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

**Moe_Szyslak** · 12-25-2007, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by iceman51

I'm putting another scythe fan on when it gets here, so it will have the push pull effect, had it the other way but this seem better for some reason.

This way the warm air doesn't immediately leave the case through the rear exhaust fan. Moreover, when it's turned 90 degrees you already get the push-pull effect because of the rear exhaust fan.
On the other hand, With a second fan mounted to the heatsink you suck the air from the 200mm top intake directly through the HS. I'm not sure which is more effective.

**iceman51** · 12-25-2007, 08:44 AM

The 200mm fan on the top is exhaust, so it will help in pulling the air through the hs. The back fan as of now is intake to cool down the heat pipe for the northbridge, The board is a P5B deluxe so the heat pipe is under and behind the cpu hs. It seems to be working well so far. Q6600 @ 3.2 , and after 3+ hrs of gaming it only got to about 55 deg, way better than my other case!!

**Moe_Szyslak** · 12-25-2007, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by iceman51

The 200mm fan on the top is exhaust, so it will help in pulling the air through the hs. The back fan as of now is intake to cool down the heat pipe for the northbridge, The board is a P5B deluxe so the heat pipe is under and behind the cpu hs. It seems to be working well so far. Q6600 @ 3.2 , and after 3+ hrs of gaming it only got to about 55 deg, way better than my other case!!

Oooh, in that case i'll just shut up :P So you flipped the top fan and reversed the rear case fan. Do you remember what your temps were at stock speeds whith the fans in the current positions?

**iceman51** · 12-25-2007, 09:26 AM

I just put this together, in my old case temps where cpu idle 43-44 and load 62-65, gpu idle was 62, load was usually high 70s to low 80s. Now cpu idle 37-38 and gpu idle 52 and load was mid 60s so way better and way more quiet.

**Power5** · 12-26-2007, 02:56 PM

Got a 3870 for christmas, have to take a new picture of the case with it installed.

Funny comparison to a 7600GT

**atm743** · 12-27-2007, 09:19 PM

very nice and clean set up. i wish mine was as clean

i need to get some power tools.....

**Leeghoofd** · 12-28-2007, 06:57 AM

Another one to add to the list

Q6600 with Xigmatek cooler
4 gig of Mushkin ram PC6400
Gigabyte DS4 rev 2.0
BFG Geforce 8800GTS 640Mb
Samsung 500Gb S-ATA2
Enermax Noisetaker 500 watt PSU

I added again the foam filters in front of the 2 intake fans ( see the minor colour difference), rest is as usual some holes some wiring, really getting used to these cases

Interior :

Only thing that Antec needs to redo are all the cables coming from the front panel they are just too short, extend them with 5cm and peeps can reroute them nicely behind the mobo... but these new cases are already an improvement of the first releases

**timber715** · 12-28-2007, 12:38 PM

Only thing that Antec needs to redo are all the cables coming from the front panel they are just too short, extend them with 5cm and peeps can reroute them nicely behind the mobo... but these new cases are already an improvement of the first releases

I couldn't agree more... but make it 6 inches longer for better routing... hope they listen.

**Power5** · 12-28-2007, 02:56 PM

What the case could really use is a rear fan control for the tricools. Sucks that you have to take the sides off to flip the switch. For normal surfing I have all on Low except the top fan. The other 3 fans are routed behind the tray and I just keep that side of the case off so I can change speeds when I game. Top fan is too short, so it is only accessed for me from the inside.

Other than that, all my front panel wires were just long enough to get to their respective places from behind the tray. Front Audio was the most difficult.

**Leeghoofd** · 12-29-2007, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Power5

Other than that, all my front panel wires were just long enough to get to their respective places from behind the tray. Front Audio was the most difficult.

Either way you already have a new revision of the case, till now I have assembled 5 of these and the last one was build just before Xmass and I stil lwasn't able to route the whole mobo connectors underneath the mobo they are just over 5-8cms too short... can you post a piccie of the inside of ya case plz

**iceman51** · 12-29-2007, 10:09 AM

Ya the power and reset cables are about 1-2 inches too short, What I did was test them with a multi meter to be sure the worked( case was brand new , never used or hooked up) cut them and soldered in a piece of wire , the usb and firewire were ok for length. I've learned a valuable lesson tho, Know what you want to put in before you start! I've added a floppy and another hd since the mod and it wasnt fun.

Now runnin 3x250 in a raid 0 and a 500gb back up, even with the 8800gtx the temps are still solid, gpu idle 52 load 65 , added a second fan on the cpu so idle 35-36 load 55-60.

**Brian MP5T** · 12-29-2007, 12:46 PM

^^ Lol Floppy...

**iceman51** · 12-29-2007, 12:55 PM

ya I know but its the easiest was to do raid drivers.

**Pedalmonkey** · 12-29-2007, 03:34 PM

i was looking at my case and i was wondering if anyone saw it possible to remove the bottom 3 HDD racks and mount 120.3 rads on their sides in that area. if i cut a hole in the door and the mobo tray and then covered it with mesh i could get the airflow. The only problem i see is how to route the tubing. i could use some 90 degree angled fittings but that would kill my flow.

<EDIT>I was doing some quick measurement to the case and rads, and i need about 250-300mm of clearance to fit 2 rads, 38mm fans and have some room for the rads to breath. the case only has about 200mm width. so here was my idea. take some moders mesh and make enough room with the case. Then cover the top of the rad area with an aluminum sheet to kind of isolate it from the rest of the case use the front 120mm as a vent fan. Possibely even mod the front of the case to have 2 120mm fans to help vent even more. just throwing the ideas out. i need to buy the rads, mesh, etc before i mod, but thats my plan<EDIT>

**Brian MP5T** · 12-29-2007, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by iceman51

ya I know but its the easiest was to do raid drivers.

Plug it in just for the install... Then REMOVE.

**Brian MP5T** · 12-29-2007, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Pedalmonkey

( ALL THAT STUFF I SAID)

Why not use the 200 MM fan for the Rad.

Get a 20cm x 20cm x 5cm rad made and put it in the top...

**Pedalmonkey** · 12-30-2007, 10:51 AM

I want the rads internal, but i also want the cooling power of a 120.3. Unless you think a 20cm by 20cm rad would cool a heavily OC q6600 and a 680i mobo. and also, where can i get those made??

**Brian MP5T** · 12-30-2007, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Pedalmonkey

I want the rads internal, but i also want the cooling power of a 120.3. Unless you think a 20cm by 20cm rad would cool a heavily OC q6600 and a 680i mobo. and also, where can i get those made??

I think it could at least do a loop with the CPU and NB SB.

**Pedalmonkey** · 12-30-2007, 04:11 PM

i could see it doing that, now that i look at the surface area of the 2 rads. i just want to know where and for how much i could get a high quality rad made.

**Brian MP5T** · 12-30-2007, 05:06 PM

Whatever you do, Don't use an Automotive Oil Cooler

**haha im a panda** · 12-30-2007, 11:53 PM

custom fan controller:

i like the black and white (nice change from black with a crapload of blue LEDs). it's simple and it doesn't keep me awake. the white LEDs on the CPU cooler make a swastika shape which is amusing.

**Power5** · 12-31-2007, 07:23 AM

Some pics with mid fan and 3870 installed. Note to others. If you want the mid fan at the top like mine, do not put a cable hole in the top most corner of the case. Had a

of a time getting the fan cage in with the wires. Should have put the hole right next to the mobo.

Forgot to add my temps. Runing at specs in sig I idle at 36c. This is with all fans on low except the top fan is on high. CPU fan is at a silent speed as well. In my old case I had idle temps at 38-39c and that was with fans on high speed and CPU fan on very un-silent speed. The mid fan dropped my temps 1c by itself.

**VooDooRoo** · 12-31-2007, 07:31 AM

Howdie haha im a panda

Japan Time is 12.36am Jan 1st 2008...

1st post of the year! Happy new year ppl!

Is any other Case have so many posts? gues not!

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**|UgX|vibe** · 12-31-2007, 11:50 PM

This is my first modding experience but Im not gonna get to crazy with this cause I wanna start rocking that Crysis and COD4. Here are some pics of what I've done so far.

What I have so far: Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5 (4Gb), Asus P5N32-E 680i, Rosewill 850Watt PS, 2 X 74Gb Raptors (RAID0), 1 X 500 WD Caviar (storage), Floppy :p .

What Im waiting on: Intel Q6600 Quad, EVGA 8800 GTX 768Mb, Windows XP 64-bit. (Probably dual boot Vista 64-bit eventually.)

The ATX power harness was too short.. thats why its not shown. I'm gonna find a way to route it in the case or get an extension.