Antec Nine Hundred
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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
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PhillyDee, as above. Thanks for the nice comments!
Matt.
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.
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Some nice pictures there guys. It's a shame that the whole case is not fininshed in a powder coating finish , might be the next step for me but this is what I have done with mine, sprayed all the bare metal with several coats enamel metalic blue and shiny laqure, swapped the two front fan for antec tricool blue led units but put the black blades into those. Hooked up my cpu, nb and two front fans to a thermaltake harcano13. Will consider dremeling some holes into the case when I do my next mobo and gpu upgrade to tidy up the cables better.
How do you post photoS BTW? Pics added, thanks for the info.
How do you post photoS BTW? Pics added, thanks for the info.
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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
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
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If you have the image saved on your computer you go to a hosting site like imageshack.us. There you upload the image and copy the image's new URL. When on the forums, encapsulate the image like so:Althulas said:
Tosk said: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.
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
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.
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.
You can get extensions for all power connectors. I extended the P4 connector to route it 'the long way round' the motherboard. However, it was cheaper to buy it from usa, as it even came sleeved, with black plugs cheaper (including postage) than anywhere in the uk (the uk ones were cheapo white platic with a cable tie to keep wires together).
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does the big fan at the top of the case blow in or out
Nice work guys, loving my case too but I'm sure if I decided to do anything drastic with it it'd all end in tears 
I'm just happy that it runs nice and cool so far and is so much quieter than my old one, doesn't feel like I'm sharing my room with a helicopter these days.
I'm just happy that it runs nice and cool so far and is so much quieter than my old one, doesn't feel like I'm sharing my room with a helicopter these days.