Coolermaster 690 personal review

ScOuT · 11-14-2008, 11:44 PM

I got my case finally after waiting about a month

These are my thoughts....

1. Awesome airflow...I have 5 x 120mm Sycthe 133 CFM fans mounted to fan controllers. Three fans are exhaust and two fans are intake. Dropped idle temp from 35c to 29c.

2. Hard drive racks are great! The best system I have seen and used...very easy and very effective.

3. Looks are great, the green side window must be seen in person to appreciate...very nice.

4. Tons of room to work, might be one of the few biggest mid towers I've ever seen.

5. The drive bay locking system is also junk. Locked my DVD drive into place and it didn't sit right, kinda tilted. The locks are only on one side...

...I thought the whole point was to be able to easily install items. With the locks only on one side you have to use a screw on the other side anyway. I am going to just rip those out and use screws on both sides.

6. The power and reset button system is junk. They are just chrome plastic pieces on a hinge that when pressed touch a button. I have seen better buttons on a $40 case. I am planning a mod to get rid of that crap

7. The bottom fan mount and PSU are too close together. With a fan installed it is almost impossible to attach or detach cables from PSU. At first I didn't think I would be able to put a fan there.

8. The said panels seen like they are really flimsy and not built well. The slide locking tabs at the top and bottom were all bent at a slightly different angle...I had to re-bend them.

Overall....I am happy with it but I was disappointed a little. Not as nice as I expected for the price. It looks great at night though

I still need to do some cable management work and get everything in place.

mac550 · 11-14-2008, 11:57 PM

thanks for that, i thinking of getting the nVidia one for xmas, pics look great.

Kornowski · 11-15-2008, 01:23 AM

Looks great! There isn't enough green though!

mac550 · 11-15-2008, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kornowski

Looks great! There isn't enough green though!

lol dont worry Danny, when i get my 690 and my WC kit i will be too green (but not energy, green

).

ScOuT · 11-15-2008, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kornowski

Looks great! There isn't enough green though!

I like green on computers

The cable mesh job was a nightmare. I tried to take all the connectors off and do it the right way but I would get about half of them off and the other half would be stuck!

I just did a burn on mine and temps are goooood!

Only 45 minutes but temps locked in about a minute into the burn.

And with a little cable work....

Kornowski · 11-15-2008, 01:32 AM

That's good to hear!

Bartmasta · 11-15-2008, 01:33 AM

why use case fans if you can play with the side panel off

18 'C idle, arctic cooler freezer pro

Kornowski · 11-15-2008, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bartmasta

why use case fans if you can play with the side panel off

18 'C idle, arctic cooler freezer pro

Idle... Bah. What are you load temps?

smoothjk · 11-15-2008, 09:37 AM

I have the same case, and I absolutely love it. I agree with your complaints...but it doesn't stop me from being totally happy with it.

BTW, I recommend getting the optional side panel. Makes it look a lot better. =)

11-14-2008, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
ScOuT VIP Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Germany Age: 29 Posts: 2,187	Coolermaster 690 personal review I got my case finally after waiting about a month These are my thoughts.... 1. Awesome airflow...I have 5 x 120mm Sycthe 133 CFM fans mounted to fan controllers. Three fans are exhaust and two fans are intake. Dropped idle temp from 35c to 29c. 2. Hard drive racks are great! The best system I have seen and used...very easy and very effective. 3. Looks are great, the green side window must be seen in person to appreciate...very nice. 4. Tons of room to work, might be one of the few biggest mid towers I've ever seen. 5. The drive bay locking system is also junk. Locked my DVD drive into place and it didn't sit right, kinda tilted. The locks are only on one side......I thought the whole point was to be able to easily install items. With the locks only on one side you have to use a screw on the other side anyway. I am going to just rip those out and use screws on both sides. 6. The power and reset button system is junk. They are just chrome plastic pieces on a hinge that when pressed touch a button. I have seen better buttons on a $40 case. I am planning a mod to get rid of that crap 7. The bottom fan mount and PSU are too close together. With a fan installed it is almost impossible to attach or detach cables from PSU. At first I didn't think I would be able to put a fan there. 8. The said panels seen like they are really flimsy and not built well. The slide locking tabs at the top and bottom were all bent at a slightly different angle...I had to re-bend them. Overall....I am happy with it but I was disappointed a little. Not as nice as I expected for the price. It looks great at night though I still need to do some cable management work and get everything in place. __________________ My Rig Coolermaster 690 / Nvidia Edition Seen Here Antec Neo Power 650w eVGA 780i 2 x 2 GB Dominators Intel Q9300 eVGA GTX260 Vista Home Premium 64bit Team Stats FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

11-15-2008, 01:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 19 Posts: 16,155	Looks great! There isn't enough green though! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 734/1890/972 Corsair HX520W Windows 7 Profesional 64bit Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED Antec 900 (Modded) Acer 24" and Samsung 19" Monitors DH Biking - Because Golf and Football only require one ball. www.kornowski.tk

11-15-2008, 01:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 19 Posts: 16,155	That's good to hear! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 734/1890/972 Corsair HX520W Windows 7 Profesional 64bit Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED Antec 900 (Modded) Acer 24" and Samsung 19" Monitors DH Biking - Because Golf and Football only require one ball. www.kornowski.tk

11-15-2008, 09:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
smoothjk Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 425	I have the same case, and I absolutely love it. I agree with your complaints...but it doesn't stop me from being totally happy with it. BTW, I recommend getting the optional side panel. Makes it look a lot better. =) __________________ =Helpful info about upgrading= CPU: AMD Phenom II 720 BE (@3.4 GHz, 1.4v, Zalman CNPS9700) GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1gb Mobo: MSI K9A2 CF v2 - 790X chipset RAM: G.Skill 4 GB (2x2) PC2-8500 1066 HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500gb PSU: Antec EA650 Case: Cooler Master CM690 Monitor: LG 22" Widescreen LCD (2ms)

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