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

[Xope_Poquar]

Thanks! I appreciate it. With the nice new airflow I was able to get my Q6600 over 4GHz on air! SuperPi was 12 seconds but it wasn't stable enough for 3dMark. I was able to run that at 3.96GHz though, and scored 14,411 with a measly 8800GTS 640MB!

[Power5]

Alright, got all the metal in the case painted flat black. Now just have to wait till its dry and start reinstalling my parts. Will be glad to put this '98 Compaq Presario 5140 back into hibernation in the basement. Would post some pictures but I obviously dont have Photoshop on this computer to resize the images.

[MetalRush]

.........Would post some pictures but I obviously dont have Photoshop on this computer to resize the images.

Pssst... XP powertoys
Take a look at Image Resizer

[Xope_Poquar]

MS Paint can do it...

Image > Stretch/Skew > put in like 50% for both horizontal and vertical.

[iceman51]

Heres a couple of pics of my modd, turned out good and a lot cooler. Replaced all the fans with scythes ( back one has been replaced since pic) way quieter and still good air flow.

[mad_skills]

Thanks! I appreciate it. With the nice new airflow I was able to get my Q6600 over 4GHz on air! SuperPi was 12 seconds but it wasn't stable enough for 3dMark. I was able to run that at 3.96GHz though, and scored 14,411 with a measly 8800GTS 640MB!

Q6600 at nearly ~4GHz stable on air? That's impressive man , can you keep him on 3.96GHz for everyday use?

[Xope_Poquar]

Maybe if I kept all 3 of my Ultra Kazes on full but each one is 46db (133cfm), and my computer rivals many vacuum cleaners. I still have to lap my heat sink. I've done the IHS but was too lazy to get the Tuniq Tower. Might help lower the temp a degree or two.

[Dawgdoc]

Q6600 at nearly ~4GHz stable on air? That's impressive man , can you keep him on 3.96GHz for everyday use?

I typically bench my Q6600 at 4150 on a P5K premium/TRUE 120, and its stable for ALL tests and benches.

Certainly not stable like that for 24/7 use or P95/orthos yada yada though....

@ 3700 P95 small fft stable for 18 hours, but I typically run 24/7 at 3600 since I can significantly reduce my voltages for 3600 vs 3700.

FWIW......

[Moe_Szyslak]

Thanks! I appreciate it. With the nice new airflow I was able to get my Q6600 over 4GHz on air! SuperPi was 12 seconds but it wasn't stable enough for 3dMark. I was able to run that at 3.96GHz though, and scored 14,411 with a measly 8800GTS 640MB!

Temps plz. Can't imagine it's very safe on air. And at what Voltage?

[Xope_Poquar]

Temps plz. Can't imagine it's very safe on air. And at what Voltage?

It wasn't exactly Prime stable, but stable enough to bench. Recommend a good temp monitoring program because nTune only monitors my GPU.

CPU voltage: 1.472 (1.5 in BIOS)
PLL: 1.7
FSB: Auto

FSB @ 440MHz

GPU: no voltage changes
Core: 692MHz (stock 513)
Shaders: 1602MHz (stock 1188)
Memory: 1100MHz (stock 792)

The GPU hit 60 degrees once or twice but mostly stayed around 57~58.

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