antec 900 or 1200?

[nocturnal7x]

OK, I am looking at the two cases. One is huge, and the other is more normal sized, but for what I plan to do I think I may need the 1200. But I do not want to spend double the price.

I plan to do dual SLI in the future, and I heard there was a space issue with the 900 when doing SLI.

And my other concern is weather or not the mobo power cable will be long enough for the 1200. Is there an extender I could buy should the cable be too short?

Thanks!

wow 1200 is seriously on sale right now. Making me consider it more. But still, what do you guys think.

 

[mythor20]

I have the 900, I am just dissapointed that there are no dust filters and the case can still get cramped, no cable management so you might have to cut the mobo tray. Good case but I should have got the 1200.

 

[mi1ez]

I've been looking at the 900 and 1200 too and decided on the 1200. yes, you can extenders on pretty much any power connector in a PC case.

 

[systemlord]

A bigger case (full tower) is recommended for multiple graphics cards, I have a full tower that has room for Tri SLI and internal water cooling. The bigger PC cases tend to have better cooling performance vs a mid tower.

 

[llama_man]

You'll probably need the power extender too. I've got an Antec 300, which is MUCH smaller than a 1200, but the PSU cable only just reaches (connector at top of board, PSU at bottom of case... doh!)

 

[ppb642]

I have the 1200 and it fits the ATI 4870x2 comfortably and this card is massive. The case is great and i highly recommend getting it. I have a modular PSU and did not have any problems with installling the power cables, either to the power supply or to the fans, CD drive etc that are at the top of the case.

You also probably wont need to upgrade to a future case anytime soon after getting this one.

 

[theunknown145]

The 1200 is bigger so if you plan on having lots of graphics cards you should get it because the 900 gets pretty cramped with an sli setup

 

[pr2thej]

I have the 900, I am just dissapointed that there are no dust filters and the case can still get cramped, no cable management so you might have to cut the mobo tray. Good case but I should have got the 1200.

nowai, my 300 has dust filters

+1 1200

 

[Thebabymaker]

im pretty sure i saw a thing on youtube that showed how you could use cheese cloth or some type of filtered cloth to make dust filters for the fans.

 

[akandy]

I have the 900 with Tri GTX280s and it works GREAT. The reason I like this better than the 1200 is that while the case is a little tight it has a good wind tunnel effect to get air moving fast through it. I put in the window fan and a fan in the middle bottom fan mount to help cool the bottom video card that is right above the PSU. I would not trade this for the 1200 even if I didn't have to pay more.

 

[alishaikh]

Buy both, then send the 900 my way