CM 690 II Advanced Watercooled

[tool_462]

Thanks much for the measurements.

Looking good so far.

[rioja]

First of may! Congrats to all labor


And I have done with great pump insulation. Roof is on its place also now.

[rioja]

and this time is last part of pics about assembly itself

front insulation against unnecessary inner light and air



wires under velcro

this mod allows to turn off front fan led and led in res by one stock button

this is how to get 5v signal from existing wires on roof using sata connector


and finally my fan hub 5-to-1

which allows to have 5 gtyphoons at 890 rpm if cpu temp <50C and at 1400 rpm if cpu temp >70C
under prime95 temp of i5-750 with no overlclock is 49-51 on cores, i hope this is good result, so all fans work at 890 rpm
as for video, where is no way to control fan speed but with fans at 890 rpm it's temp 58C on gpu diode

[rioja]

Final

[offmarsboy]

awsome !! love itt

[Boulard83]

Good job milord !

[josk1]

awesome cable managment man
and nice rig !!!

[pb300]

Your project has sold me on this case. Same size as my current mid tower but so much more potential.

And great job on the cable management!

[ohms]

Nice build, but you should sleeve your cables! It would look even better.

[rioja]

here is a little explanation why it is not possible to install 140mm fan or 2x140 rad on top outside, due to those climb for external hdd and divider near it

[RCG_Bex]

Beautiful stuff mate! Very impressed

~Bex

[rioja]

thx bex

[SADS]

I just ordered one of these cases

Thanks for posting your build, I loved every single photo in this thread!

Fantastic setup you have there. Great job!

[patriciogac]

Thanks for your pictures (I took many ideas from here!) This is mine with H2O Edge 220 Kit + MCR 320 and GPU´s on SLI.

[Church]

patriciogac: i don't like two pieces of tubing in your build - both to/from lower gpu. Why they need to be THAT long? :/

[patriciogac]

patriciogac: i don't like two pieces of tubing in your build - both to/from lower gpu. Why they need to be THAT long? :/

I agree with you, I don´t like that too, but since I live In Chile is not easy to buy the "right" parts, so I needed to setup my WC kit first, and then start to thinking in other parts like "90º fitting", etc. Anyway if I use shorter tubing at that places the tube kink, so that´s the only way for know. Of course any advice is very welcome! Did you notice that I mod the roof of the case to fit a MCR 320 rad?

[Church]

patriciogac: few hints for tighter bending radius - it's good to have tubing to form something like half-circle with even bend in all it's length (if tubing is longer, it tends to kink in middle, if it's shorter, it tends to kink near both fittings); +you can put something like spring or something else inside tubing similar to it's ID to prevent collapsing of it and submerse peace of bent tubing in hot water cup or bowl of needed size to soften tubing material. After cooling down it should retain it's bent shape. I've heard good results regarding small bend radius without kinking about primochill pro LRT tubing.

[patriciogac]

patriciogac: few hints for tighter bending radius - it's good to have tubing to form something like half-circle with even bend in all it's length (if tubing is longer, it tends to kink in middle, if it's shorter, it tends to kink near both fittings); +you can put something like spring or something else inside tubing similar to it's ID to prevent collapsing of it and submerse peace of bent tubing in hot water cup or bowl of needed size to soften tubing material. After cooling down it should retain it's bent shape. I've heard good results regarding small bend radius without kinking about primochill pro LRT tubing.

Thank you churchy! I will give that a try!

[DavidNJ]

Question: Swifttech says the radiator is 34mm thick. CoolerMaster told me today that the design size for a top radiator is 29.6mm. To the best of my knowledge the only radiator that size is the HWLabs GTS240 Stealth; that radiator is exactly 29.6mm.

I'm thinking of getting the CM690 II Advanced for my new system; my current system is a CM690 (original) with a Thermochill 120.3 on the back. However, I want to make it more compact. Air cooling (I have another thread on that) is very problematic; the alternative is an inside radiator. A bottom radiator is not an option; too many disks.

The XSPC Rasa 750 kit has their waterblock, 2 5.25" bay resevoir/pump, and their 35mm thin RS240 radiator. Ideal? No, but better then aircooling, inexpensive, and easy to install: no brackets with a CM690 II top install. However...will a 35mm radiator fit?

Note: The system is in an open frame using a Noctua NH-C14 HSF for the time being.

[elysion]

nice one on that, like the CM cases, clean and sleek, well done work mate!

[DTR]

Question: Swifttech says the radiator is 34mm thick. CoolerMaster told me today that the design size for a top radiator is 29.6mm. To the best of my knowledge the only radiator that size is the HWLabs GTS240 Stealth; that radiator is exactly 29.6mm.

I'm thinking of getting the CM690 II Advanced for my new system; my current system is a CM690 (original) with a Thermochill 120.3 on the back. However, I want to make it more compact. Air cooling (I have another thread on that) is very problematic; the alternative is an inside radiator. A bottom radiator is not an option; too many disks.

The XSPC Rasa 750 kit has their waterblock, 2 5.25" bay resevoir/pump, and their 35mm thin RS240 radiator. Ideal? No, but better then aircooling, inexpensive, and easy to install: no brackets with a CM690 II top install. However...will a 35mm radiator fit?

Note: The system is in an open frame using a Noctua NH-C14 HSF for the time being.

Short answer...yes (I believe...cya..lol)

I have an original Swiftnets MCR220 Rad mounted in the top/inside position of the CM690II. The specs say its 34.9mm (1 3/8in)thick (http://www.swiftnets.com/products/h20-apex.asp) and it fits ...to the best of my ability, you have about another 1-2 mm clearance to the motherboard (mine is a GA-X58A-UD5).

Edit 2: There is no space for the fans to mount directly to the rad in the top position on the inside of the case, they mount inside of the top bezel of the case


Hope that helps

[tool_462]

Swiftech MCR220 fits up top just fine, now I have an EK CoolXstream 240 up top and in the bottom of mine:



Thanks to the OP for the original measurements that made it possible

[DavidNJ]

Thanks for the info.

I have the CM690, version 1. The CM690 II has extra room up top. So it seems the XSPC kit may be painless CPU cooling and capable of handling 200w. The only problem would be that you can't automatically change the fan speed based on CPU temp, since the pump needs to be connected to the CPU fan power connector.

The CM690II only has 4 5.25" bays. If 2 are used by the resevoir/pump, one by the DVD R/W, that leaves one with both the USB 3 panel and the fan controller vying for placement. May have to wait for the CM690 III advanced with front panel USB 3.0.

[phantomferrari]

is there enough room to mount 38mm thick fans on the roof and yet still be able to put the top back on?

[nuno_p]

is there enough room to mount 38mm thick fans on the roof and yet still be able to put the top back on?

No.