CM 690 owners, lets see ur insides!!

theron · 19 Nov 2009 at 17:17

Heres mine:

a real mess, i know, but i don't know how to make it better with all the fan cables and non modular psu

engstrom0304 · 19 Nov 2009 at 21:50

bit of a fail this thread isnt it?

MonkeykingZX · 19 Nov 2009 at 22:26

i would post mine but it's really messy lol

Angst · 19 Nov 2009 at 22:42

engstrom0304 said:
bit of a fail this thread isnt it?

thats a quality submission there

theron · 19 Nov 2009 at 22:53

MonkeykingZX said:
i would post mine but it's really messy lol

Unlikely to be more messy than mine

i did see a guy with all the cables really tidy, just trying to see if im the majority or minority.

Geckovich · 19 Nov 2009 at 23:58

Excuse the poor quality pics.

theron · 20 Nov 2009 at 00:32

Oh my god, after seeing what you have done there, it makes me so ashamed of my case and what i have done to it

good job with the plumbing dude!

i think thats a big problem for me, too many fans and fan controllers, got 10 fans plugged into 2 fan controllers

Ducky Spud · 20 Nov 2009 at 01:56

Very nice Geckovich! Loving the black and copper look! Not normally a big fan of copper (normally prefering silvery stuff, nickel etc) but it looks great in there, nice work

Shakeel · 20 Nov 2009 at 03:16

at the OP, doees that setup not put stress on the h50 pipes?

skippy2421 · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:41

That's mine.

theron · 20 Nov 2009 at 12:13

Shakeel said:
at the OP, doees that setup not put stress on the h50 pipes?

two words for u - 2 year guarantee, ok thats kinda three words but u get the point

seriously though, i think it did put a lot of pressure in them when i closed the case and it made it look really messy and getting inside my case to do work on it was a real life (lifes a...?).

here is how it is now:

Skippy2421, thats very nicely done, i was trying to use the excuse that mine is not water cooled, but u just ruined that for me

i really need to go back to the drawing board

a better overview if my mess currently:

(full res: http://dcbfua.blu.livefilestore.com...wmoXHbxkdOUj0r-gAUTm6yPKgH48-/20112009067.jpg )

reflux · 20 Nov 2009 at 12:16

Geckovich said:
Excuse the poor quality pics.

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Very nice and tidy

Geckovich · 20 Nov 2009 at 12:23

theron said:

Word of warning:

I'd move it again if I were you. I used to own a H50 (albeit sold under a different name and manufacturer - the H50 is just a very successful rebrand) about a year or so ago.

After moving to full water I placed the cooler in a box, I recently got it out again only to find that the plastic tubes had perished where they'd been tightly bent - less tightly than it looks like yours is in your pic - and the fluid had leaked.

Edit: Mine was also fitted in my cm-690, with my setup I found that the best place for it was fitted as an exhaust on the roof (the fan moutning point nearer the front of the case over the memory). Though obviously results will depend on your fan setup and PC location etc.

Two year warranty or not that wont cover anything the cooler leaks on and ruins.

theron · 20 Nov 2009 at 12:59

ok, scared now!

might have to get on to corsair customer services and ask a few questions.

Soylent Red · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:16

skippy2421 said:
That's mine.

Skippy, what's it look like round the other side?

skippy2421 · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:01

Soylent Red said:
Skippy, what's it look like round the other side?

in 2 words:

a mess

lol there isn't a lot of space behind that motherboard tray and was a bit of a squeeze but it worked. would have been nice if i had a modular PSU but i don't plus fan wires everywhere are a pain, that's the worse and best thing about these cm690s so many fans. Don't matter nobody sees that side and i'm not taking a pic as it's a nightmare to get side panel back on again lol.

oh and gekovich sweet rig mate.

MoRT489 · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:27

Geckovich please can u post picture of the other side plz? i need some idea how to better manage things back there.

p.s. it looks like u have no sata cables :confused:

Soylent Red · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:57

skippy2421 said:
in 2 words:

a mess

lol there isn't a lot of space behind that motherboard tray and was a bit of a squeeze but it worked. would have been nice if i had a modular PSU but i don't plus fan wires everywhere are a pain, that's the worse and best thing about these cm690s so many fans. Don't matter nobody sees that side and i'm not taking a pic as it's a nightmare to get side panel back on again lol.

oh and gekovich sweet rig mate.

I stared at my CM-690 and figured nothing would really fit round the back, but i'll give it a go now!

skippy2421 · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:34

Soylent Red said:
I stared at my CM-690 and figured nothing would really fit round the back, but i'll give it a go now!

stuff will fit (very tightly mind), give yourself plenty of time to mess around with it all, plan it first before you do anything, i didn't plan and took twice as long as it should have done because i had to re-do stuff and take things out. Just take your time and don't get stressed lol.

Theron could have trouble however as his power supply is so big it seems to block off the hole to tuck cables through.

theron · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:52

skippy2421 said:
Theron could have trouble however as his power supply is so big it seems to block off the hole to tuck cables through.

Yeah, im totally screwed

i can probably move the fan cables around but my psu cables are still gona be all over the place