This year choosing a new case was the second most important decision I had to make (and arguably the hardest). After Deciding to stick with a dual core processor, instead of moving up to a quad-core, the next decision shaped everything else about my computer. From It’s codename, Panther, to it’s capabilities and features.
Plain Jane? more like Raw Pain!.. For noobs I mean.
Overall, though I did “settle” on a rather plain old black looking case, there were numerous features which stood out to me as both important and simply bad-ass.
- Antec is a solid company, and this is a solid case. Not only is the thing made of steel, instead of the lighter cheaper aluminum used in most cases, but the 900 has proven it’s over years of in the field testing.
- It has a much more “mature” look than my current case, (The Emperor on antec cases:”I find your lack of dragons disturbing”) while still maintaining the clear side panel and eye catching LED fans I like.
- According to newegg.com it has ports on the back for a liquid cooling system, nice since that’s what I plan on using.
- It’s big enough to hold two graphics cards (Hopefully Radeaon HD 3870′s) But still small enough to be managable.
- IT HAS A FRICKIN 200mm EXHAUST FAN ON TOP! < self explanatory.
And so it is, that with a swift buy off a well-known auction site, my antec 900 case is in the mail, soon arriving at my doorstep, and Operation New PC ’09 is in full swing!
