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

[Fredthered]

Thanks Guys. (You've no idea what that means)

I'm an ex-BT telephone engineer, Janno. So it certainly came in handy with regards to routing the cables etc.

Yes, Meteor/WAR, I've used rubber grommets, wherever possible.
I thought it would look better than edging strip.
Like you, I looked round all the hardware stores, and couldn't find any grommets BIG enough. I took a trip down to my local Auto-scrapyard and had a good 'root' around. The guy there, let me have about a dozen various sized and shaped ones, for £1 ! (The circular one, the PSU cables go through, I think came from the boot/trunk of a Toyota !)
You can 'pinch' the circular ones, a little, to fit an 'oval' hole.

You're spot-on there Hughyhunter, about the modular PSU !
Originally, I'd planned to fit a Silverstone ST650Z, but there were just too many unused cables to allow a neat job.
Many thanks for the 'thumbnail' tips, by the way, I'll definately have to have a 'dabble' at it.
Great paint job ! Very eye catching. You must have the 'touch of a surgeon' to have got all your components reassembled without scratching your paint job !

Hi VooDooRoo.
I extended the on/off, reset, and HDD wiring by 4 inches, thinking this would be enough. It only JUST fitted ! (Should have made it 6 inches really).
I managed to get the correct 'gauge' and colour of wiring, from a scrap fluorescent light fitting, on our local tip ! The lengths of wire were inserted at 'staggered' intervals, twisted, soldered, and heatshrink sleeved.
Have a go yourself on some scrap wire, you'll soon get the hang of it
I thought, extending the USB/Firewire might be a little TOO ambitious
(so I'll leave that to the Experts, or till I get a little more confident)

Below is a photo, just prior to fitting the m/b :



As it happened, the front-panel USB cable (routed under m/b), only JUST fitted, but NO way could I get the Firewire cable (upper right to extreme lower right), also under the m/b to reach. (Thanks a lot Antec ! ).
I suppose I could always mount the (Asus supplied) Firewire port at the side of the PSU, similar to my mounting of the extra USB ports, without having to use up an expansion slot :



Cheers Guys (More power to your modding elbow!)
Fredthered