Completed Antec1200 HDD mod

[Mattacious]

I'm new here, thought I'd share this mod

Basically ripped everything out & bored some holes in the side of the Antec1200 to make room for cables so I could mount the HDD's backwards.

Still have some bits to finish off, like fan & lighting management. Also waiting for my window to arrive.

Camera is pretty crap but you get the idea.



Before:









After:

[dan7777]

nice work man looks like its a struggle getting that 5870 in ya case ? i dont think you would fit a 5970 in that case.

[Mattacious]

Yeah it was a bit of a struggle getting it in. I can fit a 5970 but would have to remove the fan.

[Blackstare]

Wow, nice cable management!

[V0id]

Once again nice

Good to see you here from GP, I recently started posting here too

[dullers]

cabling looks really nice
good work

[grasskicker509]

is it hard to put that sidepanel back on?

[Mattacious]

It's a little bit tricky, just need to put my weight on it to get the screws to line up to the holes, no big deal really.

Here's a better pic:

[pezcore]

Wow, nice work on hiding all that mess

[neonblingbling]

Night and day difference. Nice work.

Now, are you going to either sleeve the SATA cables, or at least get rid of the pink ones? Actually, maybe it would be neat seeing two SATA cables sleeved together...

[Mattacious]

^ The budget doesn't allow me to get rid of the pink one's so yeah definitly going to sleeve them (I have some spare sleeves lying round) :P.

I'll take some more photo's with a proper camera once it's all finished, still waiting on the window to arrive. Below is a pic of what the window is expected to look like:

[Mellowyellow]

Holy crap was all I could say when I saw the difference, and then the rear panel. Top notch job hiding the mess!!