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

hi. I tried to register on these forums for a long time (6 days) , well I got a Water cooled Antec 900 with no case mod's to hide the cables , but I am planing to do it later , Exams are FTL

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for some strange reason my little LCD temp meeter didint work

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my PC Spec's
AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.6
leadtek 8800GTX with a Koolance 8800 GPU water block
GIGABYTE K8Pro-SLi
GIGABYTE Galaxy 2 water cooling unit
240x120 Radiator mounted in the Front
2GB of DDR400 RAM
950GB of HDD space

wow.. looks nice.. some what cluttered tho.. im surpirsed that new revisions has holes for watercooling.

Mine doesnt , I took my Dremel and made some :P , I am going to do a Conversion mod on my 900 , this means I am going to flip the mobo on its head , and on the other side , so I can see my 8800GTX water block and it will make the case Alot less Cluttered , and it will make the case more Original and I will definite do this Cable mod

What's the safest way to make smooth holes in the case metal? Is it really with a dremel?

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Originally Posted by Machinus

What's the safest way to make smooth holes in the case metal? Is it really with a dremel?

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How big a hole? If you talking about 1" inch or smaller, then a chassis-punch is probably the way to go. 3/4" is about the smallest you can wrap easily with c-channel. Larger that 1" you could still use a chassis-punch, but they start to become expensive. (You also can join multiple holes with a nibbler to make slots) Hole Saws are competitive up to about 6", particularly in aluminum and plastic. After that, power tools like this are probably your best bet.

Just buy some rubber grommets for the hole.

bloody nice

thanks for the post about the 190 and what yoou did. Gives me a few more ideas on my g70 li

i think iam gonna do some cutting this weekend when i install my ip35 board.

I just got mine today. It's 1.1, the HD mountings look fine.

My question is about the side panel - is there any way to cover up the fan hole? I don't want pressure leakage there because then it's not going through the VGA cooler.

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Originally Posted by Machinus

I just got mine today. It's 1.1, the HD mountings look fine.

My question is about the side panel - is there any way to cover up the fan hole? I don't want pressure leakage there because then it's not going through the VGA cooler.

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The trianglular piece, (with the fan hole), can be replaced. I did it when I lowered the fan hole to clear my HSF.

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Here is my new setup in a modded Antec 900 case. I cut a couple rectangles in the case with my dremel and routed most of the wires through the back. The case was painted by a friend who works in a custom paint shop. Most of his work is for motorcycles and cars, but he agreed to help me out with my case for a small fee :)

Water Cooling Parts Used:
Pump: MCP655
CPU Block: Swiftech Apoggee
Radiator: Swiftech single 120mm
Reservoir: Swiftech Micro

Order flows like this,
res->pump->radiator->cpu->res

On the res i am using a 1/2" fitting going to the pump and a 3/8" intake coming from the cpu block. The 1/2" tubing leads to the pump where it is then converted to 3/8" for the rest of the system. Temps are descent, 38C idle and 59C loaded with Orthos at 3.4ghz.

I got better temps with my dual heatercore and all 1/2" tubing, but I wanted this build to be really neat and all self contained.

Check it out!

Desk settup:

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Front lights on

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Front lights off

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A good look at my w/c and yes that 80mm fan is glued to the northbridge, lol

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Some UV action!

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Feedback and comments appreciated, thanks guys!

nice colour mate did youn use 2 pac or single im interested in painting mine metalic blue but not sure how well the pant will stick feed back on the method used to pain that sucker would be nice

It was rubbed with an abrasive pad, primed, painted, pearl coated and then clear coated. I had some help from a friend who works in an autobody paint shop :)

thanks

I'm planning on using a 1.25" dremel bit to make holes in this case for wiring. I'm going to use rubber finned grommets to keep the wires stable. Has anyone else modded the case similarly, and if so what size holes did you use, how many, and where did you put them?

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Originally Posted by Machinus

I'm planning on using a 1.25" dremel bit to make holes in this case for wiring. I'm going to use rubber finned grommets to keep the wires stable. Has anyone else modded the case similarly, and if so what size holes did you use, how many, and where did you put them?

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You're aware that this is a whole thread on wire-management for the 900? But, since you asked, I used a 3/4" chassic punch, (it's about the smallest diameter that can easily be covered with c-channel, although I didn't end up using any). I joined the holes with nibblers to create slots.

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Maximum airflow with slimline dvd/rw mod :)

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Ch3ck5um

Thats ingenious how you modded the case :) I wouldn't have thought it. Did you cut a piece out with a dremel or something?

I did the same thing..

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Jeez how can you use RAID 0 for that much storage? Aren't you afraid of data loss? Do you use a PCI controller?

Awesome slim mod BTW guys, I'd love to try it.

No, I have it backed up on a second identical computer..

It mirrors itself via GIGA-LAN.

The Striker MOBO has 6x Sata Raid..

I wanted the Speed of Raid Zero, not the Safety of 1 or 5..

I see you guys are using an additional tricool fan in the top slot...have you installed any fan filters? I really want some filters for this case but I don't know which ones work best.

No filters. Compressed Air Dusters are your friend..


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Brian MP5T; I did the same thing..

Very nice Brian :)

I have a guide on how to mod a slimline dvd into the bottom here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=17756187

Ch3ck5um

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Originally Posted by Moe_Szyslak

Thats ingenious how you modded the case :) I wouldn't have thought it. Did you cut a piece out with a dremel or something?

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Yeah i basically used a Dremel with the disc cutter to cut out the hole, then filed it down using a fine grit file and sanded it again.

Cutting the hole was the hardest part.

Ch3ck5um

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Originally Posted by Brian MP5T

No filters. Compressed Air Dusters are your friend..


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How many times can you clean your pc with one (200ml) can?