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vnhill1981 · Feb 22, 2012, 01:25 AM

OK, so I know it ain't as elaborate as some I have seen on here, but I am very pleased with it. First off I placed some Flexible LED's along the edges of the front panel. I then installed 2 LED bars on the top, next to the 140mm fan (all LED were purchased in the Walmart Automotive section, so they are already set up for a 12V system, which is a plus). Next I customized my heatsink on my MSI Hawk Talon Attack GTX 460 (http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=160851). I then bought a 12" x 12" acrylic panel and "u channel molding" from MNPCTECH, along with a 120mm fan grill from Newegg. Installed it with 3M Automotive double sided tape. Window is 10" x 10". I think it came out looking great for my first ever PC build/mod. Here are the Pics (which really don't do the lighting justice):

Feb 22, 2012, 01:25 AM	#1
vnhill1981 Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 83 (0.16/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Finally finished Modding my Antec 300, and am so happy with it!!! (PIC HEAVY) OK, so I know it ain't as elaborate as some I have seen on here, but I am very pleased with it. First off I placed some Flexible LED's along the edges of the front panel. I then installed 2 LED bars on the top, next to the 140mm fan (all LED were purchased in the Walmart Automotive section, so they are already set up for a 12V system, which is a plus). Next I customized my heatsink on my MSI Hawk Talon Attack GTX 460 (http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=160851). I then bought a 12" x 12" acrylic panel and "u channel molding" from MNPCTECH, along with a 120mm fan grill from Newegg. Installed it with 3M Automotive double sided tape. Window is 10" x 10". I think it came out looking great for my first ever PC build/mod. Here are the Pics (which really don't do the lighting justice): Attached Thumbnails

System Name:	Antec 300 Build
Processor:	Intel i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz with Antec H2O 620
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-M PRO
Cooling:	Antec H20 620 w 2 x 120mm Cougar Vortex fans
Memory:	2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card:	MSI GTX 460 Hawk Talon Attack
Hard Disk:	Samsung 500GB
Optical Drive:	HP 1260i-24x DL DVD±RW/CD-RW, LG-12x Blu-ray DL DVD±RW/CD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	HP w1907
Case:	Antec 300
Sound Card:	RocketFish 5.1
PSU:	Rosewill Capston 650W (80 Plus Gold)
Software:	Microsoft 7 Professional
Benchmarks:	x264 Benchmark HD v4.0 1st Pass: 188 FPS 2nd Pass: 38 FPS Intel Burn Test @ Max setting: 123 G