holtzman

This is a red and black themed, water cooled cm 690.
Mods I did-
Cut out all fan grills
Painted chassis red
Painted grills red
built "false bottom" to hide psu and cables
cut window
mounted second 120mm front fan (2 red led 120's in front)
soldered red led's into a cd drive
wired the cd drive button to the top of the case, making it a stealth drive
Mounted 3 rocker switches to control red and uv cathodes
cut holes to hide cables behind the mobo
Added black tinted acrylic
Mounted rad in the top
water cooled with black fesser one coolant

This was a nice build. I used the guts from my sig rig, just switched cases and added a new radiator. For those who are curious...
Problems-
I used cheap primer and the red paint, which is automotive enamel, scratches off easily. I will need to re paint the mesh within a few months, with better primer of course. For some reason, the reset switch is broken somehow. I had had this mobo for a year and it has been fine, but for some reason if the reset switch is plugged in, it will not post. I have never heard of this happening, and it took me hours and hours to pinpoint ti as the problem, bleh. The placement of the acrylic also makes the door very hard to get on and off, but doable. I liked adding a fake floor, it is a piece of steel cut to slide in to slots, it sits on top of the psu and has a red fan grill on it to allow airflow from the bottom fan. It hides the psu, a lot of cables, and the power inverters for the cathodes. Overall, this is a dream of a case, a steal at the 20$ I got it for at microcenter, and I am very pleased with the results. It is to dark right now ( at 2 am) to take quality pics, so if any more are wanted ask and I will post. Thanks for looking!!



These control a set of red and 2 sets of uv cathodes. They also light up when on.


That little black bump in the top right is a push button that opens my stealth cd drive!!!

The inside, you can see the false floor and how I ran my cables.







Before I put everything in-

sorry for the pic quality, my camera isn't the best. Good, but it doesn't like low light levels. I also
Thanks for looking, comments greatly appreciated, and thanks all who helped me with this!

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xlastshotx

Wow that came out awesome, I love the false bottom and the leds in the cd drive!

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Dethredic

I think the mouse looks kinds bad. The rest of it is amazing though.

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holtzman

yeah, originally the mosue was black with red lightning and it looked sweet. Then I sprayed clear coat on it and it reacted with the plastic and the paint melted, took my hours to salvage it, so i just painted a hl2 logo on it real quick and decided it was acceptable lol

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Robbie

Nice work looks great.

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holtzman

thanks!!

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holtzman

any other comments? Lol

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markkleb

one thing i like is in the first pict I like how the hoses are routed, just looks cool.

nice job.
(get rid of the mouse pict)

holtzman

thanks! + got rid of the mouse pic

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Sonic

I like what you did, but could you take a picture of the inside with light? I want to see what you mean about the false bottom for the PSU and the control switch for the CD drive. I want to stealth mine, buts its going to be tricky.