Antec 300 Build...

Weijin776 · 15 Aug 2008 at 20:51

Here are the specs and prices:

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 OCZ2P10664GK) x1 £51.99

Netgear WG111 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Network Adapter x1 £11.99

Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case x1 £29.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU x1 £54.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) x1 £39.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) x1 £58.99

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard x1 £71.99

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail x1 £144.99

Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) x1 £34.99

LG GH20NS15 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM x1 £12.99

Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan x3 £23.97

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail x1 £107.99

First build in a long time, any advice welcome

Equipment arrives within 12 hours of ordering, well done OcUK

I am a little strapped for time so had to go back to London for my Dads birthday, plus my camera has just died grrrrrrr... will keep updated but I have pretty much finished build

dr. sarf · 15 Aug 2008 at 21:22

I didn't realise we sold Pizza at OcUK. :cool:

Carter · 15 Aug 2008 at 21:41

Hehe ^^

I got my 300 today, just waiting for a 4870 and sammy F1 320HDD on monday to do the build. Really nice case, I've put a couple of sharkoon 2000s in the front intakes and an akasa amber on the side intake. Dreading doing all the cabling

Weijin776 · 15 Aug 2008 at 21:47

The wire management is pretty much the hardest part, but not all that hard to be honest... I have got all of the big wires out of the way - the only wires which remain are the front usb/led/hdd wires etc.. I have the stand Antec Tri Cool fans on the top and rear and put my 3 Akasa blue LED fans 2x front and 1x on the side, giving off a nice blue glow but my camera has died and I cannot get photos off them

Weijin776 · 15 Aug 2008 at 21:48

Oh yea, I live in Brighton and the weather has been terrible past few days so me and my house mate couldnt be bothered to venture past our front door

so we brought the food to us in the form of buy one get one free pizza vouchers from PHQ!!!

Carter · 15 Aug 2008 at 21:55

The audio and usb cables for the top panel could do with being a fair bit longer I think, need to stripdown out of my current case before I can be sure though.

I actually really do not like led fans, plain old boring fans for me

Blackhawk47 · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:15

i found wire mangement not to hard to be honest in my build.

though nice one so far, now i want that pizza. Yum Yum

Acid_death69 · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:21

dr. sarf said:
I didn't realise we sold Pizza at OcUK.

i wish ya did, i think it would be interesting

least you did the smart thing fella and got a 64 bit OS so now you can use the 4 gig of ram

The antec is a good case im sure you'll be happy with.

dr. sarf · 15 Aug 2008 at 22:58

Carter said:
The audio and usb cables for the top panel could do with being a fair bit longer I think, need to stripdown out of my current case before I can be sure though.

The cases only real flaw IMO.

Acid_death69 · 15 Aug 2008 at 23:07

dr. sarf said:
The cases only real flaw IMO.

i agree they could be doing with being a tad longer so you can actually fit them behind the motherboard tray.

Weijin776 · 16 Aug 2008 at 11:41

They just about fit which is the most annoying thing, they have to get from the top right hand corner of the case to the bottom left hand corner... quite annoying to be honest

I thought about soldering an extra 30cm to fit it under the motherboard tray but would this disrupt the wiring in any sort of way? I have them pretty much making love to my motherboard and going underneath my graphics card.

I have been trying to overclock my E8500 but I am abit **** haha, is there any guides out there for the E8500?

hibeesmad · 16 Aug 2008 at 18:26

I am thinking about getting this case for my next build.

Has anyone drilled any holes so the 4 pin CPU cable can be ran behind the motherboard tray?

Acid_death69 · 16 Aug 2008 at 19:27

yerr vector has modded the back of his antec 900 tray, it'll be exactly the same with the 300.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17904761

check out the thread, it's like half way down.

hibeesmad · 16 Aug 2008 at 21:54

Acid_death69 said:
yerr vector has modded the back of his antec 900 tray, it'll be exactly the same with the 300.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17904761

check out the thread, it's like half way down.

Thanks.

smyth · 16 Aug 2008 at 22:19

How did you find putting together you build with that case?

Lots of room for you to work with and easy to do?

Looking to get a whole new system and looking into what case to get.

Cheers

Blackhawk47 · 16 Aug 2008 at 22:35

i found it fairly easy to build with. fans are easy to install . thumb screws are used for hard drives and such and much more...definatly best case in its price range thats for sure.

hibeesmad · 17 Aug 2008 at 13:36

Blackhawk47 said:
i found it fairly easy to build with. fans are easy to install . thumb screws are used for hard drives and such and much more...definatly best case in its price range thats for sure.

Are the fans 3 pin or just molex as I am thinking about getting a fan controller.

Thanks.

Clown · 17 Aug 2008 at 13:47

The ones in mine were molex (top and back).

Blackhawk47 · 17 Aug 2008 at 14:20

they are molex, though i replaced the exhaust with a yateloon and took out the top one.

mda96bjh · 17 Aug 2008 at 16:08

hibeesmad said:
Are the fans 3 pin or just molex as I am thinking about getting a fan controller.

Thanks.

they are molex with built in controllers

just set them to low & they are great