*Official* Antec 1200 Case's,Builds,Modifications & FAQ's

[explicit4u]

It's not? they face that way

LOL Silly me, i forgot the Antec 1200 is right hand mounted

 

[Vinny1511]

LOL Silly me, i forgot the Antec 1200 is right hand mounted

LOL -Classic. However, im now very confused - What does "right hand mounted" mean ? Sorry if im being stupid !

-Vinny-

 

[Blackhawk47]

LOL -Classic. However, im now very confused - What does "right hand mounted" mean ? Sorry if im being stupid !

-Vinny-

I think that is referring to a case with an inverted motherboard

 

[BigBruiserAl]

Got mine today really happy with it awsome case but.....can any shed any light on when pushing the power on button nothing happens.....i have to hold the button for a good 10 secs before it springs into life and all is normal...did i miss something?

 

[95thrifles]

This is my PC, finally finished with cable management and adding of aftermarket gfx card coolers, theres a thread in gfx card section if anyone wants to see how this is done (took 20C off temps and runs much quieter), I can now relax and enjoy my gaming

 

[EdGey]

nice

you gona put a fan on the bracket? mabye bring those cpu temps down abit more

looks good

 

[95thrifles]

yeah already got an akasa 120mm there, temps idle at 43C and peak at 64C under 3dmark, so quite happy with that, and thats with my case fans all on medium, high makes a bit too much noise for my liking, hence installing the aftermarket gfx card coolers

 

[Pepperami]

Hiya Guys,

Just got my case today, are the fans loud?

I dont want the case to sound like its about to take off lol

Anyone recommend really QUIET fans

Chris

 

[Xtrema]

You shouldn't need fans other than those it comes with.
Keep them down medium or low, the temps should be low enough with the 1200.

 

[Raziel1]

The stock fans are only loud if you put them on high. Mine never go above the medium setting & it keeps everything nice & cool.

I did add an extra fan in the spare front bay to make the wind tunnel, which is pointing straight at my CPU cooler. Also replaced the side pannel section that has the grill over it as I didn't like the grilled section.

 

[Pepperami]

Well im starting the build today, wish me luck lol

Outta interest, Im putting in the P5Q Pro MoBo and the Case has got mount points already fitted

are these correct, and did anyone use carbon type washers to stop the mounting points touching the Mobo?

 

[Muz333]

well here is my new build
when budget allows i'll be adding another loop for the gpu.

Hi there, I really like your watercooling as I'm a sucker for internal radiators but I've never done any watercooling before. I was wondering how difficult this was to implement, did the case need modded at all? Also do you think it would be possible to cool dual GPU's and the CPU internally like this without case modification?
Sorry if I'm asking the obvious but as I say I'm a noob and I'm really quite intrested in watercooling my Antec 1200 at some point when it arrives. Thanks.

 

[[TBR]MadMark]

Well im starting the build today, wish me luck lol

Outta interest, Im putting in the P5Q Pro MoBo and the Case has got mount points already fitted

are these correct, and did anyone use carbon type washers to stop the mounting points touching the Mobo?

You dont have to use the washers, most if not all motherboards have an area around the mounting holes that are designed to take the standoffs.

 

[SpiritOfTheAge]

Well ive been itching to get a new case for the longest time, and i thought i may as well go for the fabulous 1200 instead of the 902, so here it is...


My old case

and in its new home, still have to do some cable tidying, im waiting for an extension for the cpu 12v cable but im thinking about just going the whole hog and getting a corsair hx 1000 to power my imminent graphics card upgrade.

edit tidied it up a bit now, as i got those extension cables.

edit finally tidied the rear up.

 

[BFG_9000]

1st class build.. V.Nice M8

 

[mase]

New to this forum!

Hey people ive just signed up to this forum, my names Adam .

This is my first build so far ever and im using the Antec 1200

Still waiting for my GFX Card and Blu-ray drive and hard drive to come, (my watercooling arrives today!).

So here are some pictures of my build so far, i still need to do cable management because i realised i need to take the MOBO off again for the backplate for the watercooler !!!!!

ASUS M3N78 MOBO,
AMD Athlon x2 6000 3.0GHZ,
OCZ 800W power supply,
4GB Cosair Heat sink dual channel ram(w/ OCZ Ram cooling kit),
Coolermaster aquagate Max(coming soon),
LG Blu-ray CD-ROM (coming soon),
1tb Samsung f1 HDD?


tell me what you think so far and ill keep you updated when i add new parts


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Enjoy ! i hope lol

 

[domthecondom]

:| a bit of cable managment and resize the pictures

 

[mase]

Ok fixed size

sorry about the big images , didn't realise my camera enlarged them that much!

just installed watercooling heres a couple of pics, not bad for my first build i dont think

 

[denis6902]

well here is my new build

what rad is that? i have been looking for a rad which would fit there, can anyone help me? How can i PM eiko_magami?

Thanks!

 

[marscay]

finally got around to buying the 1200 to replace my LianLi PC70+ for my media server, great case and exceptional cooling.....my [email protected] idles @ 30c under a TRUE, was another 5-6c in my LL case.

the only negative i can give is that it's a little bit shallow in length, when you have 10 hdd's and 2 sdd's all that cabling in front get's a little cramped...but apart from that worth every penny.