So I got home from work about 10:00 am the other day and was looking at mac550's thread about his case mod and was inspired
Cooler Master CM690 Mods
I have been wanting to do this for a while and just started tearing everything apart
First thing I did was cut the top two fan grills and the rear fan grill out. Then I primed and painted Ultra Flat Black
When the paint was drying I took a couple Sycthe Slip Stream 120mm fans and cut the top rim off. That would allow me to push them through the top for mounting.
I decided to mount the rear fan on the outside to give me more room inside the case.
I got all the fans installed...the paint is dry...time to throw everything together
I took my time putting everything together...I made sure everything was perfect. My wife had to help me a few time to hold stuff in place. The top fans gave me so much more clearance...before the fans were almost sitting on the CPU cooler
There it is...almost ready to fire up
I thought about running to the local computer store and buying a black sleeve kit for my wires. That would be much better but, having done it before, I am aware of the headaches it causes. That is a slow...painful mod that I don't have the patience for
I used electrical tape instead...much quicker and it works.
I plugged everything back in and it fired right up...didn't skip a beat
Best of all...got little man started off in the right direction
Except of course the paint on mom's kitchen table and chair
Case: Coolermaster 690 Nvidia Edition
PSU: Antec Neo 650w / modular cables
Motherboard: Asus P5N-E 650i
CPU: Intel Q9300 @ 2.750 GHz
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8
RAM: G Skill 2x2 GB @ 800MHz / 2.0v
GPU: eVGA GTX 260 Core 216 SC Edition
OP: Vista Home Premium 64bit