Antec cases rock!

[Fierce]

I just got (late last week) the Antec sx800 and a sx1000 cases, the ones w/o the power supplies. They rock!!! The compartments that house the FD and HDD are all quick release, and 1 HDD bay in each case comes with a 80mm fan holder. The rear of the case has 2 80mm fans already installed. Both cases also lock, and the side panels have a nice latch for easy removal. Just had to post this cuz I was really impressed with these cases. Also, they are a pretty good bang for the buck!

[Darren Wilson]

Like this you mean





Waiting for a hard disk to come from Seagate and then I will tidy the cables up properly completely out of the way. Don't want to make more work for myself

[JungleMan1]

I will second this opinion.

Antecs are hands down teh BEST steel cases out there. I have the Antec SX840 and it's really easy to work in, GREAT cooling (love those fan clips too), and nice thinking when they put the 80mm fan bracket in the HDD cage.

No removable motherboard tray, but who needs one?

Expect to pay substantially more, but in the long run your components will stay cooler, your system will look better, and your hands will stay free of cuts from working inside a cheaply made case.

Here's my 840:

[Stalemate]

That's it.

You guys have convinced me.

I'm on ICQ with my supplier right *now*.

[Fierce]

Yup, those are the ones!!

BTW Darren and Jungleman.....those are the cleanest inside case pics I have ever seen! I mean the wires and cables are not in the way of the board....also how do you guys like the rounded FD & HDD cables?? I have some coming this week.

[Garak]

[quote]Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
<strong>Like this you mean





Waiting for a hard disk to come from Seagate and then I will tidy the cables up properly completely out of the way. Don't want to make more work for myself </strong><hr></blockquote>


Darren, is there anywhere in the UK that stock these cases? or will i have to get it imported???
also where did you get your cables from?

[UKMatt]

Dunno where to get the cases in the uk, but you can get the cables <a href="http://www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk" target="_blank">here</a>

They are quite good, i ordered a few bits from there and they were here within 2 days, free recorded delivery

[Stalemate]

How about <a href="http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/?page=home" target="_blank">KustomPC</a>?

and <a href="http://chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/ColorDX.htm" target="_blank">these</a> look awfully familiar, although they don't bear the name "Antec"...

[Darren Wilson]

<a href="http://www.kustompcs.co.uk" target="_blank">KustomPC's</a> is where I got the case & cables from (& basically everything else that I modded inc Fabs, TT Ramsinks, HSF, etc).

FREE Next day/48hr delivery as standard and any problems, they get sorted unlike some of the other online overclocking/mod stores I have been too.

Graeme & co look after their customers very well, and I would rather pay a little extra than what I normally do for a good quality service.

The rounded cables are sweet and no loss in HDD performance has been noticed at all. There are 'rumours' that rounded cables can deteriorate HDD burst rate performance but nothing that I can do has proved this to me, including many HDD benchmarks (synthetic).

[Garak]

I've found the cables, £10.95 from one of my local shops, so im thinking thats a good price, they look decent, so when i finish off my second case mod (the first one looks pretty shabby + its only a paint job) i will post some piccy's i promise

oh and thanks alot Darren, adept and UKMatt,

ps do you recommend ram sinks? or are they just for overclockers?

[UKMatt]

I fitted ram sinks, but only cos i saw them on offer for next to nothing,

Otherwise i wouldn't have bothered

[Garak]

Wow.... £100 for the case, maybe's after christmas guys....
and i better get some practice in, i dont wanna mod this thing and make a mess of it....

Thanks.

[Darren Wilson]

If you already have a good PSU Garak, the case will only cost you £69 carriage free from Kustom. Thats how I done it

[Garak]

My PSU seems good enough, but i think i'd probably go for the full wack, you know wot i mean?