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CM690 Case Mod.

CM690 Case Mod.

Postby Tomi on Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:02 am

Hello, welcome to my first ever case mod. I'm just 16 years old, I did this in one day on a budget of £20. Enjoy!

PC Specs:

CM690
Asus P5B Motherboard
8800gts 320mb
4gb Crucial Tracer ram
300gb + 80gb HD
700watt WinPower PSU (crap but does the job).

Purchased Products:


1 Can of black mat spray paint
1 Can of compressed air
1 roll of masking tape
1 roll of double sided tape
1 A3 sheet of clear perspex
5 A4 sheets of foam
1 Akasa blue cold cathode light.

Equipment Used:

Drill
Jigsaw
Files
Screwdriver

Photographs!

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The amazing workbench where all the cutting was done. :p

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Sides cut and sprayed. Case ready to be sprayed.

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My stack of fans.

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My desk, a total mess!

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Compressed air to clean the components.

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LUNCH!

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And so it begins...

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Some areas I didn't waste paint on as they wont be visible in the end.

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Fans installed.

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Makeshift front intake 80mm fan holder mod. LOL.

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Clasps back in the case.

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Installing hardware.

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PSU kills the mod, i was weary about spraying it... I'll buy a new black one somtime in the near future.

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Very happy with the cables :D

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Beautiful sight, lol.

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Desk tidied and case on desk.

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Perspex will be installed tomorrow when i get my double sided tape!

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Thanks for looking! :D


PS. CANT DO THAT TO A MAC CAN YEH EHY JOHNATHAN!
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Postby dflynn on Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:47 pm

well you can do it to a mac if you are confident enough, but really, I don't see why I would want to :P

looks pretty good for 40 bucks though.
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Postby Johnathan on Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:44 am

Yea, unlike your shitty PC Mac's look great from the start :). And like the way the light shines onto the wall. I can't even see my lights on mine because it's all on the floor beside some unit thing :(.


http://www.macworld.com/article/51722/2 ... actor.html
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Postby Tomi on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:39 pm

Them mac mods suck ass. :)
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Postby Johnathan on Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:14 pm

*Cough* Not as bad as yours though. lol
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Postby Tomi on Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:18 pm

Bitch :) lol
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Postby Johnathan on Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:34 pm

You're the Bitch, BITCH. Stop being so childish :)
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Postby Tomi on Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:41 pm

Sorry Mr." I made that last post so I could be #6 poster" :) lol
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Postby Johnathan on Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:44 pm

Really... Am I? Never noticed.
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