Coolermaster CM-690 Advanced Build - Mod

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Hello everyone first thing i would like to say is that this was my first time modding, I have built other systems but never done any modding :cool:

My system Specs are,

Case: Coolermaster CM-690 Advanced II with window panel

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO Rev 2.0

Cpu / Processor: AMD X4 965 BE C3, Overclocked to 4.01GHz

Ram: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Blue 1600 MHz

Graphics card: MSI GTX570 Twin Frozr III Power Edition OC

PSU: Corsair TX750

SSD / HDD's: Two Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD's and one 500GB HDD

Cpu cooler: Corsair H60i

My computer before i rebuilt and did some modding :mad:

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So what are my plans? My plans are to rebuild my pc and redo all all my management make it look a lot more cleaner, Carbon wrap the internals of my case, get some custom sleeved extensions, led strips and a psu cover :p


So the first thing i bought was a custom made molex to 3 sata power i could not find one anywhere that was the right size or length that i needed so i bought one from http://www.icemodz.com/ Between each connector is 6cm's wich is perfect for the way my drives will be mounted,

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I also got my psu cover carbon wrap and led strips in the post,

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With the led strips i get some zip-ties and sticky pads to help with cable management

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So let's get this build going! I started disassembling my PC :D

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I did some modding to the front panel and i removed the cooler master badge :cool:

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And i also did the same mod to the roof panel :)

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I started to carbon wrapping the internals of my case :D

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I Installed the fans onto the psu cover and I also carbon wrapped the back of the fans too :p

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Testing fitting the psu cover in the case :cool:

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Testing the led strips to make sure they work and see how bright they are :D

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Put my pc all back together! Look's so much better now! I just need some sleeved extensions :D

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All up and running again! Look's so beautiful :D

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Just some other pictures i took after i got it all up and running again

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I took a picture of how the psu cover is being supported but it isn't a very good picture, I made some brackets from 1.2MM Thick aluminium in a L shape to help hold up the psu cover :)

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And that's my build! Please tell me what you think and how it looks, Any questions please comment or send me a pm, When i get some sleeved extensions and more stuff i will post an update to the build log, I also plan to make a custom window panel for the case, And i am also possibly going to be making some hardware change's but not so sure yet :cool:
 
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Thanks! :D Yeah i have plans to do more to my case, I would like to go full watercooling but i don't have the money at the minute :( I want to put a 360 in the roof or front of the case when i do go full watercooling :D And i don't think i am going to sleeve the cables my self :/ I wouldn't have the patience lol going to have some custom made :)
 
Thanks chippy! I bought the grommets from coolermaster website :) Yep they fit perfectly, I have removed the HDD cage and i have mounted my drives in the 5.25 bay :) The sata cables can be made to custom length and size to what ever size you need, Send icemodz an email if you want to buy one there not to expensive and he is very responsive to emails :D
 
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Thanks everyone! :D Sorry for not replying sooner i have been really busy! The psu cover pulls air from the bottom of the case up to the gpu / cpu area, I will be making an update soon as my sleeved extensions cables get posted monday! :D
 
I had the USB 2.0 Version of the case but i bought the newer roof for the case just a straight swop :), The cable management grommet holes i bought from the coolermaster website aswell
 
Nope no modding needed to fit the grommets they fitted perfect! Both sizes the bigger one is for the bottom near the PSU, And the smaller sizes for the the 24pin etc :D No problem ask as many questions as you need :)
 
So today i put in my sleeved extension's, I think they look amazing a lot better than before now i just need to install my led strips so the lighting is better, What do you think? :)

( Sorry for crappy lighting :()
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Well after one month without a pc :( i got my new psu from OCUK!!

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Installed the new psu and got my pc up and running!

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Just a little picture of my setup :)

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