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1Kurgan1

1Kurgan1

The Knife in your Back
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Duluth, Minnesota
System Specs
System Name My Comp | Fiancees Comp
Processor i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.285v| i5 2500k
Motherboard MSI x99 SLI Plus | AsRock Z77 Pro 3
Cooling Watercooled
Memory 16GB DDR4 2400 @ 2666 | 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) AMD R9 290x | MSI 5850 OC
Storage 128gb SSD + 2x 2TB | 2TB
Display(s) Asus 27" LCD | 25" Hanns G
Case CM Storm | CM Elite 430
Audio Device(s) Creative Recon 3D PCIe
Power Supply Enermax Galaxy 1250W | Rosewill 630w
Mouse Logitech G700s | Logitech G100s
Keyboard Logitech G901 | Logitech G105
Software Win 8.1 Ultimate x64 | Win 8.1 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores 3D Mark - Fire Strike Extreme - 4403
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Specs:
-AMD Phenom II 720 BE @ 3.78Ghz 1.456v
-4GB DDR2 1066 Kingston Hyper X @ 5-5-5-16 2.1v
-DFI M2RSH 790FX/SB750
-Diamond 4870x2 @ 800/950
-Water Cooled
-Thermaltake P500 Pump/Res
-Thermaltake Aquatemp Drivebay LCD
-Swiftech MCR220
-2x Scythe 120mmx38mm 133CFM Push Fans
-2x Swiftech 120mmx25mm Pull Fans
-Zalman WB4 Plus
-11x Fans Total
-Coolman 950W Modular PSU
-CM 690 w/Side Panel and Painted Inside
-Logitech X-530 5.1
-Logitech MX Revolution
-KDS 22"
-PS3 (runs through the 22" and the Speakers also!)
 
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A 4, I love it when people go through and rate low to be jerks :/ i put a lot of hard work into this :(
 
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I think you should post what you have done with it, because for me it looks just like a stock case with watercooling.. Nothing special
 
yeah.. check other cm690s here... but its not that bad to get a 4 though..
 
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a 4 is a "fair" means not bad but not anything over the edge
 
sa said:
I think you should post what you have done with it, because for me it looks just like a stock case with watercooling.. Nothing special
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It's hard for me to tell what you would like to see, you have 0 posts and no system specs. But it does have a painted interior, a ton of sweet hardware, and it wasn't just a WC kit, I peiced it together.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland said:
yeah.. check other cm690s here... but its not that bad to get a 4 though..
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4 would be below average (5), a comp backing this kind of power just shouldn't see that sad of a rating. I like a nice clean look, cable management is good (for 11 case fans), the lights provide enough bling. No need to go way over the line and be the ricer of comp cases.
 
Needs some cable management maybe, but I like it.

Well done mate.
 
1Kurgan1 said:
It's hard for me to tell what you would like to see, you have 0 posts and no system specs. But it does have a painted interior, a ton of sweet hardware, and it wasn't just a WC kit, I peiced it together.



4 would be below average (5), a comp backing this kind of power just shouldn't see that sad of a rating. I like a nice clean look, cable management is good (for 11 case fans), the lights provide enough bling. No need to go way over the line and be the ricer of comp cases.
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ok just to let you know only the looks mater not the hardware (but good hardware looks good) ... people have different criteria and my one is that i dont see anything special .
and about the "I like a nice clean look, cable management is good (for 11 case fans)" I do think you have quite a different criteria than most of us
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and as an add on the case has scratches as if it was in a battlefield .... :S
I am sorry but you want a little to much from us
 
not to shabby brotha. Alittle Cable Management and you'll have yourself a 10/10
 
Look sweet man - im considering doing a H20 loop in mine, maybe a double on the back via a rad box and then a double where the bottom fan hole is after removing the HDD cage.

Overall, I like it! all black looks damn sexy!
 
Thanks for the compliments guys!

to6ko91]and as an add on the case has scratches as if it was in a battlefield .... :S I am sorry but you want a little to much from us[/quote] I'm not asking for any rating :p But compared to most cases on front page that have non-painted interiors and very little cables to hide and have 6 - 7 ratings. That is about as good as my cable management can get said:
Look sweet man - im considering doing a H20 loop in mine, maybe a double on the back via a rad box and then a double where the bottom fan hole is after removing the HDD cage.

Overall, I like it! all black looks damn sexy!
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I was thinking about ditching the HDD cage too, it would make a ton of room. But it makes me giggle pulling the HDD trays out, never had another case this nice. If you want to keep the rads all internal one can be put up top. But it will be tight. I seen one where a guy even didn't cut out the metal, but you need to use 20mm wide fans and you do need to get rid of that plastic grating. But cutting out the metal up there would free up some room to probably use some nice 25mm's.
 
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Dude, if you remove the rear exhaust fan and rotate it 90' to the left, you will be able to hide that cable between the fan casing and the back plane.

Problem 1 solved.

Buy yourself a Zalman y splitter and some fan cable extensions, run the fan power cables through the hole on the top of the back plane and plug the entensions from the new fan plug location to the molex connector that the Zalman is connected to.

Problem 2 solved.

To sort out the rest of the wiring problems I would shunt most of the cabling through the lower back plane holes and stealth them in the unused space between the back plane and the side panel.

I'll post a link to my cable management solutions when I put my pictures up, maybe tonight.

Just a few suggestions mate. Hope you come right.

Later bud.
 
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Dude, if you remove the rear exhaust fan and rotate it 90' to the left, you will be able to hide that cable between the fan casing and the back plane.

Problem 1 solved.

Buy yourself a Zalman y splitter and some fan cable extensions, run the fan power cables through the hole on the top of the back plane and plug the entensions from the new fan plug location to the molex connector that the Zalman is connected to.

Problem 2 solved.

To sort out the rest of the wiring problems I would shunt most of the cabling through the lower back plane holes and stealth them in the unused space between the back plane and the side panel.

I'll post a link to my cable management solutions when I put my pictures up, maybe tonight.

Just a few suggestions mate. Hope you come right.

Later bud.
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You don't realize my 220 rad is bolted through that rear fan. So in order to hide that simple 1 cable I have to drp my entire rad. I'll get to it later when I want to dust off that back fan.

I been looking at the fan splitters though, would allow me to make it look much better.

But I also can't hide anything else back behind the mobo plate. The PSU is fatness and sits right up against the plate. So I can't fanangle any wires inbetween the PSU and mobo plate. :(

I might be able to jam my UV light switch wires down there, not sure if they are long enough though. In the end it all comes down to how lazy I am feeling, lol. But ty for the tips!
 
Ah ok, no worries mate.
 
I voted 9/10 because:

I think it look superb bro. I know the time you spent was worth it, but as the others have mentioned... clean those wires up a bit and you will have yourself a nice "clean" rig worthy of the 10 spot. Still none the less its a great rig, I would buy one :D
 
_jM said:
I voted 9/10 because:

I think it look superb bro. I know the time you spent was worth it, but as the others have mentioned... clean those wires up a bit and you will have yourself a nice "clean" rig worthy of the 10 spot. Still none the less its a great rig, I would buy one :D
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Thanks for the vote!
 
I voted 10/10 because:

Only hate the blue lights, i prefer pink.
 
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