The CM 690 II Advanced Case Thread

Makaveli · Dec 6, 2010

My additional Parts finally showed up UPS sucks!

Things left to do...

Extension cables and thinking of replacing all the SATA cables with black ones.

Makaveli · Dec 8, 2010

I decided to ditch S1 because I found my idle and load temps on the GPU were unaccepable 60c idle and 90-100c full load. Which is very strange because in my Chenming case I wouldn't break 50c idle or 85c load. That case had a slim 80x15 fan flowing on the S1 while the advanced has a 120mm blowing on it.

I thought about slapping a fan on the S1 but it would block 3 slots in my rig so that was out of the question. The only open PCI slot was being used by my X-fi Music, so I picked up the an Accelero Twin turbo pro today after reading some reviews on it last night which claim it only blocks 1 additional slot.

So I get home install the thing and it blocks 2 1/2 slots and I can't keep the x-fi installed with the cooler I blame Xbit review on that one

So now i'm going to replace the x-fi with a PCI E version which I can install above the videocard to solve this issue. I wanted to do this eventually but this has forced me to do it sooner.

Here are some pictures of the swap will post more tomorrow.

I decided not to use any of the heatsinks that came with twin turbo because if you look at the picture the 4890 already has stock heatsinks covering the VM's only thing not covered is the memory.

Now if you focus on these last two pictures you can clearly see there is plenty of room for the ram sinks under the new cooler. However, I choose not to install them because they don't fit under the stock cooler and as much as i've enjoyed this card she will be replaced probably with a 6870 and I need to sell it with the stock cooler on. So for now ram sinks will stay off.

Mussels · Dec 8, 2010

with the s1, the trick is to put the fan at the rear of the card - a PCI card will still fit in the slot next to the heatsink without trouble.

Makaveli · Dec 8, 2010

Mussels said:
with the s1, the trick is to put the fan at the rear of the card - a PCI card will still fit in the slot next to the heatsink without trouble.

I was thinking about it but the new cooler totally blocks the slot. With the S1 I had free access to the slot but with the X-fi right below it no room for a fan, that is why I was using a side panel fan to cool.

I wish I took a picture from the bottom so you could see how much room I had to work with but trust me there was no way to slap a fan on the S1 without pulling the X-fi out.

Mussels · Dec 8, 2010

^ thats how i pulled it off with mine

Makaveli · Dec 8, 2010

Just took this picture.

This is the general space I had to work with. I see how you got it to work based on your pics.

Mussels · Dec 8, 2010

i found that the fan right on the end, was just enough to cool the VRMs directly and GPU indirectly, while leaving the slots free.

your card longer than what i was dealing with, so you seem to have a few CM less room.

Makaveli · Dec 8, 2010

Mussels said:
i found that the fan right on the end, was just enough to cool the VRMs directly and GPU indirectly, while leaving the slots free.

your card longer than what i was dealing with, so you seem to have a few CM less room.

I noticed that too from your pics I won't have room to do what you did.

LifeOnMars · Dec 8, 2010

Guys how do I take out the bottom hard drive cage? What tools do I need and whats the process?

Cheers

Mussels · Dec 8, 2010

LifeOnMars said:
Guys how do I take out the bottom hard drive cage? What tools do I need and whats the process?

Cheers

screwdriver, pull out.

I dont even remember it, so it cant have been very difficult.

(FIH) The Don · Dec 8, 2010

flip the case, in the botton theres 4 screws i think, and on the backside of the harddrive case theres some screws too

its all in the manual

LifeOnMars · Dec 8, 2010

All done now and Don, what sort of idiot would read the manual? :laugh:

laugh:

Looks better for it I think and aids a bit more airflow, also added another fan up top and its running very cool so far. Been priming it for about half an hour and its only loading up at 53c :toast:

(FIH) The Don · Dec 8, 2010

me? an idiot? :eek:

dr emulator (madmax) · Dec 8, 2010

dammit

i still haven't come across any 140mm fan grills yet, as i want to dremel out the one's that are on the side panel,

i did see these

which look, ok but would seriously restrict the airflow inside the case, which would defeat the point of having fans in the first place :rolleyes:

plus they are held on with magnets :eek:

their's also these from lian li

not cheap but they would stick out to much for my liking

anyone else come across anything other than the above ?

(FIH) The Don · Dec 8, 2010

http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?cPath=75_91_128&products_id=1530

(danish) http://www.coolerkit.dk/blæsergitter___140mm___sort-p-1394.html

Wrigleyvillain · Dec 8, 2010

LifeOnMars said:
All done now and Don, what sort of idiot would read the manual? laugh:

I think many of us share this sort of elitist sentiment and we have pretty good reason to but too many times I have found out later that I was an idiot for not reading the manual.

dr emulator (madmax) · Dec 8, 2010

now thats what i'm talking about (shame it's in dutch) :wtf:

(FIH) The Don · Dec 8, 2010

dutch

?

dr emulator (madmax) · Dec 8, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
dutch ?

i meant danish :laugh:

anyways i found some on fleebay (just need to persuade my uncle to order me some, as they are from the us :eek:

)

(FIH) The Don · Dec 8, 2010

what about this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/140mm-Fan-Gua...ponents_Fans_Heatsinks_SR&hash=item35ae49c451

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/140mm-Fan-Gua...ponents_Fans_Heatsinks_SR&hash=item4cf3a584d0

dr emulator (madmax) · Dec 8, 2010

looks ok, just wondering what the acoustics are on it :laugh:

i'll see what my uncle says

then i'll start looking at getting the dremel out

strange though with more cases using 140 mm fans that their isn't more of them
i mean only 1 seller has them in the uk :wtf:

LifeOnMars · Dec 8, 2010

Wrigleyvillain said:
I think many of us share this sort of elitist sentiment and we have pretty good reason to but too many times I have found out later that I was an idiot for not reading the manual.

Absolutely. It's generally a guy thing and then we blame it on the hardware if it doesn't work. Meanwhile the girlfiend/wife has been reading the manual and takes great delight in pointing out exactly what you are doiing wrong

(FIH) The Don · Dec 8, 2010

LifeOnMars said:
Absolutely. It's generally a guy thing and then we blame it on the hardware if it doesn't work. Meanwhile the girlfiend/wife has been reading the manual and takes great delight in pointing out exactly what you are doiing wrong

that is so annoying lol

Wrigleyvillain · Dec 8, 2010

Yeah it's never a deal breaker to not read it but moreso I more often than not find a couple "oh cool" things in the average manual (especially for games). However occasionally there will be something that I was just straight up doing wrong or at least could've saved me some time and annoyance.

Though I also admit to not being the most naturally mechanically inclined. At least for a guy who build his own computers and what not

$immond$ · Dec 8, 2010

Does anyone know where to get extra parts for the case? I need a new top cover as mine keeps shorting out when I try using the USB/esata ports.

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The CM 690 II Advanced Case Thread

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