Antec Nine Hundred

[caeteez]

Any one else modded up a Nine Hundred yet?

They look relatively cool to start with, but I decided to mix some colour in with the Black today.


http://87.80.86.222/otherimages/comp/

Have a look through those, sorry for the poor focus on some of them; I dont have a steady hand.

The entire Chasis is now a Red/Orange, as are both fan grills (top and side) and the front plates. The expansion bay covers are now black, as are the HDD cages. The insides of the doors are the same as the chasis.

Amazing what impact just one/two colours can have.

I didnt take pics of the HDD cages, but I sprayed them Black.


Hopefully some of you have done something with a Nine Hundred, and I'd like to see.

 

[caeteez]

Not bad mate.

I need to get some Lights and a side-fan.


That cable management is good, I found it quite hard. These Liberty cables are fairly short.

 

[caeteez]

Hey sorry I took a while to respond.

Thanks for the feedback all, appreciate it!

Now, to answer some of these questions...


Gibbs, I assume your talking about the black PCI slot covers? Well, they are just the originals, sprayed black. Thought they would stand out better in a different colour from the main chassis.

Mishima, I used Halfords paints, found in the car paint section. Just regular aerosols, they work well, especially if you cant afford an airbrush . Maybe I'll save up and get one in the future lol.
I started by braking the case down into its individual parts. Didnt take long. I then sanded down all of the parts with a mouse sander. This gave the metal a nice surface for the paint to stick to. I then sprayed the parts with a gray primer and left them to dry. This was also from Halfords, just their simple primer. After all the parts were dry I applied the colour. I used a Volkswagen Jetta red on the chassis and grills, and used the gloss black to accent the small details such as the HDD cages and PCI slot covers. All the paints I used were enamels. I bought one gray primer, 2 reds (Jetta, used for touching up Volkswagen paint) and a black. Around £6 each.
The only thing to make sure of is that you prepare the surfaces well. The sanding is essential, as is the choosing of colours that will work well together. As long as you plan well, you will be fine and enjoy the process. Its nice to see the parts slowly transform.
The other thing to remember is to dust the paint on slowly and lightly. I kept the can at least 10-15 cm from the surface, dusting from right to left smoothly to avoid runs in the paint. It can seem to take a while, but the end results are always better.
I didnt bother with a clear coat, although if you do want to, its right there in the paint section along with the colours and primers. I suppose I should have really, but I was impatient as all my parts were laying in my room waiting to go back into the case. At least in your scenario your case is not currently holding your system, so you're not in a rush.
Like I say, just plan well and you will be fine. Pick good colours and your case will look awesome.
Good Luck, I'll be following your thread throughout the summer .

PhillyDee, as above. Thanks for the nice comments!

Matt.

 

[caeteez]

nice job caeteez

the colour you used does make it look a lot better than the standard version
and you could have took the back plate off the gfx card and sprayed that
black as well

my m8s getting that case soon so i will email him your pics see what
he thinks of it

Cheers mate. If he needs any direct help etc he can add me too MSN ([email protected]) or check out some of the forum Stickies.

 

[caeteez]

The only problem ive had from the case was the power lead was too short to reach the Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard its very tight for space after placing in a tuniq tower and a BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual in how could i get around my problem ?? is it just a factory default ?

Any idears ??
Thanks.

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