[Case Gallery] SMACK's Antec 900 and Racing Cockpit

SMACK900 · Oct 27, 2007

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Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte 965P-DS3P
CPU: Intel C2D E4300 @ 1.8Ghz, OC to 3.0Ghz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX (replaced stock fan with b-cool 120)
Memory: 4 x 512MB Corsair Twin2X 5400C4
Video: Gigabyte 7600GT Silent Pipe
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7,200
DVD: ASUS Light scribe
PSU: Hyper Type-R 580W
Screens: Samsung 226BW & Optima DLP Projector
Sound Systems : Technics Stereo Amp & Dennon AVR 3300 (5.1 & DTS)
Accessories: Coolermaster & Zalman Fan controllers
Case: Antec 900

Mods:
Installed additional fans, sleeved cables, a little cable management. It’s still not how I want it to be but considering I have 6 fans and 2 fan controllers it’s not too bad). Next on the list is to cut holes to route cables better, cut hole for PSU and invert, replace CPU Cooler with a 120 Extreme, and I am also thinking of replacing both Fan controllers with an Aerogate II. Once I get the opportunity to strip the case (I may have to buy another case for my gear to live in the meantime) and improve cable management I also plan to hit it with a coat of paint. My biggest ever mod (if you can call it that) is my car simulator. I scratch built it 7 years ago and it sat unused for many years. It’s fitted with its own sound system and seat shaker. I recently replaced the steering with a Logitech Momo wheel.

I am a long time reader of this forum and this is my first post (so go easy on me

). She’s not the quickest beast going around but it serves a great purpose. My PC is connected into my Theater room and to my home made car simulator. As my projector can only display max res of 1024x768 I don’t need heaps of video power (the 7600GT works perfectly even with detail settings turned up). Having said that playing V8 Supercar3 on an 84” Screen is very cool. Constructive suggestions are welcomed

ktr · Oct 27, 2007

nice racing cockpit!

SMACK900 · Oct 27, 2007

ktr said:
nice racing cockpit!

Thanks for the feedback.
It took me ages to research it and come up with my own design.
I have wasted many hours flying around race tracks in that thing, it's a heap of fun

Wile E · Oct 27, 2007

SMACK900 said:
Thanks for the feedback.
It took me ages to research it and come up with my own design.
I have wasted many hours flying around race tracks in that thing, it's a heap of fun

What did you construct it out of?

steelkane · Oct 27, 2007

Nice overall setup.

SMACK900 · Oct 27, 2007

Wile E said:
What did you construct it out of?

Hi Wile,
The racing cockpit is constructed from MDF mainly 18mm. The cockpit is designed to split in 2 to make it easier to store. The base is fitted with HD fixed casters.
The hardest part was finding a good seat. Once I settled on the standard fiberglass racing seat I was then able to design the entire cockpit around it.

technicks · Oct 27, 2007

Very nice. Original. 9.
And scrap the 1 please.

p_o_s_pc · Oct 27, 2007

ktr said:
nice racing cockpit!

nice rig... you said cock...pit

Wile E · Oct 28, 2007

SMACK900 said:
Hi Wile,
The racing cockpit is constructed from MDF mainly 18mm. The cockpit is designed to split in 2 to make it easier to store. The base is fitted with HD fixed casters.
The hardest part was finding a good seat. Once I settled on the standard fiberglass racing seat I was then able to design the entire cockpit around it.

Wow, that thing's gotta weigh a ton. lol.

I really like the setup, 8/10 from me.

SMACK900 · Oct 28, 2007

Wile E said:
Wow, that thing's gotta weigh a ton. lol.

I really like the setup, 8/10 from me.

Thanks,

It's not as heavy as it looks. The reason for the side cut outs was to reduce weight and the unit splits in 2. I can easily lift both the base and the nose on my own and moving the base is made even easier with the use of casters.

SMACK900 · Oct 28, 2007

deodato said:
I voted 9/10 because:

Very original

Thanks, I hope its original in a good way

SMACK900 · Oct 29, 2007

technicks said:
Very nice. Original. 9.
And scrap the 1 please.

Thanks Technicks, Check your Rig for my vote and feedback, awesome

BTW - How do you scrap the 1 vote.

I just noticed my pics have gone a little screwy, I'll fix that tonight.

Neohazard · Oct 29, 2007

9/10 i like it very original and u need some Neon Lights under the cockpit for Need for Speed Underground could be awesome and u make a great job

bye

SMACK900 · Oct 30, 2007

Neohazard said:
9/10 i like it very original and u need some Neon Lights under the cockpit for Need for Speed Underground could be awesome and u make a great job

bye

ROFLMAO.

When I first read your feedback I absolutely cracked up.

But you know what it's not a bad idea. I already have mains power wired into the cockpit so adding lights and other accessories is piss easy.

Anyone else got any further mod suggestions for my cockpit. What other goodies apart from neon lights under the cockpit would you add?

Wile E · Oct 30, 2007

SMACK900 said:
ROFLMAO.

When I first read your feedback I absolutely cracked up.

But you know what it's not a bad idea. I already have mains power wired into the cockpit so adding lights and other accessories is piss easy.

Anyone else got any further mod suggestions for my cockpit. What other goodies apart from neon lights under the cockpit would you add?

A windscreen? lol

niko084 · Oct 30, 2007

Really cool, nice idea, good work

*jealous of the kid*

NeoCrisis · Oct 31, 2007

Cup Holders!!!!
and maybe 2 10inch LCD monitors mounted to the frame to act like side mirrors so you'll have like a tri-monitor setup

SMACK900 · Nov 1, 2007

Wile E said:
A windscreen? lol

Nah, that would upset its aerodynamics .lol

SMACK900 · Nov 4, 2007

NeoCrisis said:
Cup Holders!!!!
and maybe 2 10inch LCD monitors mounted to the frame to act like side mirrors so you'll have like a tri-monitor setup

Now there is a cracking idea

I imagine it would cost me a heap as I would need 2 video cards.
Having said that I cam across a site on the weekend that makes custom gauges and controls setups for racing cockpits.

All I will say is, WATCH THIS SPACE

erocker · Nov 4, 2007

You could get that fan setup from Razor and mount those on the dash! WIND!!!!!

SMACK900 · Nov 6, 2007

erocker said:
You could get that fan setup from Razor and mount those on the dash! WIND!!!!!

If I do that then I would have to get a helmet too!!!!!!!!lol

nflesher87 · Nov 10, 2007

9/10 for the rig and racing cockpit

[I.R.A]_FBi · Nov 10, 2007

cup holder for your bawls/redbull, neons, lcd's and a racing harness.

SMACK900 · Nov 14, 2007

niko084 said:
Really cool, nice idea, good work

*jealous of the kid*

Thanks Niko,

My son absolutely loves it and for a 4 year old he is not to shabby behind the wheel.

Unfortunately he cant reach the pedals just yet which is a good thing otherwise I would never get him out of it

Wile E · Nov 14, 2007

SMACK900 said:
Thanks Niko,

My son absolutely loves it and for a 4 year old he is not to shabby behind the wheel.

Unfortunately he cant reach the pedals just yet which is a good thing otherwise I would never get him out of it

That's what you need, adjustable seat rails. lol

Processor	Intel C2D E4300 @ 1.8Ghz, OC to 3.0Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-DS3P
Cooling	Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX, 6 x 120mm & 1 x 200mm Fans
Memory	4 x 512MB Corsair Twin2X 5400C4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte HD4850
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7,200
Display(s)	Samsung 226BW & Optima DLP Projector
Case	Antec900
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Hyper Type-R 580W
Software	Windows XP SP2

Processor	Intel C2D E4300 @ 1.8Ghz, OC to 3.0Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-DS3P
Cooling	Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX, 6 x 120mm & 1 x 200mm Fans
Memory	4 x 512MB Corsair Twin2X 5400C4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte HD4850
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7,200
Display(s)	Samsung 226BW & Optima DLP Projector
Case	Antec900
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Hyper Type-R 580W
Software	Windows XP SP2

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
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Processor	Intel e6850 @ 3.8ghz
Motherboard	Asus Striker Extreme
Cooling	CoolerMaster V8 Modded With 2 white LED's & 100CFM fan
Memory	OCZ DDR2 1066_ SLI Black-4GB
Video Card(s)	2xMSI 8800GT"s SLI
Storage	<<HDD For OS>> 2x150GB_Western Digital Raptor_Raid 0. <<HDD For Storage>> 3 x 1TB
Display(s)	ACER B273HU 27" LCD 2048x1152
Case	Apex SuperCase_Custom 7 month Build
Audio Device(s)	Striker Extreme Add-In Card HD-Audio
Power Supply	EnerMax INFINITI 720watt
Software	SE7VEN ULTIMATE 64bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark01=NTTA, 3Dmark06=NTTA 3Dmark_Vantage=NTTA, Core Temp v0.99.5=28C

Processor	Intel C2D E4300 @ 1.8Ghz, OC to 3.0Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte 965P-DS3P
Cooling	Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX, 6 x 120mm & 1 x 200mm Fans
Memory	4 x 512MB Corsair Twin2X 5400C4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte HD4850
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7,200
Display(s)	Samsung 226BW & Optima DLP Projector
Case	Antec900
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Hyper Type-R 580W
Software	Windows XP SP2

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Processor	Intel i5 2500k 4.6Ghz 24/7 Max OC 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Cooling	Swiftech blocks, 360 Xflow rad, Swiftech 120 rad, Liang with XSPC res/pump top.
Memory	8Gb Mushkin 1600Mhz 8-9-8-24
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD6950 2Gb
Storage	OCZ Vertex 4 128 / Western Digital 160
Display(s)	ASUS 25,5" wide VW266h
Power Supply	Corsair HX620 modular
Software	Windows 7 64

System Name	el'lappy\|Cruncher \| Cruncher 2
Processor	intel C2D T6400 \| i7 3770k @4.2ghz \| AII X2 220 @3.4ghz
Motherboard	some Acer \| Asus P8Z77-V Pro \|Gigabyter GA-M61p-S3
Cooling	dual 80mm cooling fan \| WC'ing ) \|cheapo
Memory	2x2gb ddr3 \| 2x2gb Ripjaws 1600 \|4x512mb D9s
Video Card(s)	onboard \| 60 1GB(hd7770 ) \|8800GTS
Storage	Momuntus xt 320gb \|Kingston Hyper X 120gb SATA III\|500gb WD
Display(s)	17in \| 42" 1080P HD 3D TV
Case	lappy case \| CM HAF XB \|none yet
Audio Device(s)	onboard \| onboard \| onboard
Power Supply	Dell brick w/ acer end end \| Antec EW 650w \|Antec SP 350w(upg.soon)
Software	Windows 7 Ult. 64bit---->------->

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Processor	Core Extreme QX6850
Motherboard	Maximus Formula
Cooling	VANTEC STING RAY CPU Block, 3x120mm fan's with Radiator, Seltz 1200lt/h
Memory	4GB Crucial Ballistix 1066MHz 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	PCI-express ATI Radeon HD2900XT 1GB DDR4 512bits
Storage	5 HD's 160GB SATAII Seagate ST3860815AS 7200.10
Display(s)	LG 22'' model 22LS4R
Case	3Rsystem's R810 with mod's for watercooler system
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX II
Power Supply	ULTRA X3 1000W modular PSU
Software	WINXP PRO SP3 x86

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Motherboard	Asrock Z790 Nova
Cooling	Corsair H150i Elite
Memory	64GB Corsair Dominator DDR5-6400 @ 6600
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3
Storage	4TB WD 850x NVME, 4TB WD Black, 10TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
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Case	Lian Li o11 DXL w/custom vented front panel
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Power Supply	Corsair RM1000i
Mouse	Logitech G502x
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platinum
Software	Windows 11 x64 Pro
Benchmark Scores	31k multicore Cinebench - CPU limited 125w

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Motherboard	ASRock z97 Extreme
Cooling	NZST Kraken
Memory	16gb
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2
Storage	Samsung 950 EVO
Display(s)	28'' Samsung
Case	NZXT H700i
Power Supply	EVGA 850G2

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Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e-Plus Wifi
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
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Storage	WD/Samsung m.2's
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
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Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Epomaker 84 key
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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Motherboard	Anus PQ5
Cooling	ACFPro
Memory	GEiL2 x 1 GB PC2 6400
Video Card(s)	MSi 4830 (RIP)
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB Perpendicular Recording
Display(s)	Dell 17'
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