A Positive Look at the Antec Nine Hundred (900) Case

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05-05-2008, 10:31 PM
pvtdonuts

the stickers give you 15% more overclock, comon now, everyone knows that

seriously though, nice job on the 900's
05-05-2008, 10:41 PM
Bertross

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Originally Posted by Hughyhunter

Are you seriously worrying about stickers?:down:

Nice job Bertross... Good job on the hole!:up:

Cheers mate, i want to do more like paint the case on the inside but i need a spare machine to please the wife's facebook obsession.

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Originally Posted by pvtdonuts

the stickers give you 15% more overclock, comon now, everyone knows that

seriously though, nice job on the 900's

at lest 15% o/c, it's more like 25% for me. LOL:)
05-05-2008, 10:45 PM
Bertross

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Originally Posted by DaIceMan

Very nice Bertross. What size hole saw is that?

Off topic, but have you tried to run your E66 at 400x8 for a nice round 3.2GHz? That's what I have mine running at (can't remember vcore) but it was still within reason temp wise (around 47-50 deg C under full load Folding@Home)

it's about 2.5" i think from memory. I had to borrow the circular pieces.

Your best to use a battery drill not power drill. The power drill is way to fast and will cause a ripping effect not a cut.

I will try that o/c tonight...makes sense. I have it at 333x9 atm making it 3.0Ghz. I tried 400x9 but it didn't work, that would have been nice to make it 3.6Ghz.

I'm not to firmiliar with o/c on CPU's in terms of Volts. I have it at 1.325 V stock. I think 1.350V will be easy to use. It might allow the 3.6 i was actually after. 3.2Ghz is a good o/c though. Cheers

I terms of temps, at full load i get 45 max on core 0 and 40 max on core 1.
05-05-2008, 10:49 PM
Hughyhunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bertross

Cheers mate, i want to do more like paint the case on the inside but i need a spare machine to please the wife's facebook obsession.

Oh... I had mine laying on the desk naked for a week. Told the wife to be careful not to touch anything except the power button. My board has a pretty big power button on it.
05-05-2008, 10:52 PM
Bertross

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Originally Posted by Hughyhunter

Oh... I had mine laying on the desk naked for a week. Told the wife to be careful not to touch anything except the power button. My board has a pretty big power button on it.

she got really :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty (excuse the french) and i basically had to do this mod in one night.

I have a spare pc i could reinstall again to keep her happy will i mod some more.
05-06-2008, 02:27 AM
outbreak42

OCing with stickers is the best! However, I don't think I would put them on anyways... they usually are a little :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: to take off. I guess is just nice to have the option to show pass byers what you got in the box at a glance, lol.
05-06-2008, 06:43 AM
Hyacco

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Originally Posted by outbreak42

I'm thinking of somehow incorporating one of these into the air ducts to control air direction better since I noticed the drive cages have some metal slots/cuts that deviate air to the sides. Any suggestions? ^^''

http://www.mnpctech.com/PortTubeWb.jpg

Hyacco: The last 2 plastic retainers are all the way at the front of the top bezel. To release it, you will have to lift up the back of the top bezel and then push it towards the back of the case. I have taken my bezel twice and they didn't break, but they do look fragile, so be careful. Buena Suerte!

Hey, if i understood... you would like to try sth like this:
> Link <
Those are two of my mods :)

Thank you and Deees for helping me with bigboy. i'll try again later :rolleyes:
05-06-2008, 07:17 AM
outbreak42

That was a nice mod there :)

Yeah, something like that... but I'm not exactly. I'm thinking of keeping the front metal grills from the case as normal, so from the front you can only see the fans behind the grills. Then put that duct behind the front fan... somehow attach them and then put a back fan at the rear of the drive cage... thus creating a fan-to-fan wind tunnel kind of thing. You wouldn't be able to see this from the outside, it's for performance mainly. I know... sounds weird, lol.
05-06-2008, 02:08 PM
ChinStrap

this *might* the best thread for an antec 900 owner i have ever seen :)

great pictures you guys.
05-06-2008, 04:52 PM
Hyacco

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Originally Posted by ChinStrap

this *might* the best thread for an antec 900 owner i have ever seen :)

great pictures you guys.

hahahaha!! this MUST be the best thread about antec 900 in tha world! :clap:
05-07-2008, 10:42 PM
Hor$eman

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This should have been called:

**Official Antec 900 Case Mod Forum**

as I I found many other threads devoted to cases, but not this one, until now.

Anyway, here's a couple pics of my rig. I have to take some better pics and post them, and this gives me the incentive to do so, though I think I'm going to buy a second case and build a second rig for sale all modded out, incorporating much of what I have seen here. I have a spare Striker II Formula, a 500 Watt PSU, and a spare set of Kingston PC6400 Ram, so the rest is not too much.

Excellent job done by all :up:
05-08-2008, 01:34 AM
Bubbaxm2

Here is a pic of the air deflector that I fabbed out of a piece of aluminum to grap air from the bottom 1/3rrd of the fan to blow air over the hard drives. I wanted to mount them backwards and have them flush with the drive bay and wasn't able to do it directly behind the fans.
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9...diumen1.th.jpg
05-08-2008, 01:36 AM
Bubbaxm2

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChinStrap

this *might* the best thread for an antec 900 owner i have ever seen :)

great pictures you guys.

Definately!!
05-08-2008, 10:40 AM
Hughyhunter

Nice job Horseman!:up:
05-08-2008, 03:06 PM
outbreak42

Horseman, you should post some pics of your rig in the dark. I would like to see how the yellow behaves with your cathode lights. Looks sweet :)
05-09-2008, 11:28 AM
=>WiLL<=

Hor$eman, show us what your box looks like lit up. I've always liked those Extreme Spirit IIs.
05-09-2008, 04:01 PM
guest

If I ever get registered...

:shrug:

If the registration issue ever gets corrected, I'll post on a real account name.
As it is, I wanted to get these up for viewing and critiques.
Nothing too fancy, just going for a clean install.
I love grommets.
Put the floppy drive in backwards cause I hate to look at that damn thing. But I wanted it there when I needed it, just out of sight.
Modded the HDs for reverse fit, but I ended up turning em back around cause I liked the look a little better.
Also have to pull the damn PSU out and take it apart and swap the inlet and exhaust fans. Why put the LEDs on the exhaust side???? I wanted them inside for the lighting effect.
Got rid of all those overdone blue LEDs for green ones.
Flash kinda takes away from the paint. Looks darker in person.
Painted all optical drives and floppy black, blends in better.
I'm replacing all interior thumbscrews with Green anodized thumbscrews for a little contrast, yet keep with the theme.
Looking at buying a Matrix Orbital LCD panel.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ntec900001.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ntec900002.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ntec900003.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ntec900004.jpg

Your feedback is welcomed, + or -.

Budreaux
05-09-2008, 04:08 PM
SoloBuggMaster

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/DSCN0097.jpg
Drilled holes for wires
I also made a hole on the bottom for airflow since my TRUE-120 will not fit with a side fan, so I thought something was needed for the GPU cooling
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/DSCN0161.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/DSCN0163.jpg
ALL feedback welcome
05-09-2008, 05:55 PM
dexaroni

I pray you intend to file those holes :)

Just a tip, get some trim for the hole so that the edges look perfectly straight.
05-09-2008, 06:26 PM
SoloBuggMaster

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Originally Posted by dexaroni

I pray you intend to file those holes :)

Just a tip, get some trim for the hole so that the edges look perfectly straight.

I am not really concerened about how it looks especially since it's on the bottom, and a fan will be covering it. But thanks!
05-09-2008, 06:39 PM
eternaljammer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hor$eman

This should have been called:

**Official Antec 900 Case Mod Forum**

as I I found many other threads devoted to cases, but not this one, until now.

Anyway, here's a couple pics of my rig. I have to take some better pics and post them, and this gives me the incentive to do so, though I think I'm going to buy a second case and build a second rig for sale all modded out, incorporating much of what I have seen here. I have a spare Striker II Formula, a 500 Watt PSU, and a spare set of Kingston PC6400 Ram, so the rest is not too much.

Excellent job done by all :up:

Wow, nice color patterns. It really came out looking superb.
This thread has given me many ideas for modding my 900!
I think it would look a litle better if you painted the ram cooler yellow.
Still awesome.
Keep up the great work.
05-09-2008, 08:05 PM
=>WiLL<=

FS: Antec HDD Cage Powder Coated Black w/ Fan

I have 1 left, just sold the other to DaIceMan. The cage is powder coated black satin semi-gloss and comes with a Blue
LED TriCool 120mm fan. Also included is the screws/hardware.

SOLD.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tecHDcage2.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tecHDcage1.jpg
05-09-2008, 08:08 PM
Bubbaxm2

Will, do you do powder coating yourself? I might be looking for someone to do some for me.
05-09-2008, 09:21 PM
Hughyhunter

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Before I did my paint job I was really looking to do something like this... I didnt have the resources though. Man though... Is this beautiful or what?
Just found it on the net and thought I would share, I wonder who it belongs too.
:up::up::up::up::up:
05-09-2008, 09:22 PM
=>WiLL<=

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Originally Posted by Bubbaxm2

Will, do you do powder coating yourself? I might be looking for someone to do some for me.

I don't do my own powder coating. There is a local paint shop near me that does. When I had the case and two cages done, it took almost a month, since the guy was busy with other bigger stuff. When I got the Silverstone cages, I had those powder coated as well. $10 a cage.

Look around your area, and call some auto paint shops.

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