My pictures of the Cooler Master 690 (the new $50 uber-case!)

Sonic21 said:
Finally got a picture of my first build.

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Why two fans on your heatsink? It won't really help that much..

Nice wires.
 
JDM_WAAAAT said:
Why two fans on your heatsink? It won't really help that much..
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There is only actually one. The middle fan is gutted out to act like a shroud so the fan is further away from the heatsink so its a little quieter and doesn't have any dead spots where air can't pass through due to the fan frames.

Casper312 said:
haha yea, how is that working out Sonic? i saw a blow hole mod from the mod brothers on youtube about it and always wondered, besides the noise, does it work? :D
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Do you mean the top fans or the "2" fans. The only thing loud in my rig is the graphics card because its @ 70-80% fan speed because I'm folding on it whenever the PC is on.
 
Ooo i see what you did, wow thats an awesome idea, i might steal that idea for my exhaust fan in the back of my case since it turns to a turbine when i turn it to a intake.
 
I just tried a scythe on the side panel. still have a buzz (or louder fan) think it's because it's shooting right into the heatsink/fan combo. If I mount it to the exterior, and put a little screen or something over it to protect it from fingers... does that quiet them down?
 
Just FYI I picked up the microcenter setup. The bundled PSU looks pretty decent and is rated "80+" :)
 
so how are the noise levels of this case? how well does it block hard drive and video card noise?
 
Mert said:
so how are the noise levels of this case? how well does it block hard drive and video card noise?
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Depending on the side and top fans you use, it can be pretty loud. I have two of these for my kids' computers. Just make sure you get some nice quiet fans, and some of the 120m rubber fan dampeners seemed to help a little bit too. If you buy the Vantec ones, it comes w/ two actual units in each package. So, You'd only need 3 to get all the fan's 'dampened'.

Also, I'd suggest getting some sound dampening stuff, and putting in on both sides.

Here's what I use.

Good luck!

- Brett

P.S. I just buy the cases from CoolerMasters CMStore.. I get the refurb's for $45.00ish.. or the one with the PS for $80. Sometimes you can find a great deal at other vendors where they have the one w/ the PS for under $100.00. Anyway. The refurbs are great. I havent seen any problems (scratches, etc) with the two I've got. (knock on wood)
 
so i'd spend at least an extra 30 dollars quieting this case then. also it has a 2 pin power led connector and my motherboard takes a 3 pin i think. so i'd have to buy an adapter as well?

are there any other decent cheap cases? i don't need a power supply.
 
They sometimes have sales on the 690 at MicroCenter. I picked mine up there for around $40 with free shipping.
 
Asmodeus801 said:
P.S. I just buy the cases from CoolerMasters CMStore.. I get the refurb's for $45.00ish.. or the one with the PS for $80. Sometimes you can find a great deal at other vendors where they have the one w/ the PS for under $100.00. Anyway. The refurbs are great. I havent seen any problems (scratches, etc) with the two I've got. (knock on wood)
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What am I missing here? CMStore has them for $45, but tacks on $27 for shipping. Thats within $3 of what I can get a new one for down the street...
 
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