Really easy question- Antec 300, 900 or 900 v2

Loosecannon · 10 Feb 2009 at 22:42

I have chosen all the pieces for inside the case, but need advice on which case to get!

Phenom 2 940
DFI lanparty 790
4gb ram
500mb hdd
ATI 4850
650w psu

So which case would be best please!

Antec 300 - £53
Antec 900 - £88
Antec 900 v2 - £104

Edited to show case prices...

Blackhawk47 · 10 Feb 2009 at 22:47

I would honestly get the 900 v2 out of those. It looks to be quite a case from what i have seen from this thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17972883

If you did go for any of the others, you will probably be itching for a case upgrade after a few months.

RIZZEE · 10 Feb 2009 at 22:48

Prices for the antec cases have gone up a bit though

Kennysevenfold · 10 Feb 2009 at 23:11

300 for the win

datawrite · 10 Feb 2009 at 23:17

300 is nice but rubbish for cable management?

Blackhawk47 · 10 Feb 2009 at 23:45

datawrite said:
300 is nice but rubbish for cable management?

It isnt rubbish as such, but when comparing to say, the 900 mk2, it is. For a budget case, its good.

Loosecannon · 11 Feb 2009 at 06:51

The main concern I have with the 300 is ventilation - will everything stay cool enough in that case or should i be looking at bigger and a larger Antec?

Blackhawk47 · 11 Feb 2009 at 11:43

If you buy at least two extra 120mm fans for intake as the case only comes with a 140mm exhaust (top) fan and 120mm exhaust (rear) fan. Then it will be fine as far as cooling is concerned. Will be the same cooling as the antec 900 expect the top exhaust fan on a 900 is bigger and the 300 has dust filters (which is good). But like i said i would look at the 900 mk2 because it has all the perks of the other cases aswell as dust filters, fan controller on each fan, better interior for looks and cable management.

OneTime · 11 Feb 2009 at 12:06

300 is a great budget case. Like Blackhawk47 said, buy an additional 2 front intake fans (mine are blue LED) and that will set up some nice airflow.

Check my sig, all running very cool.
Idle @ 33c & 30c (each core)
100% load (Prime & intel burn test) @ 55c both cores

Obviously given the choice you face yourself with, the "902" case is the better option as it is the biggest and the newest case.

datawrite · 11 Feb 2009 at 21:52

Cable management lets the 300 down for me.

Angst · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:00

get the standard 900 its a good £20 less and the only changes in the v2 are dust filters and the plastic facias

Blackhawk47 · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:07

datawrite said:
Cable management lets the 300 down for me.

For that reason alone i recommended the 900-2.

Like i said and at the time when i got the 300 (£30 - bargain), compared to other budget cases i had to choose from: akasa zen, coolermaster 330, etc. None of them had the cooling potiental and at least allowed cable management.

Antec 300 - Ideal from a modding perspective.

Which reminds me, i have to do something with mine

datawrite · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:51

phill0i said:
get the standard 900 its a good £20 less and the only changes in the v2 are dust filters and the plastic facias

Isn't cable management better in the V2?

-)G(-Sawyer · 12 Feb 2009 at 02:51

Much better cable management, all black paint and outside fan speed switches. I would say go for the 300 as it’s a good case for the money or the 902 for all the good stuff as think you would soon regret paying out for a 900.