Antec Mini Skeleton ITX Tower Computer Case

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form over function at its finest

Looks awsome, great for cooling, and price is getting cheaper all the time.

#2 tekzilla did an episode on this case and pretty much said it's cramped, awkward, and lacking on the cooling. you need concentrated, directional airflow. the open air design means you'll get passive convection, but that's usually not enough for the power-systems this thing is marketed toward.
..but it does look like a protoss nexus, so +5 points.

Very true. "open to the air" does not necessarily mean "great cooling". Quite the opposite sometimes.

Yes, most Dell servers will not even run if you open the side door. They are built to move the air through the machine for proper cooling.

Can you get the fan at the top spinning fast enough that it will hover off my desk?

yea, but its fucking cool (if you live in a dust free environment).

watch the Tekzilla episode, they basically gave it a huge thumbs down, although one redeeming factor for this case is as use as test rig. Nothing more. It will become inundated with dust and pet hair in no time at all, but for quickly bench testing a mobo, I guess it would be handy to have.

i saw this at fry's.. they must have been smoking something good when they made it.

#6
You'd have to reverse the fan to make it hover. Don't forget the 220 hookup.

What a dumb ass fucking design.
What is the point?
However, I'm sure there are douche bags'who bought into this travesty.
This is Antec's artsy fartsy shit bag sculpture into high society.

Boo for Antec!!!

different, but I'd figure they would be trying to make a mor "invisible computer, Ive always liked the idea of incorporating your computer into a desk...

hey I love the stuff, but is this any good?

And now what you guys have to say about leaving the side door of my pc open for better cooling. Huh?
OK, I agree, that cases like this or leaving side door open may not be a good idea for those people who have kids or folks around your pc, but if its just about dust I am not so sure.

Dust somehow always gets there, but if you clean your house well, even then your pc gets the dust, thats the same amount of dust you might get if leaving the side door open.
btw, every once a while i use that aircleaner cannisters to clean the pc, it takes a zip of a second.

Cramped and poor air circulation, sounds like a table and power supply would make a better test bench.

Don't care for this one, but love my Antec Solo. Box runs reasonably cool and it's dead quiet. They make good stuff but can't hit home runs every time.

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