I bought some new parts and am going to mod my Cooler Master 690 case some. I decided to make a topic for it so people can see what I did and how it turned out, get ideas for their own mods, and to inspire people to take what they have and make it their own.
Here is a few lists, everyone likes lists right?
Parts I Have:
-Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W PSU
-Biostar TA790GXE 128M Motherboard
-AMD Phenom 8400 x3
-3GB (2x 512MB and 2x 1GB) Samsung RAM
-Sunbeam Core Contact 120mm CPU heatsink with TX-2 thermal paste
-Scythe Musashi GPU heatsink
-2X Hitatchi Desktstar 7200rpm 320GB HD's
New Parts:
-AMD Phenom II 965 BE (125W C3)
-8GB (4x 2GB) Corsair 240-pin ddr2 XMS2 RAM
-XFX HD 5870 GPU
-4x Rosewell 120mm fan filters
-3x (2 per pack) Vizo 120mm fan anti-vibration kit
-2X Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black HD's
-3x Apevia black 120mm fan guard
-Cooler Master sidepanel with blue led 120mm fan and window for CM 690
-Logisys set of 2 12" blue cold cathodes
What I plan to do:
-Take parts originally from HP Pavilion and rebuild the Pavilion (8400, 3GB RAM, 1 of the HDs (keeping the other for storage)) to have a second PC for the family
-Cut plastic honeycomb pattern from top and front panels of cm 690
-Cut the top 2 and rear fan mounting position metal circular mesh out of cm 690
-Cut bottom of cm 690 under the psu (carefully to retain strength) to allow better airflow for the PSU fan (only half of the fan is getting fresh air now)
-Rebuild with new parts
So far I stripped down the cm 690, cut the plastic patttern off of the front and top panel, mounted the Musashi on the 5870, and have the Pavilion back up and running (what I'm posting from). Here are some various photos I have so far .
Top panel with plastic removed (I didn't use those scissors haha, used wire cutters), I put eletrical tape along the edges where the pattern was cut. I know it sounds ghetto but it doesn't look too bad, it shouldn't really be seen too much, just self-conscience about it I guess
Front panel with plastic removed. For both the top and front panel the metal mesh was a pain to get off, have to bend tabs back and slide them through their slot. Hard to do when there are pretty many of them you have to make sure are lined up at once.
Phenom 8400 (right) and Phenom II 965 next to each other
Here is a few lists, everyone likes lists right?
Parts I Have:
-Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W PSU
-Biostar TA790GXE 128M Motherboard
-AMD Phenom 8400 x3
-3GB (2x 512MB and 2x 1GB) Samsung RAM
-Sunbeam Core Contact 120mm CPU heatsink with TX-2 thermal paste
-Scythe Musashi GPU heatsink
-2X Hitatchi Desktstar 7200rpm 320GB HD's
New Parts:
-AMD Phenom II 965 BE (125W C3)
-8GB (4x 2GB) Corsair 240-pin ddr2 XMS2 RAM
-XFX HD 5870 GPU
-4x Rosewell 120mm fan filters
-3x (2 per pack) Vizo 120mm fan anti-vibration kit
-2X Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black HD's
-3x Apevia black 120mm fan guard
-Cooler Master sidepanel with blue led 120mm fan and window for CM 690
-Logisys set of 2 12" blue cold cathodes
What I plan to do:
-Take parts originally from HP Pavilion and rebuild the Pavilion (8400, 3GB RAM, 1 of the HDs (keeping the other for storage)) to have a second PC for the family
-Cut plastic honeycomb pattern from top and front panels of cm 690
-Cut the top 2 and rear fan mounting position metal circular mesh out of cm 690
-Cut bottom of cm 690 under the psu (carefully to retain strength) to allow better airflow for the PSU fan (only half of the fan is getting fresh air now)
-Rebuild with new parts
So far I stripped down the cm 690, cut the plastic patttern off of the front and top panel, mounted the Musashi on the 5870, and have the Pavilion back up and running (what I'm posting from). Here are some various photos I have so far .
Top panel with plastic removed (I didn't use those scissors haha, used wire cutters), I put eletrical tape along the edges where the pattern was cut. I know it sounds ghetto but it doesn't look too bad, it shouldn't really be seen too much, just self-conscience about it I guess
Front panel with plastic removed. For both the top and front panel the metal mesh was a pain to get off, have to bend tabs back and slide them through their slot. Hard to do when there are pretty many of them you have to make sure are lined up at once.
Phenom 8400 (right) and Phenom II 965 next to each other