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I've been modding my CM690 as some of you may have seen before. The idea of this "project" is to just add some finishing touches and tidy it up a little.

Here's some Sketch up pictures before I started the mod:

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This is the top rad mod, To tidy things up a little I'm getting one of these rad grills
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You can see the fake floor I'm going to make out of acrylic plastic that will be slightly smoked so you can JUST see through it
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The bare shell
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Floating components!
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(O have the HD 5770 but its currently at RMA
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and finally, the other side
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Does anyone know where I can get some of these cool Overclock.net stickers for the side panels?
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Pictures of the real thing to come ;D Stay tuned!

Thanks for looking

Updates:

Update #1: Few parts and side panel done!
Update #2: Top fan mount has been cut and photo of the case before cable tidying!
Update #3: Few new photos of the inside of the case and parts
 
Discussion starter · #6 ·
Sorry for the no update, had serious trouble with an RMA against my video card
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but the motherboard and new GPU have arrived so I will update will some pictures tomorrow
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Sorry for the lack of updates but here is a few pictures.

First some parts!
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Now for some side panel window pictures
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More to come of the top rad mount and I'm still waiting for my rad grill to come. Then I will have some final pictures
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Discussion starter · #10 ·
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Originally Posted by mrfajita View Post
I suggest moving the acrylic forward a bit so its barely overlapping, how it is now, the panel will not go onto the case.
It fits in the case perfectly
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Taken it on and off a fair few times now
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#12 ·
You should consider putting the radiator on top, and having the fans mount under the case. That's how I did it, and it looks pretty nice. It does require more cutting, though.
 
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Originally Posted by MrDeodorant View Post
You should consider putting the radiator on top, and having the fans mount under the case. That's how I did it, and it looks pretty nice.
That's pretty awesome but I did consider that and the fans I'm using with the rad makes it all too thick to put inside =[ unless I cut the top of the case out and not just the mesh hm.. I'll explore that one
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Yeah, I had to accept the fact that I'd be stuck with 25mm fans when I planned the mod. Also, they're a pain in the butt to screw in, so they're pretty much permanently placed.
 
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Here is a second update.

I have finally got my Top fan mount big cut although I measured I can't fit a rad grill on there!
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So I'm ordering some fan grills instead, won't look as nice but at least they fit
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Pictures:

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(Its not pushed down properly
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PC and watercooling is now done. Just needs some cable management and the fake floor doing!
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Just saw this in the MOTM competition. I love your colour scheme and your detailed plan for this, seems like a very well executed mod so far. I'm looking forward to seeing your fake bottom going in.

As for the cable management I would strongly suggest cable sleeving, it will look so much better. Make sure you get the good fabric stuff instead of the plasticy stuff though.

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Think I'm going to just use some of these black fan grills on the top fans because the rad grill doesn't fit like I'd hoped. Its too long so it will stick off the front and back of the case
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So I'm considering using these:

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Originally Posted by jmcmtank View Post
Just noticed this in MOTM as well, that acrylic false floor should look great... wish I'd thought of that. Wonder if you'd thought of making a grille for the top from something like a Staples desk tidy or even an office bin or whatever? Probably have to paint the stuff after bending but it's dead cheap. Linky.
I didn't think about making a mesh really because my case has a mesh front so I would have to do the entire front panel and top to make it look good and so it flows
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Here is a small update. Took a few more photos of the case
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Here is the other side of the case. Looks simple but neat
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Both side panels and front panel showing off my parts stickers. [Core 2 Quad, Powered by Corsair and ASUS motherboard]

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Here is an inside shot from the front of the case. The case is on an angle hence why the fluid in the res looks weird
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You can see the top mounted radiator here as well although its rather scratched
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Close up shot of the motherboard to show you the NB block, bit of the CPU block and some RAM

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Finally, my HD5770
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Love this card! Overclocked it to 900Mhz core and 1400Mhz memory clock
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Can also see a bigger shot of the mobo, ram and blocks and some messy cables at the bottom!

I've ordered the plastic for the fake floor and should be getting that cut up and sorted out soon!
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Ordered my anti kink coils for the whole system as well as some black fan grills for the various fans from WatercoolingUK!
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