Antec surgery: 900 to P280

AlienIsGOD · Apr 28, 2012, 02:37 AM

This thread is going to document my move from an Antec 900 to a P280. Pics will include cabling and before and after pics. Also going to be overclocking my i5 2400 from 3.2 to 3.5 - 3.8ghz.

Also as part of this project I am going to be housing the 900 with new parts (unless i get my Q9450 working again) to build a secondary rig for my wife/daughter. Suggestions on the part will be appreciated. Am not looking to make it better than my rig unless parts or on a good sale, but im aiming for core i3 (the best one availiable) or an i5 of equal or lesser performance. The rest of the parts are up in the air for now as i wont have cash to buy it all at once. May even consider AMD if theres good deals on them too.

Cotton_Cup · Apr 28, 2012, 06:02 PM

this should be an awesome thread, I'm waiting for the update ^_^

AlienIsGOD · Apr 29, 2012, 01:17 PM

it won't be that awesome :P

I think i need to grab a USB 3.0 add in card with the internal connector as my mobo doesnt have a header, just 2 ports @ the back. $30 invested so far

Pics of my case unboxing today or tomorrow as im leaving to go pick it up from the store

AlienIsGOD · Apr 29, 2012, 05:03 PM

Got the case

this thing is HUGE!!! its going to look so neat and tidy wiring wise. Ima need to buy some case fans for the front and behind the HDD rack, have 2 already so only need 2 more.

theeldest · May 1, 2012, 08:04 PM

Oooh. That'll be a pretty good looking setup. I got the P183 just a few months before it's replacement, the P280 was announced.

They look to have fixed everything I didn't quite like.

Apr 28, 2012, 02:37 AM	#1
AlienIsGOD Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,599 (1.49/day) Thanks: 4,320 Thanked 1,100 Times in 628 Posts System Specs	Antec surgery: 900 to P280 This thread is going to document my move from an Antec 900 to a P280. Pics will include cabling and before and after pics. Also going to be overclocking my i5 2400 from 3.2 to 3.5 - 3.8ghz. Also as part of this project I am going to be housing the 900 with new parts (unless i get my Q9450 working again) to build a secondary rig for my wife/daughter. Suggestions on the part will be appreciated. Am not looking to make it better than my rig unless parts or on a good sale, but im aiming for core i3 (the best one availiable) or an i5 of equal or lesser performance. The rest of the parts are up in the air for now as i wont have cash to buy it all at once. May even consider AMD if theres good deals on them too. Last edited by AlienIsGOD; Apr 29, 2012 at 05:06 PM.

System Name:	My Rig (part-time WCG) \| Wife's Rig (full-time WCG) \| L'il Man (kids lappy)
Processor:	Core i5 3570K @ 4.2 ghz 1.20 vcore \| Core i5 2400 \| Turion II P540
Motherboard:	EVGA Z77 FTW 1.21 BIOS \| AsRock Z68M/USB3 2.20 BIOS
Cooling:	CM Hyper 212 EVO R2-push/pull with 2x 120mm PWM \| CM Hyper 101i -push/pull with 2 x 80mm
Memory:	Mushkin Blackline 4GB x 2 1600mhz XMP profile \| Kingston HyperX 4GB x 2 1600mhz XMP profile \| 6GB
Video Card:	Sapphire 7870 2GB OC \| Gigabyte R7770 1GB \| HD4250
Hard Disk:	500GB OS / 500GB Data \| Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD / 2 x Seagate 500GB \| 320GB
Optical Drive:	Asus 22x DVD/CD Combo Drive \| ? \|
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron IPS226 22" IPS 5ms \| Phillips 227E 22" IPS 7ms / 40" Samsung 550 LCD HDTV \| 15.6" LCD
Case:	Antec P280 \| Thermaltake Soprano Snow Edition
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC898 w/ Logitech z623 \| Realtek ALC892 w/ SB X-FI MB2 software w/ Logitech x540
PSU:	Corsair HX1000W \| Thermaltake TR2 500W
Software:	Windows 7 Home 64 Bit \| Windows 7 Home 64 Bit \| Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	benchmarks are for noobs, real men crunch WCG for TPU \m/

Apr 28, 2012, 06:02 PM	#2
Cotton_Cup Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rizal, Philippines Posts: 329 (0.77/day) Thanks: 75 Thanked 34 Times in 28 Posts System Specs	this should be an awesome thread, I'm waiting for the update ^_^ __________________ Building PC and knowing about their components is FUN.

System Name:	Cotton Chair
Processor:	Intel i7 3960X 4.9Ghz Sandy Bridge E
Motherboard:	MSi X79A-GD65 8D
Cooling:	XSPC 360 and 240 mm rad
Memory:	64gb G.SKILL 8X8GB
Video Card:	Sappphire 7970 OC Edition Xfire
Hard Disk:	Intel 520 240GB SSD x2 /x2 WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache
Optical Drive:	Samsung Blu-ray
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 23" LED LCD Monitor 1920x1080 x3
Case:	Silverstone TJ 11
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar Phoebus
PSU:	Seasonic X-1250 1250W 80PLUS Gold
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate (FPP)

System Name:	My Rig (part-time WCG) \| Wife's Rig (full-time WCG) \| L'il Man (kids lappy)
Processor:	Core i5 3570K @ 4.2 ghz 1.20 vcore \| Core i5 2400 \| Turion II P540
Motherboard:	EVGA Z77 FTW 1.21 BIOS \| AsRock Z68M/USB3 2.20 BIOS
Cooling:	CM Hyper 212 EVO R2-push/pull with 2x 120mm PWM \| CM Hyper 101i -push/pull with 2 x 80mm
Memory:	Mushkin Blackline 4GB x 2 1600mhz XMP profile \| Kingston HyperX 4GB x 2 1600mhz XMP profile \| 6GB
Video Card:	Sapphire 7870 2GB OC \| Gigabyte R7770 1GB \| HD4250
Hard Disk:	500GB OS / 500GB Data \| Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD / 2 x Seagate 500GB \| 320GB
Optical Drive:	Asus 22x DVD/CD Combo Drive \| ? \|
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron IPS226 22" IPS 5ms \| Phillips 227E 22" IPS 7ms / 40" Samsung 550 LCD HDTV \| 15.6" LCD
Case:	Antec P280 \| Thermaltake Soprano Snow Edition
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC898 w/ Logitech z623 \| Realtek ALC892 w/ SB X-FI MB2 software w/ Logitech x540
PSU:	Corsair HX1000W \| Thermaltake TR2 500W
Software:	Windows 7 Home 64 Bit \| Windows 7 Home 64 Bit \| Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	benchmarks are for noobs, real men crunch WCG for TPU \m/

Apr 29, 2012, 01:17 PM	#3
AlienIsGOD Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,599 (1.49/day) Thanks: 4,320 Thanked 1,100 Times in 628 Posts System Specs	it won't be that awesome :P I think i need to grab a USB 3.0 add in card with the internal connector as my mobo doesnt have a header, just 2 ports @ the back. $30 invested so far Pics of my case unboxing today or tomorrow as im leaving to go pick it up from the store

Apr 29, 2012, 05:03 PM	#4
AlienIsGOD Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,599 (1.49/day) Thanks: 4,320 Thanked 1,100 Times in 628 Posts System Specs	Got the case this thing is HUGE!!! its going to look so neat and tidy wiring wise. Ima need to buy some case fans for the front and behind the HDD rack, have 2 already so only need 2 more.

May 1, 2012, 08:04 PM	#5
theeldest Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 611 (0.23/day) Thanks: 38 Thanked 139 Times in 100 Posts System Specs	Oooh. That'll be a pretty good looking setup. I got the P183 just a few months before it's replacement, the P280 was announced. They look to have fixed everything I didn't quite like.

System Name:	WAZAAM!
Processor:	Intel i5-2500k - 4.4GHz @ 1.3v
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z (z68)
Cooling:	HSF:: Noctua NH-D14 \|\| CASE:: 2x Intake: Noctua NF-P12-1300 \| 2x Exhaust: Noctua NF-S12B
Memory:	G.Skill RipJaws 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1866MHz \| 10-10-10-28-2T @ 1.35v
Video Card:	Crossfire: 2x MSI Frozr III 6950 2GB - Unlocked from 1408 to 1536 shaders - 850/1300
Hard Disk:	Intel 20GB 311 (SRT cache) \| OCZ 120GB Agility 3 (apps) \| 4x Ultrastar 2TB in RAID10 (2.0 TiB Boot)
Optical Drive:	Gearhead DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	3x1 Eyefinity \| Three Dell U2412m - 24" e-IPS 1920x1200
Case:	Antec P183 - Custom Interior Paint Job
Sound Card:	Onboard - Bose Companion 2 Speakers
PSU:	CORSAIR Professional Series HX850
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmarks:	Server -- Athlon II 240 -- 2x4GB G.Skill 1866MHz DDR3 -- 320GB AAKS OS HDD -- 4x 2TB Samsung F4

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