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Default [Project] Second Chance: Antec 900 Xtreme Modding
Project Second Chance
Giving an original Antec 900 a second chance at life and an Xtreme makeover
Introduction
Well this case has quite a history behind it and let me say it has seen better days. While not bad in the sence of aesthetics, the overall compatibility with large hardware is a bit on the bad side. This original Antec 900 was owned by a good friend of mine and it was his first gaming rig. We built it together years ago. Needless to say he slipped into the world of the PS3 and lost interest in the PC world. The case suffered a bit of damage while in his ownership which I will show below in the pics. Finally after he had it sitting there for a while the OS had gone south and the damages it suffered led him to part it out. I sold most of his parts except the case after few months he told me I could have it. So I proceeded to try the case out. After installing all of my current hardware into this case I soon noticed the pain I would have to deal with when taking anything out or new installing parts. I used the case for bout a month and then it sat now I am giving it a second chance! I am going to do everything I can to make this case look nice and have perfect cable management.

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It got really dirty and wasn't cleaned very much. Near the end he broke the top 200mm fan and dented a few of the front covers in.

Original Hardware
CPU- AMD Athlon 4000+ 2.4GHz 1MB
MB- ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NF4 PCI-E DDR
RAM- PNY 2x512MB DDR 400
GPU- BFG 7950GT OC 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
HDD- WD Caviar 250GB 8MB SATA
Optical- Memorex CD/DVD reader IDE
PSU- Coolermaster 500W
OS- Windows XP 32-Bit Home

Future Hardware Specs(could change)
CPU- Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz 8MB L3 95W
MB- Gigabyte P55-UD4P Socket 1156
RAM- G. Skill 2x2GB DDR2 1333 9-9-9-24 1.5-1.6v
GPU- Nvidia GTX280 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0
HDD- WD Caviar 250GB/Seagate 250GB/WD 1TB SATA
Optical- LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner SATA
PSU- Corsair 750TX
OS- Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit


Objectives
-Mock up parts and get rough measurements for cutting holes
-Cut hole for PSU cables
-Cut 2 holes motherboard cables
-Cut hole for 8-pin CPU power
-Cut hole for front panel connectors
-Cut holes for hard drive cables
-Cut hole for CPU cooler back plate
-Sand interior of case
-Prime/paint inside of case

Tools and Materials
-Basic hand tools
-Cordless drill /50mm Hole saw
-Dremel tool
-Jigsaw
-Hand files
-Primer/Spray paint


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CPU cooling
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Thanks alot of the cutting and such has been done except the hard drive area. Just posting all the progress up until now got a few vids as well.
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