Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
- Cable managment and CPU retaining hole for easy maintainence
- Oversized front and top mesh (0.7mm) design for superb ventilation
- Accommodates 120 x 240 mm radiator inside the top or bottom
- Dust-control filters for all meshed areas
- Includes VGA card bracket (supports triple GPU card)
CM 690 II Advanced raises the bar again with practical improvements over the top-selling CM 690. The spacious mid-tower will keep enthusiasts happy with room for up to 3 vga cards, high-end CPU coolers, top or bottom mount water cooling radiator and 1.8″/2.5″ drive adapter. It also features much improved airflow with oversized mesh (0.7 SECC) and enough space for up to 10 fans. Maintenance will be a breeze with the tool-free drive bays, new cable management and CPU cooler retention hole.
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(out of 19 reviews)
List Price: $ 100.99
Price: $ 84.24
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Review by David Wilson for Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
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There’s been a lot of speculation in forums that this revision of the very popular CM 690 is just a minor update with some black paint inside. Nothing could be further from the truth. I upgraded my wife’s PC a year ago, and used the CM 690. It was perfectly nice, for a mid-tower. My own PC is in the Cooler Master ATCS 840 — the best case I’ve ever seen — but my wife’s PC is in a location where a huge full tower case just won’t go. The single feature that caught my eye in the initial announcements of this new version was full dust filters. We have a cat, and cat hair is the most evil thing that can happen to a PC. A co-worker was about to try his first PC build, so I offered him the CM 690 case and used that as an excuse to get the new model. With both cases side-by-side and opened up, I was amazed at the differences. Every piece, and every detail, has been rethought and upgraded. Some of the improvements are too little for the ads to even mention, but show Cooler Master’s attention to detail. As one tiny example, two of the motherboard standoffs have a little protrusion. You use them for the back corners of the motherboard. When you fit the motherboard in place, the protrusions go up into the mounting holes and hold the motherboard exactly in position with all the mounting holes exactly lined up over their standoffs. You don’t have to hold the motherboard in position with one hand while getting the initial screws in. A minor little enhancement, but really neat and something I’ve never seen before and never heard of. The tool-less harddrive carriers have been changed from the previous version, and are now just like the ones in the ATCS 840. There’s a special carrier for 2.5″ drives (e.g. SSDs) in one of them. Another minor tweak is a switch to turn the blue leds on the front fan on or off. Have it whichever way you prefer. With the previous version, a little surgery would have been necessary to turn it off. The built-in dock on the top is another very nice little feature. The CM 690 was a nice mid-tower case that’s proven very popular. The CM 690 II Advanced is far better. I recommend it highly.
Review by M. Ringer for Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
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Long and the short: Great case, good workmanship, great value, easy to use and looks great. The more I use it and the longer I have it, the more I like it.
I’ve built all types of computers over the last ten years from super basic boxes to watercooled monster bling gaming rigs. If you are looking for something to put a mid-high end or better rig in, this case is a great choice. Whether you are air cooling or watercooling, this case has you covered. You can mount a fan just about anywhere you might like in just about any size you like. Want to use water? You can mount up to two standard dual rads inside the case, no drilling required. If you mount a dual rad on the inside bottom front, you will lose 5 HD bays (leaving you 2) but there is enough room to mount a thick dual rad and still have two sets of fans in push/pull configuration.
Everything is blacked out on the inside and there are holes and tie spots everywhere there should be to route cables neatly behind the motherboard. The 140mm fan in the front is surprisingly quiet and the switch to turn the LEDs on the front fan are a nice touch. (For those of you who like to mod, that switch plus a relay could make for some interesting possibilities for turning other lighting on & off as well.)
I was unsure about the the front panel controls being on the top front edge of the case. It’s all up there: USB, audio, eSATA, power, reset, the fan lighting switch, and power and HD activity lights. It was my one concern when I bought the case. Since I keep my rig on the floor, I now like it much better than my old front mounted panel. It’s much easier to get to. The X-dock up top is very handy as well. My only gripe with it is that it doesn’t seem to be hot swappable, which is minor for me since I only have to use it occasionally.
One word of caution for those looking for a silent case. This case is by no means a loud case, but the fact there is mesh everywhere means if you have something loud in your case, you’re going to hear it. (Think high end video cards with stock cooling.) For those concerned about dust, every mesh opening has a smaller mesh screen behind it to capture dust. The screen could be finer, but thus far has done a sufficient job of capturing dust before in gets into the case.
Personally, I’ve used watercooling with two radiators and a fan bus to control the fans to keep the noise under control. If I have things set on low, I’m not even sure it’s on sometimes.
Review by N. Barrows for Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
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I bought this case about 4 weeks ago and it’s been pretty much awesome from day one. The one gripe I have with it, and its very minor, is that they could have had just a tiny bit more space behind the motherboard tray for cable management. I got all of my cables to fit no problem but since my psu has the rounded cables they were a little closer to the back panel than I had expected so it took me an additional 10 seconds to get the back panel back on. So yea really it’s a very small gripe but if you want to nit pick for something that’s about all I can come up with. Other than that they used screws for the side panels instead of latches. Being able to remove the bottom half of the hdd trays is a really n1ice feature, it allows more airflow from the front of the case. I currently only have the three stock fans installed but I don’t do any overclocking or anything like that so its plenty sufficient. If you’re using a psu with a fan located on the bottom of it you will most definitely want to install the optional mesh filter, hell I would install it regardless, couldn’t hurt any. The pure simplicity of putting this case together was so nice, no sharp edges or small working areas to deal with. I honestly do not believe there is a mid size case out there that can compete with this one and especially at this price. I highly recommend it.
Review by Harribull for Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
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Pros:
Amazon had the lowest price including shipping for this case when I got it.
Screwless design for drive bays… can be reconfigured for more cooling space
supports plenty of fans. designed for liquid cooling solutions with tube openings on back of case. The VGA support bracket is a nice feature (slim fan from coolmaster is optional). All adapter screws and side cover screws are nice size thumb screws.
Cons:
Screwless internal drive bays do not have hotshoe so you still have to take both side covers off replace a drive to disconnect data and power.
Only one 5.25 to 3.5 adapter face plate and bracket set included for front bay (Part was not available for purchace at time of sale. Now the faceplate with adapter is $4.95 on Coolmasters webiste but shipping is very high calculated for 2 lbs tho the part weight is under a quarter pound….
Cable management space behind system board is very very tight makeing installing the right side panel difficult…
If you install the Noctura heatsync instead of a liquid cpu cooling solution.. you can not install the upper side fan because it hits the CPU heat sink preventing you from installing the side cover.
Does not have a removable systemboard instalation tray.
Conclusion:
I love the case but its just a little too narrow. needs to be 1/4 inch deeper on right side for cables and 3/4 inch deeper on the left side for larger cooling solutions to fit with the upper side cover fan installed….. Optional side window (upgrade?) only has 1 fan location available… On the coolmaster website you can get a referb very cheep which makes it a good value for the price point.
This is without a doubt the nicest case I have owned from a finish and feature perspective. If it were perfect it would have been out of my price range
Review by BigD for Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance ATX Mid-Tower Case (RC-692-KKN2)
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This case is really nice. I have bought others – to build new computers in and liked the looks of this one along with all the bells and whistles that came with it.
Good fan speeds…not too loud sitting next to me with 2 Video cards, an AMD 6 core processor T5500 running the best games out there at high settings. I have not done anything new to the case since build was finished 1 month ago. The core stays pretty cool without anything tweeked or overclocked. Love the hot swap drive bay. Running 80 GB SSID Boot drive FAST! 1 GB 7500 RPM drive. 8 GB RAM 13300. WIn 7 x64. Get this Box and be very happy you did. Was very easy to set up. Less than 1 1/2 hours to build and 3 hours to install software.. Ran it straight for 2 weeks. No hiccups at all. Make sure you always buy a good surge suppressor or power backup to protect all electronic equipment. You will be glad you did when your block has a transformer blow. All the neighbors lost computers, TV’s etc. I did not lose 1 thing.