The CM 690 XL

[clandestinodz]

Hi all,

I use to have a Cm 690 for a while and I love it, but also wanted to add 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.

It's based on two (2) CM 690 cases, I was inspired by the TJ7 and basically added a watercase

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

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

[clandestinodz]

Originally I've made some changes to my case, I painted it in white pearl and add some strips, and it was like that:

When we finished with the watercase we had to take off the white paint that I had on it

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

[clandestinodz]

hi guys, it's me again with new pics, we decided to add another layer of paint, to match with the sleeving I recieved

Here are some other stuff I've been doing with a friend with 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 xigmatek 200 mm and 5 Cooler Master 120 mm

[clandestinodz]

I'll be putting on my rig the following components:

Asus Rampage III Extreme

I7 930 OC

SSD OCZ Vertex 120go

WB Koolance CPU-360

EK Water Blocks EK-FB

Corsair Dominator GT Kit TRI 3x2GB PC3,

360 rad phobya

Laing pump

Phobya top

3 Excalibur 120 fan

3 gentel typhoon 120 fan

3 Cooler Master 120 fan

Phobya 250 reservoir black

and I'm waiting for my new GPU (580 gtx)

[clandestinodz]

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

Other pics with the case

[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 :D

And here some light I'll be using

that's it for tonight stay posted

[clandestinodz]

hi guys, me again with more pics

here are some test I'm doing to have an idea of the lenght of the PCI cables and it looks great :D

By the way I really don't know where to put my vandal button, i don't want to mess with the front facade, so any idea will be more than welcomed

Finishing painting some other parts

Stay posted for more :D

[clandestinodz]

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

[clandestinodz]

Hello guys problem solved here are the pics

I took some pics this afternoon, I'm almost done still have to wait for some parts to finish the

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

[clandestinodz]

I finally got my kit and here it is

I decided to put more effort on the pics I'll be posting (at least I'm trying), so please any criticisms is more than welcome and here is the result:

What do you think zbout the new logos ( critics please)