My antec 900 build

azab350 · 5 Aug 2008 at 16:30

First build, so go easy on me!

Specs first

Mobo - Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe
CPU - AMD X2 6000+ 3Ghz
CPU Fan - ASUS Artic Square
RAM - 2Gb GeIL Black Dragon
Graphics Card - MSI NX8800GT
PSU - Hiper Type R 680W
Case - Antec 900 (duh...)
HDD(s) - 500Gb Seagate 32Mb Cache
200Gb Seagate
DVD Drive(s) - Asus DL Lightscribe R/W
Fan Controller - Xilence
Mouse - A4Tech X7-750F
Keyboard - Saitek Eclipse
Moniter - Viewsonic VA2216w (22" Widescreen 1680x1050)
TV Card - Some Funky £22 Thing

Heres some pics

Front, looks good and clean

Cable Tidy-ing with red leccy tape

8800GT + CPU Fan

Open Case

Common, what you thinks?

(P.S. Looks dusty in places as ive just installed the Xilence + new fan)

domthecondom · 5 Aug 2008 at 16:38

i hope you got a fan hitting thoses HDD. I never liked the look off fan controlers on cases they jus stick out to much

but nice first build

azab350 · 5 Aug 2008 at 16:50

how do you mean 'hitting the hdd' the fan at the bottom is standard Antec one if you mean that, the fan controller aint wired up yet, ordering the 3 Scythes for it on Friday,. my dad got me the wrong fan..he got an Artic Cooling PWM fan, and it work with my FC..

Sgt_Pepper · 5 Aug 2008 at 17:41

Can I recommend something:

Move both the HDD/Fan cages up one slot, then put the blank slot at the very bottom, you can then push some of the loose cables under the HDD cage out of site. It will also put the airflow a little more direct into the cpu cooler.

azab350 · 5 Aug 2008 at 17:47

cheers for the idea, i shall do that next time i open up, next monday

Phil2008 · 7 Aug 2008 at 18:27

Im pretty happy with the way my new system is in my 900

Acid_death69 · 7 Aug 2008 at 18:35

do you have a modular PSU? have you noticed a temp drop with all the wiring under control?
Your wiring looks a lot better than mine atm like

Do you have a pic of the other side of the case off so i can have a nosey at the wiring please

azab350 · 7 Aug 2008 at 21:39

why have you put the silly beige thing that your mobo came with in? i thought i had plenty of USB ports, 2 front + 4 Mobo, + 8PSU (wont use, but hey)

Slashiem · 7 Aug 2008 at 21:46

Are those fans around the right way, i generally thought the way the sticker is facing is the way it pushs air.
And maybe a tidy on the bottom cables.
But looks pretty dandy.

Tetsu · 7 Aug 2008 at 21:50

Slashiem said:
Are those fans around the right way, i generally thought the way the sticker is facing is the way it pushs air.

Nah thats not the case, varies from fan to fan.

Sgt_Pepper · 7 Aug 2008 at 21:54

Slashiem said:
Are those fans around the right way, i generally thought the way the sticker is facing is the way it pushs air.
And maybe a tidy on the bottom cables.
But looks pretty dandy.

generaly the side that is open is the side which draws air in, at least it has been on every fan ive ever used.

This Side

Phil2008 · 7 Aug 2008 at 23:21

azab350 said:
why have you put the silly beige thing that your mobo came with in? i thought i had plenty of USB ports, 2 front + 4 Mobo, + 8PSU (wont use, but hey)

Im also using 2 4-port hubs.. Heres what I have thats usb
keyboard
mouse
UPS
printer
3 external hdd
gamepad
joystick
floppy drive/cardreader.

Think thats is, so all motherboard usbs are being used acept 1 header not being used at all and I keep my case usb socket free for my camera amd mp3 player.

Under my desk its like a power station, look....... and yes that ups is powering all those plugs and a few more

Phil2008 · 8 Aug 2008 at 00:34

Its amazing that my tiny ups can wirh stand a 39.000.000 watt surge. The socket would blow off the wall before it killed the ups surely, and yes it can withstand that, cos I emailed belkin, cos that sounded so, so wrong..

Sgt_Pepper · 8 Aug 2008 at 00:42

Which UPS is that, i've been looking at these for a while but haven't a clue which to buy. are you better buying the more expensive models or are the cheapones just as good. :confused:

Phil2008 · 8 Aug 2008 at 01:34

mine is a belkin 1200va/670watts with AVR, and its never let me down in 2yrs since having it, and to make sure my system is well protected in a storm the ups is plugged into a surge protector and that can hande a 45.000.000watt surge. So basically if the surge protector doesnt kill all of the surge the ups should finish off the job, or thats my way of thinking anyway.

-=Vect0r=- · 8 Aug 2008 at 22:41

This is my offering; albeit some slight upgrades since the pics were taken:

At OP; can you cut a hole with dremel/holesaw near to PSU to allow most cables to be fed to rear of MoBo case? Would minimise cable clutter inside case? THis is my 'dirty' side;

azab350 · 8 Aug 2008 at 22:52

got no dremely thingy, neither has my dad, but with some look, at christmas ill be getting a modular PSU and Coolermaster Cosmos S case...

Acid_death69 · 8 Aug 2008 at 23:07

i think cutting the holes in the case was a good idea. think i might look into something like that, i certainly need to, im thinking of putting water cooling in my case and also im buying a modular PSu so that'll cut down some of the wires to

Nice job

-=Vect0r=- · 8 Aug 2008 at 23:27

azab350 said:
got no dremely thingy, neither has my dad, but with some look, at christmas ill be getting a modular PSU and Coolermaster Cosmos S case...

You don't need an expensive dremel, I used a 5 quid hole saw from B&Q and produced this:

Some tedious hours of filing later this resulted:

I then added some rubber edging and started the build. I will definitely be investing in a modular PSU next time round!

azab350 · 9 Aug 2008 at 10:45

mine had some holes allready there...