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

[stevensl2]

Give me your advice pls =)[/QUOTE] very nice

dammit, i cant wait to get my 4870 !!!!!

[french user :(]

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[MetalRush]

Nice clean setup
How on earth did you think of that 'matting' idea :P

[Linchpin]

I'm looking to get an OCZ Vendetta 2 for my CPU but is there anyway you can install it while keeping the side fan?

[=>WiLL<=]

How on earth did you think of that 'matting' idea :P

Loose thinking =P

[hairytoez]

you'll have to excuse the crappy camera. wiring needs some work but not too concerned till i upgrade. Edit: I have replaced the zip ties with proper clamps.

Soltek S939 board
AMD 3700+ San Diego
1GB OCZ DDR 400
Chaintech 7300GT

[=>WiLL<=]

Light-saber battle is still in effect

[hairytoez]

I know i'm cheap and a heater core in this case isn't the easiest to work with in this case

[Got_Vtec?]

here is some updated pics of my 900.....i still have a few things i wanna do....what do you guys think???

[mad_skills]

Very neat and tidy Got_Vtec?, nice job.

[Got_Vtec?]

Very neat and tidy Got_Vtec?, nice job.

thank you very much it took me some time and patience to get it that neat lol i hate my PSU it has so many wires i want to get a modular PSU soon

[=>WiLL<=]

@Got_K20?

Diggin' the black-on-black-PCB action. Your choice of color in your room is top shelf

[mad_skills]

thank you very much it took me some time and patience to get it that neat lol i hate my PSU it has so many wires i want to get a modular PSU soon

Yes, a modular psu does save up some space inside the case.
Nice Xbox as well.

[Got_Vtec?]

Yes, a modular psu does save up some space inside the case.
Nice Xbox as well.

lol too bad this is the third xbox they had to send me....i really want to get the elite to match everything else

[H1nrik]

I'll post some pictures of my A900 soon.

[Ol'Baditude]

Hehe, I remember finding this thread on Google from back when I first got my 900. Most of my mods had their start from something done here.

This is what I ended up with b4 I sold it:

On Air:


On Liquid:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=558492

[pumpyps]

anybody want to sell a hard drive cage? I am using an external dvd drive, and i want to put more fans in there. so...hit me back! Thanks.

[Hughyhunter]

Nice work ol bad!

[sekazi]

I posted pictures of my Antec 900 a long time ago in this thread (December 2007).

Anyways since then not too much has changed but I will be ordering a GTX 260 at the end of next week and I have upgraded my PC some since then.

The previous post has the before when I had a E6550 with stock cooling.

I have now replaced all 120mm fans with 3 Scythe Kaze-Jyuni 110CFM. I have replaced the CPU with a E8400 overclocked to 4.0Ghz running around 40c idle and 52c on load. I am using a TRUE Black with a modded Thermalright fan duct. For lighting I am using 1 12" and 1 4" blue cathode.







I have blocked all airflow from the side vent because I do not want to interrupt the flow of air from the front of the case to the rear. I liked the look of the mesh so in order to stop any air from entering or exiting the case there I used a paper sleeve protector for 8.5x11 paper and cut it so that it would double in side so cover the vent. I then cut the areas of the window that went behind it so that the screws with tighten correctly and hold the mesh in place. It came out alot better than expected and a lot better than I originally had it before I replaced the side panel. I had the replace the side panel because the window started cracking.

For cable management here is a picture behind the motherboard tray.



Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 700W
Motherboard: ASUS P5K-E Intel P35
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0Ghz
Heat Sink: Thermalright TRUE Black 120
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5
Memory: Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066
Video Card: EVGA GeForce 8600GT SCC 256MB (SOON TO BE REPLACED)
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (SOON TO BE REPLACED)
Hard Drive(s): 3 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s, 1 x Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
DVD-ROM: LITE-ON Black IDE 16X DVD-ROM Drive
DVD-RW: LITE-ON Black IDE 20X DVD±R Burner with LightScribe
Card Reader: LINKSKEY 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Black
Case Fan(s): 3 x Scythe Kaze-Jyuni 110CFM, 1 x Antec Big Boy 200, 1 x Scythe Mini-Kaze 4.11CFM
Fan Duct: Thermalright 120mm Blue Fan Duct

[bassdominator]

I have never really liked the antec 900 but I have seen a few on here that are really impressive! just thought id say well done all

[Pub_Randy**]

Hehe, I remember finding this thread on Google from back when I first got my 900. Most of my mods had their start from something done here.

Hi

did you have some internal pics of the radiator mount?
very interested.

[french user :(]

Some new photos

[stangracin2]

here are some teaser pics

[Cassell98]

Some pictures of my new GTX 280. The cables are actually cleaner than it looks.

Q9450 @ 450fsb=3.6ghz
Zalman 9700
Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) @ 1180mhz(5-5-5-15)
Asus Rampage Formula
PC Power and Cooling 750
2 x Seagate 7200.11 750gb RAID 0
Samsung SH-S203B
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
EVGA GTX 280 715/1430/1260
Hook up to a Samsung 2493HM and Logitech Z-5500

[Chase023]

Here is my build finally. Sheesh too many problems here and there (cutting hole issues, aluminum bottom feet issues, paint issues, many more lol)

This is my first attempt at cable management and case modding. I been looking at this thread for a while now trying to see what I could do for the Antec 900 I had. This is one of the best or probably the best thread I seen for the Antec 900.

I wanted an interim build before my Silverstone TJ10 but I ended up making this build my main.
I started this build like 2 months ago, ran into problems here and there and worked on it off and on.
I was going to not paint the case but after seeing all you guys paint it, so I decided to do as well.
This was can spray painted.


As you can see, it has holes cut out as well. That is another story.. LOL
I planned out the holes by drawing them out and seeing how I can cut thru using a dremel but in the end best tools are those hole punchers once you know how to use it properly.. LOL Yeah I made a mess initially with bad cuts but I ended up rounding all the edges with the dremel and cutting better circles with the Greenley hold punchers.

Well the paint didn't last long because the painted surfaces felt a bit sticky and I wasn't satisfied so I ended up powder coating the case and drive cages. I should of went with semi-gloss black or flat black but as it turned out the gloss black was fine.

Also another story is that, I wanted to put the power supply (Corsair HX620w) with the letters right side up so I ended up cutting the bottom, but in doing so I neede to remove the bottom feet. I wanted to upgrade it so I bought the aluminum feet but found a problem because with these you need to place a nut on the other side of the panel but as you can see where I wanted the feet, there is no space under the power supply. I could either place them closer to the front which didn't look too pleasing or use stock ones but not evenly placed. Anyhow I solved the problem using JB weld. I decided that I could place on nut on the bottom to screw in the screw/bolt and have it leveled even thru the hole I made below the power supply and grind off excess to even out the bottom of the panel.





Finally I got working on putting it together.



Had to even the bottom so nothing would be poking the power supply from the bottom. (damn, howd that hair get there, must be the woman's)


I know some of you reversed the hard drives and I thought of doing that but might as well show the cool connectors.


It is slowly coming together.. LOL


Might as well put in an internal speaker



As you see, I had to make adjustments to the holes as I was putting it together. The plan never works out exactly how I saw it.. LOL



Placing the internal speaker


Ahhh finally coming together!


Oh yeah during the build, I accidently cut the USB wires when I was cutting away the zip ties. Had to re-solder, what a pain.


Almost complete



What a mess in the back, tho it looks slighty different now but still messy.


I had to put in 3 LED lighted switches for the UV light, and blue lights.
I didn't want to have to reach the back just to turn them off and on.


Next to my Silverstone case that I want to someday complete.


More behind the scene cable mess.




Too bad tho, parts of my powder coating is lightly scratched but not really noticeable unless you point bright light at it and etc.


Placement of the front Audio panel plugs on the Mobo.






View of the bottom.


Some Lighted Pics


UV Pic



Now with blue light and UV



Finally a completed internal shot


Finally Finished... (Not!)


The Thermalright Extreme 120Ultra heat sink is just too big and gets in the way of putting the fan on the side. I need someone to help me create a new plexi panel so I can actually mount a 120mm fan on the side.

My 9800 GTX was having glitching issues which would not go away after even giving it a long rest and having more fans on it so it went away and came a Evga 280 GTX.

I will have to post new pics later.

Anyhow I hope you guys like it. I did go thru an ordeal to finish but I am happy other than the video issues.

Specs:
MotherBoard : Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
CPU : Intel Q6600 (G0 Stepping) @ 3.0 GHZ
Memory : OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Video Card : EVGA Nvidia Geforce 280 GTX replacing 9800 GTX
Monitor : Samsung SyncMaster 245BW 24" 5ms Widescreen Monitor (Getting replaced by Dell 3007 WFP-HC)
HeatSink : ThermalRight Ultra-120 eXtreme
Mouse : Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
Hard Drives : WD Raptor SATA 3.5 10000 RPM Internal Hard Drive (150GB) 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.5 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive (500GB) 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.5 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive (750GB) 16MB Cache
CD/DVD ROM: Samsung TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M (Black)
Samsung TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S202 (Black)
FAN: Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F (CPU HeatSink Cooler)
PowerSupply: CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W Power Supply
Computer Case: Antec 900 (Modded)