Hows the Antec 900?

I saw this case, and it looks cool. Does anyone have experience with it?

I was looking at it, and I think it's the one I'm getting for my build in January. I've heard it's small, but a great case.

Nice and quiet here while some have complaints for some reason. The additional 120mm case fan in the front provides more air flow seeing a low drive and board temp then the old case here with a single 140mm for front intake. The twin fans are a big help when running multiple hard drives as well. For those wanting liquid coolers the complaint is a lack of space for the reservoirs.

It looks like it has lots of grates with fans to allow airflow. Does this mean it will be dustier than a more closed case?

I have this case myself and I must say it's a case of high quality. Solid construction even the plastic parts feel very strong and durable. The 200mm fan on top does it job very well on sucking additional hot air away from around the CPU. The two 120mm in front really do move a lot of cool air in and due to the mesh covers, most of the dust is being collected on the mesh and all you gotta do is wipe it off with tissue every few days. You will find the inside to stay surprisingly clean for a good while before you actually need to clean it. This is a very good case and a lot of room to work with for a mid-tower.

I'm in a dust environment here where I just opened the case up to swap out tv tuner cards with the new one seeing results on Vista and found no dust inside while the front grating around the fans saw the dust starting to accumilate there. You'll always find that the dust starts around the fan on any case since the rear of the fan acts like a magnet.

Here are some consumer reviews on the Antec 900 case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129021

It's a really good mid-tower case. I've suggested to other members that they purchase a modular power supply if they plan to use the 900. There's not a lot of room to manage cables, IMO.

For the power + reset buttons plus eSata and usb ports the harness there is neatly tucked to one side with a plastic strap. That's a little different then cases seeing those coming in from the front. It may seem a little awkward to some if they use round ide cables since those have to pressed in and twisted in order to plus those into the board and drives. For strictly sata on the other hand there's plenty of room since those are much thinner.

I have an IDE hard drive and DVD drive. If I were to slave one, and just use one IDE cable, would that fit well enough?

Also, how do you hook up all the ports on the case? would this motherboard support them all, including firewire?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059

BTW, thanks so much. This forums awesome.