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Installation

The system we installed in the Antec 1200 is as follows:

Processor Intel C2D E8400 @ 3.6GHz
Memory Corsair XMS2 6400 (2x 1GB)
Motherboard Asus P5K Premium
Graphics Card Vivikoo 9600GT
Power Supply Antec NeoPower 550W
Hard Drive Western Digital SATA SE16 500GB
Optical Drive Samsung SATA DVD-RW

The first part of the installation was the motherboard, as the standoffs for an ATX motherboard are pre-installed; all the installation involved was popping in our ASUS IO plate and screwing the motherboard in place.

Installing the RAM modules and processor was very easy as the Twelve Hundred has plenty of room to work with when installing components in this case. The same goes for our ‘Asus Triton 79 Amazing’ CPU Cooler – a CPU cooler which is normally a bit awkward to install – but was in fact very easy due to having lots of room to play with.

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Now that the motherboard bundle was installed, I slotted the graphics card into place. As there are no thumbscrews supplied for PCI cards in the Twelve Hundred, its back out with the old fashioned screws, however this method of installation is perhaps more robust than newer methods – although being slightly slower.

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Installing by massive Kingwin Power Supply was easy enough – four screws securing it in place. The PSU mount allows you to install the PSU either upside down or upright – depending on your power supplies’ fan location.

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Once that was in, I removed the bottom hard drive cage and slotted in my Western Digital hard drive and secured it in place with the included mega long hard disk screws. The screws holes are lined with rubber – which also sits between the hard disk and cage – allowing no vibrations from the disk to make their way around the case – dampening out noise. After securing the hard drive in its cage, I slotted the cage back into the 3 drive bays and secured it using the eight thumbscrews.

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Installing my Samsung DVD-RW was a very familiar process- four screws. This method is both proven to be simple and effective so Antec have made the right choice of using it.

After installing all the tech porn, I plugged everything up inside the Twelve Hundred and had a go at cable management inside the case. Fortunately with the various holes in the motherboard tray and the space between the tray and side panel, I could also easily route cables about the case. With this in mind, the Antec Twelve Hundred is a perfect candidate for cable good cable management.

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