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

[Meteor|WAR]

Hello, great thread here, very inspiring. I'm planning to apply some of the ideas for cable management in this thread to my 900 case. Just looking for where to get one of the PSU extension cables.

I am looking for one of these that was posted in this thread:

you can buy cpu extension cables - ebay

you need something like this



I Had to buy one of these myself - for the very same reason

I checked my usual source for PC parts Newegg.com, but they seem to only have 4 pin extension cables. FrozenCPU or ebay didnt seem to have it either. So it's sort of a two part question, firstly can I just use two of the 4 pin extensions? Or, if not where can I find that 8 pin extension for the CPU EATX12V power slot? Thank you.

[deees]

Or, if not where can I find that 8 pin extension for the CPU EATX12V power slot? Thank you.

http://store.pchcables.com/8pinmafepoex.html

[Hughyhunter]

@ techie... I am largley impressed by your wire management. Did you order another 120mm case fan for front?

@ obitus. I'm impressed with your wire managment too. The modular PSU must make a difference for you guys. I have the PCPC and it's wires are all over the place. I have everything zip tied but it's not nearly as presentable is your guys' cases.

@ pistol pete. Is there a reason why you didn't have your CPU HSF blowing upward toward the largely 200mm fan? After all... Heat does rise. Nice job though... Looks very sharp!

[Obitus]

@ obitus. I'm impressed with your wire managment too. The modular PSU must make a difference for you guys. I have the PCPC and it's wires are all over the place. I have everything zip tied but it's not nearly as presentable is your guys' cases.

Thanks. I specifically went for a modular PSU so that way I wouldn't have all the extra wires to deal with. I maybe could have hid them behind the mobo tray, but it would have been tougher.

[pistol_pete]

@ pistol pete. Is there a reason why you didn't have your CPU HSF blowing upward toward the largely 200mm fan? After all... Heat does rise. Nice job though... Looks very sharp!

Heat does rise, but the air comming out of the heatsink won't be especially hot (maybe 30 degrees hotter than ambient at load?) and the pressure of the fans will overcome that.

The general idea was to have 3 fans in a row for a good pressure rise through the cooler (I run them on low), the hot air from the CPU would go straight out the back, and the 200mm fan would suck out the generally warm air floating about the rest of the case.

Seems to work quite well, although I admit I haven't tried it with the TRUE120 blowing upwards.