the CM 690 XL mod

[clandestino-dz]

Hi all,
I have been lokking in this forum for a while, and I finally decided to post my worklog, hoping that u'll like it and could help me with it
so first of all welcome to my Thread

I use to have a Cm 690 for a while and I love it, but also wanted to ad a watercooling system in it but face it has not really enough space, so with a friend we decided to do smt about it. I didn't want to buy a new rig so instead I started to look for an another Cm 690 and did some scretch.

This is how my rig used to be:






The system will function for gaming and multimedia

The hardware installed will be as follow:

CPU: I7 930
CPU-Cooler: CM Hyper z600 (but will get a WC system next month)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme
Graphics: CF HD 5850 + 8800 GT
Memory: 6GB G.Skill Ripjaws
SSD: 1 OCZ 120 go vertex
HDD: 1x 1000GB + 1x 500 GB
DVD: Sony
Power Supply: CM Silent Pro 1000
Fan's: 5 custm CM 120 fans+ 2 ximaltch 140 white led

Will be used with an Apple HD display 23"




I'm nearly done but here is the summary of the whole thing. We started it last june and hopping to finish it by novembre.

Here are the 2 cases













So first we started by disambling the 1st case













And here the result



The tricky part was to adjust the front facade, so that what we've done with a friend













and here is the result









Stay posted for more pics

[clandestinodz]

hi guys it's me again with some other pictures of my mod
When we finished with the watercase we had to take off the white paint that I had on the case

we used a paint remover, it saved us a lot of time







and finally ready to be cut











and that's what we end up with enough space for all the PSU wires





Next step ....Painting my favorite bit

So we followed the basics, sanding, primer, 1st and 2nd layer of paint. We went for a black mat



















Then, we started painting the corners first





Here the result after the 1st layer















and finaly the 2nd layer



with his mate the stacker we painted the same day

[[XC] Oj101]

Nice

[felix_w]

Subbed....what are your plans for the side panels ?

[clandestinodz]

thanks a lot , for the side panels, well I ordered a large plexi window of 44cmx40 for the left panel and a smaler one for the right (44cmx20cm), just enough to show the drivers and all the sleeving I'm preparing

here are some pics I've just recieved my order

[felix_w]

Very nice...looking forward to see the color combination for sleeving....btw, what type of sleeving is that ? doesn't look familiar...

[lkiller123]

Looks very nice

[clandestino-dz]

Very nice...looking forward to see the color combination for sleeving....btw, what type of sleeving is that ? doesn't look familiar...

I bought the sleeving from MDPC x, they have an amazing sleeving, color and quality, and it's even better when you touch it

I spent the whole night sleeving pci, sata and power cables, I'm exhausted , I'll post some pics later

[clandestino-dz]

hey guys me again, I spent the night sleeving some cables and here are the results:







As I said before I'll be adding a 8800gt to my Cf 5850, so I though to use another color to differentiat, so here what 4ve got so far, what do you think ??



Other pics with the case









To sum up, without a case I ended with customised bench table

[clandestinodz]

Me again with some pics of plexi I will use in this mod, but didn't recieve all the parts but still here it is













And here some light I'll be using





that's it for tonight stay posted

[clandestino-dz]

Hi guys, new pics, I've been trying to mount all the parts to check if everything work perfectly and it does apart for the CPU cables (too short) so I have to think about a solution (any idea is welcome) as well as the sata cable management.
So here it is enjoy

[ScottALot]

Put a 480 or 360 rad in the bottom haha! I can see watercooling potential here.

[clandestinodz]

Put a 480 or 360 rad in the bottom haha! I can see watercooling potential here.

Good guess, that's the purpose of the mod, check the 1st pic I posted

[El Greco]

Cool and useful mod..

[ScottALot]

Good guess, that's the purpose of the mod, check the 1st pic I posted

ehh... too... lazy ... to ... click... but ... energetic...enough to make the ...'s

[clandestinodz]

Here are some other stuff I've been doing with a friend of mine modding fans. We decided to paint our fans (he's also working on a mod with Cm stacker) so this is how we did it
We painted 2 200 mm and 5 120 mm

[lior307]

Great modding man !

waiting for more pics.

[clandestinodz]

Hello guys problem solved I've done what you said and it works perfectly thanks a lot here are the pics







I took some pics this afternoon, I'm almost done still have to wait for some parts to finish the mod, and I have to wait next month to recieve my watercooling system

the mobo



I sawped the 140 mm fans with the 120s and put them on the top















I also fixed the plexi and the PSU in the back using MDPC snap caps it's a must have













Some cables management in the back





















And that's it for today, I will do the side panels tomorrow

[lkiller123]

The white fans look very nice, and the LED strips too

[Kryja]

Very nice indeed. I like the colour scheme, it's good to see something other than blue or red.

Are you hoping to fit a 480 and a 240 TJ07 style? Also, forgive me if I've missed something but, are you going to use the hose outlets in the rear of the case to connect to the rads? Or some other means?

[clandestinodz]

thank you Kryja, In fact it's my little girl (she's 3) who chose the colour, and then I ordered some MDPC purple and went see a specialist who prepared the paint
I will put a 360 rad and the pomp in the bottom part, and the way I will connect them with other parts (waterblocks and reservoir) it's a surprise be patient

[leghmoh]

Good work man, waiting to see it when it's finished.

[clandestino-dz]

Thanks leghmoh, You'll see it by your self soon

[Doctor Freak]

I like your project very much, only negative thing is cables:



FIX THIS, and hide them, then it will be perfect for now.

[clandestinodz]

thanks for your comment freak, it was a test if you notice carefully u'll see that I didn't take the stickers yet, anyway I appreciate