CM 690 II - Mariazinha

[mordillo]

Hi everyone.

I present my modest atempt in modding this case and creating a dual loop system.

My goal is achieve a clean look with most of the wires, pumps and rad's all concealed.

I know the quality of both the modd's and the photos aren't the best but bear with me - I am still learning...

So now the hardware list :

MotherBoard - Asus P67 Pro
Cpu - Core i7 2600k
Ram - Gskill RipjawsX DDR3 1600Mhz 4GB - CL7
Gpu - EVGA 580 SC
HD - SSD OCZ Vertex 3 - 60GB
Storage - Samsung 250 x2 (raid 0)

Watercooling list:

XSPC RS240 x2
Swiftech MCP350 x2
Swiftech Apogee XT
EK FC580 GTX - Nickel
Tubing - PrimoChill 5/8 Clear
Conectors by BitsPower

This Project will be called Mariazinha.

So now on with this build.



MotherBoard Fully Dressed



GPU Dressed



Case all naked



I/O Shield Painted and Placed, PSU threaded for new screws and Lian Li Aero Slots



New Vertical Plate with SSD Mount. This piece is made in acrylic and with vinyl aplied.



Lower Section separation plate with rad and connections



In Place



Another View



Overall View of the work so far (Still a long way to goooooooooo). Just did a quick mock up for you guys to see what's coming. Everything will sit flush when it's finished.

Hope you enjoy!

[PiLsY]

Thats looks really clean, nice work so far dude .

[paulbagz]

Yesss more 692 builds!

I am actually in the process of fabricating my PSU shield however I have chosen to go down the perspex road.

What did you make yours out of? How'd you do the bending?

EDIT: Dw I finally learnt to read!

-PB

[mordillo]

This piece was originally intended to be in aluminium but the tollerances available between the 2 passtrough's conectors that are right next to each other and the PSU made a clean bend impossible. That being so 2 separate acrylic pieces were made (from 4mm and 2 mm acrylic) and then black mate vinyl was aplied.

Both pieces are held together by a groove carved in the 4 mm acrylic. If you desire i can take a more detailed pic tomorrow.

[paulbagz]

Yes please

As this is the stage I am up to on my build (albeit I have a lot more hardware to fit into mine).

Glad someone else out there is taking the time to work with this awesome case

-PB

[mordillo]

..Update..

HD cage back in place after a litle grinding and paiting.

Did a almost definitive mock up with the hardware to test the loops.









Still not happy with cpu loop so i'll change the block so that the tubes are paralel





View of the pump area (dont mind the double sided tape it is only temporary)







Test mock up for the backplate. Still working on the design. In the end this will be nickel plated.

New parts are arriving monday so until then.... Time for sleeving xD

Hope you enjoy

[ohms]

Very very nice rendition of the CM 690 II Advanced . Looking forward to what you do next with it.

[miptzi]

indeed some interesting solutions

I'll keep an eye here

[mordillo]

Thank you for your kind words.

I got a few ideas i would like to see come true. Let's see if i have the skill necessary to pull it off.

Either way I promisse there are still a few surprises to come. And just not to go without a pic here you go (a little blury but acceptable)

[lowfat]

Holy crap that is some fantastic looking work so far.

[Soul_train]

Looking forward to see this project having the liquid inside

[Psymafi]

That is a great and clean work, very very nice
congrats for both

[mordillo]

Not really a update but that Swiftech was bothering me a lot.

So out with the old and in with the new









Looking good...

And as a little gift for myself (and because it looks wayyyyyyyy better)





That's it for now. I really should get back to sleeving. See you monday.

[paulbagz]

What colours you doing for the sleeving?

-PB

[mordillo]

thinking about black and b-magic from mdpc of course :P

[paulbagz]

Awesome.

I am so sold on his new Vanilla Sands, just need to get a build for it

-PB

[mordillo]

Did a tone of work today.

Don't have the time to post everything so i'll just put up a few teaser shot's.

Tomorrow it'll be the real update.




Final mockup of the GPU backplate.



Sleeving Done.



Can anyone guess where this goes?

See you all tomorrow. I promisse a true update!

[paulbagz]

That B-Magic is so :banana::banana::banana::banana:

Did you do the back plates yourself?

-PB

[mordillo]

Mesured and drawn in cad. The CNC does the actual work.

[MrGuMbY18]

This is awesome love the work so far i cant wait to see it complete. I love how you have the rads concealed.

[mordillo]

@MrGuMbY18

Thanks. Concealing everything is the first step for a very clean build. Apreciate your words ^^

As for the update promissed I am sorry guy's. I know i promissed but i have too many photos i want to show to upload them all up right now.

I promisse that i'll sleep "fast" and tomorrow, while fresh will post everything

See you then!

[mordillo]

Good morning everyone.

As promissed here is the update.

I have to warn there are a lot of pics ^^ This is a build where i try to learn and develop my modding skills as well as my photografy skills.

Hope it comes out well!

Let's begin with the new acrylic pieces. After the mock up's i did some tweeks and with the final dimensions here is the result





























(here u can see i had to cut 2 of the pass trough because there wasnt enough clearance. AS these are nickel plated they were extremelly dificullt to get a acceptable colour. A lot of sanding went here....)



(close up of the joint as requested by PB)



(here a little surprise - first mock up)





(Finished :P)



(will look extremelly cool)



(aquaero 5 LT)





(mounted in the underside of HDD cage)



Res with temp sensors







Top Panel mounted



Remember this?



Flipped







(and here is where it goes. It covers the two tube holes just perfectly)

And now a few random shots of the work done.









(same photo with lighter ilumination)

I will post the full detail of this work once the new update comes out. For now it's only a little teaser.

Hope you enjoy

[Soul_train]

It's been a challenge but the look is outstanding

[paulbagz]

Excellent work!

You have set the bar for my internal acrylic work, I hope to do it justice and come up with something just as great

-PB

[Soul_train]

Looking really nice m8