 12, 2009

Looks nice, I wish my PSU was that short, so hard to route my wires through the back, but I managed it with a bit of finesse. I'm gonna have to get some pics up that are decent quality now that I got a good digital camera.

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

I've been low on funds since I couldn't sell anything but went ahead and threw the items up on Ebay. I do have a mod almost finished, should be done tomorrow so some new pics will be up tomorrow night.

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

mav2000 said:
Hey kenkickr, super work man...cant wait to see this finished, but been a while since an update...

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0402.jpg

Hey, how have you fitted the ocz vendetta 2 on this. I have the same on my AM2+ board and have fit it with the fan below the cooler blowing upwards, yours seems to be the other way around. ANy reaon for this, or is this the rite way?

I was just screwing around with the top fans and decided to flip the heatsink. At that time I had the top fans sucking in, which is why the OCZ was placed the way it was. Since then I now have a CoolerMaster Z600R(Badass HSF!!)

CDdude55 · Mar 13, 2009

lol, you are still modding the case, been like a year and a half.

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

I don't have money to spend on just the mods. I do a little at a time but I've been going through a divorce for the last 5 years and now, as of today @ 8:35AM, I am a single man for 30 days.

CDdude55 · Mar 13, 2009

kenkickr said:
I don't have money to spend on just the mods. I do a little at a time but I've been going through a divorce for the last 5 years and now, as of today @ 8:35AM, I am a single man for 30 days.

Oh, That must suck( i think)

And Illinois rules!, its where im from.

LagunaX · Mar 13, 2009

kenkickr said:
Here are some pics after cutting out the plastic junk on the front panel. I think it looks much better!

Thanks for the idea man! I'm going to cut out that piece of plastic in fron t of the fan too. Looks great!

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

CDdude55 said:
Oh, That must suck( i think)

And Illinois rules!, its where im from.

Yeah, but I'm glad it's OVER!!! BOOZING ON SATURDAY!!!!

LagunaX said:
kenkickr said:

Here are some pics after cutting out the plastic junk on the front panel. I think it looks much better!

Thanks for the idea man! I'm going to cut out that piece of plastic in fron t of the fan too. Looks great!

Click to expand...

Besides looking great it also helps with moving more air.

ChaoticAtmosphere · Mar 13, 2009

kenkickr said:
Looks tidy Chaotic and I wouldn't worry about dreading the day you have to undo that, I'm sure it will be worth it! I wish I could get back to working on mine but I've been so fucking busy working on soldering a DC jack on a laptop for a friend, building a couple systems for friends, and playing with my Imac G3; but I think I can actually get back to what I want to do on this case.

Hope you're getting paid for all that time!!

Ya well, as far as dreading it, I think I'll do the modding at the same time as I add a second 3870 and upgrade to the PII 940

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

I did get paid, a little, for the systems but waiting on my friend up in Northern Illinois to pay me. I don't get to see him much but I know he will pay me.

onry · Mar 13, 2009

congrats on the divorce bro glad to hear it FINALLY got done for you.

i need to post some pics of my 690 as its almost finished finally
onry

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

onry said:
congrats on the divorce bro glad to hear it FINALLY got done for you.

i need to post some pics of my 690 as its almost finished finally
onry

Thanks neighbor!!! I'm glad too! I liked your case when I saw it last and you better throw some pics up here

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

Here is a preview of the mod. It's rough right now since I just cut them the other day and was fitting to see how much is going to be sanded off:

I've always said with anything I do not like chrome so hopefully that answers anyone's questions about why I removed the chrome pieces.

Chicken Patty · Mar 13, 2009

ken looks like its going to come out nice

kenkickr · Mar 13, 2009

I sure as hell hope so!! Thanks and I can't wait to try the led's out that are going to be behind the acrylic, they will show off the HD activity.

Chicken Patty · Mar 13, 2009

kenkickr said:
I sure as hell hope so!! Thanks and I can't wait to try the led's out that are going to be behind the acrylic, they will show off the HD activity.

now that sounds like its going to look very neat

kyle2020 · Mar 13, 2009

Heres the mods I did to mine. Was a gorgeous day so I decided to not use the garage this time

Set aside a few hours, revved up the dremel, slapped on some tunes and started cutting. Dont have any decent pictures of everything complete, but ill take some when my firestix arrive.

For now, modding pictures:

My 3 motherboard tray cuts (24 pin + sata cables, AUX power, aka 8 pin & front header connectors)

Rear exhaust fan cut:

Rear exhaust fan after reinstall (need to watch my fingers when plugging in USB cables and such :laugh:

Bottom intake fan cut (need a higher CFM fan there, the stock one is pathetic).

Top 2 exhaust fans cut (wiped the surface down just before picture, still damp)

Top 2 after reassembly, showing XLF fans (shit looks so cash when they are running)

Close up for AUX power hole (rough but does its job)

24 pin + sata cables cut

And finally, some of the scrap metal after the cuts

Took like 3 hours including strip down. Then a further 2 hours on re assembly inc. cable management, but you have those pictures to look forward to

(probably next weekend)

(on a side note - yes my cuts are jagged and horrible but they are smooth and are out of sight, so its unnecessary for them to be immaculate really)

ChaoticAtmosphere · Mar 13, 2009

^^^Sweet, Keep the pics coming kyle!

kenkickr, did you add another DVD drive? It looks good with 2. Nice close ups!

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