Antec Nine Hundred and Seasonic M12 possible?

FlakMagnet · 12 Dec 2006 at 20:23

I am just about to start building a new PC, and have been looking at cases and PSUs.

I really like the look of the Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamers case, and the Seasonic M12 600W PSU. However, I saw someone post on these forums that the length of the 24-pin mobo power cable needs to be quite long because of the design of the case.

Will the M12 cables reach inside this case, or do I need a different power supply? or a different case?

I'm planning on putting an eVGA 680i, Core 2 Duo 6700, nVidia 8800 GTX, 2 SATA drives and a DVD writer into the case. And if I'm lucky, another 8800 GTX a bit further down the line.

Cheers for any adive guys

FlakMagnet · 12 Dec 2006 at 21:59

Thanks Fatboy. I didn't know you could get extension lead for mobo power! Guess that means I won't have a problem

Cheers!

FlakMagnet · 13 Dec 2006 at 07:50

Think I heard somewhere else that the 8800 GTX would be a tight fit too... maybe I should go for a different case?

Could someone recommend one? I want the following:

1. Must fit 2 8800GTX cards easily.
2. Plenty of cooling (not water cooled though).
3. ATX or full ATX.
4. Good quality case - and good looking too - black prefferred.
5. Easy access to internals.
6. Price is not really an issue - don't mind spending £100+ on the right case.

The Akasa Eclipse 62 with the Thermal Advanced Side Panel looks quite nice. Any good?

I'm sure I found a thread somewhere here that listed all the cases that the 8800GTX fitted... can't find it now though

FlakMagnet · 13 Dec 2006 at 14:31

WJA96 said:
I just quoted the website above!

D'oh! Yes, didn't see the link before, but think I saw another thread on the same subject - but the page you linked is much better anyway

WJA96 said:
You probably don't need the Thermal Advanced Side Panel unless you are looking at a pair of ATI X1950XT-X's which can run really hot.

The Eclipse is probably the easiest case to work in, and to get the cooling working properly of any case out there. The Silverstone ST-09 might be getting close though, but's twice the money.

I'm just really worried about temps inside the case with 2 8800 GTXs. I had heat problems with my current rig (with 6800 Ultra) until I added a fan over the Graphics card. But I guess I could always add the fan on the side if I needed to at a later date

It's great to hear that you found the Akasa great to work with - that has probably swung it for me. Looks like I'll get the Akasa Eclipse - I can't find the Silverstone on the OcUK site, but if it's twice the price of the Akasa, I think I'll give it a miss.

I guess I can get everything into one of these cases without re/moving HDD cages or anything else?

@Fatboy - That case looks really packed man! Must have been a nightmare to get it all in

Good job though! 10x neater than anything I have ever built

I normally go for 'functional' and leave the 'good looking' stuff to other people - but that rig DOES look very nice! Puts mine to shame