VPN: SKELETON
Product ReviewsAntec Skeleton Black Computer Case
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With 8 User Reviews
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 Rating: Review Date: 07/08/09  |
Cons: Requires care when ordering after-market CPU cooler (get a small one)
Pros: Incredible, beautiful, artistic, raw, easy-to-use, wow-factor, etc. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/11/09 |
Cons: Noise
Pros: Open Design, Comment:
I love the design in appearance, cooling performance and accesebility. I reccomend this case for anybody who changes the hardware in their computer often |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/19/09 |
Cons: Dust build up, noise
Pros: Unique design, cooling, easy access Comment:
Great case for baring your hardcore gaming platform to bystanders, but it does have a few short-comings. One obvious problem is the accumulation of dust over time, although this is easily discounted by routine blast of pressurized oxygen. The noise generated by the open fan can be some what irritating, but habituation does ensue within weeks of continuous operation. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/02/08 |
Cons: no protection
Pros: awesome, looks great Comment:
great case just don't buy it if you have young or stupid people in your house or pets. though it is great for adding new parts or just putting in the parts the first time plus it is safe for overclocking cause of the amazing airflow. i like it but be careful eating or drinking around it beacuse it doesn't offer very much protection. i have no more words to say but it wanted more so i am typing this out. joe got shot by a crazy clown because he ate his porridge then joe's ghost possesed and killed the clown by dropping him of a cliff into a flaming wood chipper. hopefully that is enough words but maybe not, this is really starting to piss me off so hopefully this is enough now. or not but then again maybe the site is doing this to piss me off. why does it matter how long or short it is or do these people just hate the people trying to write reviews. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/30/08 |
Cons: Way Overpriced
Pros: Spacious, convenient, easy to work with Comment:
The Skeleton is a well designed "case". It is easy to assemble, and surprisingly enough the cooling performance is quite decent, thanks to the huge fan on top. Dust isn't as big a problem as you'd think, because of the constant airflow, though I still brush it occasionally.My only gripe with this unit is the price. It's a lot of money for not a lot of case. It's really just a pair of shelves with a big plastic fan brace over it. I get good use out of mine, but just about anyone could build their own open-air case for a fraction of the money. This should really be a $75 product, not $200. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/05/08 |
Cons: open unprotected parts, kinda big, no rubber gorments for hdd mount, expensive
Pros: cooling, easy to upgrade/change parts, easy to install, open case easy to play with Comment:
depending on the person, it can look ugly or pretty, i actually like to see the neat computer parts so i though it look cool, and its open so the cooling is better, but since its open it could be bad for esd, and dust can get in, although its easy enough to clean it, this is a case that not for everyone, its is quite expensive for what it is, but i am quite pleased with it, anyone that likes to see the guts of the pc, this is for them |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/02/08 |
Cons: Flat out ugly, niosy fan, may be too expensive compared to most cases on the market, hardware is completely exposed and unprotected.
Pros: Good cooling, very easy to upgrade and build from, low dust build up. Comment:
I currently work in a small computer workshop and a few days ago my boss brought in one of these babies and I was like oh cool. So we tried it out and concluded that this case was the next easiest thing to add new hardware next to the HP Blackbird002 (No crawling into your case like a hamster!) and by far the easiest to build from scratch. Its cooling abilities are unmatched(Well, what do you expect from a completely open case?) and dust doesn't really build up. Even if it does, it's easy to clean. don't worry about stuff not going in. The case leaves enough room to fit a GTX 280. If only the case looked half as good as the Blackbird's and costs less than 199.99 which is well above most cases. Yeah, there's a led light on the fan which you can pick the color you want but unless you can appreciate all the wires and gutts to a computer or you really want to go nuts with the OC and require the use of nitrogen cooling but don't want to take the motherboard out, this case is flat out ugly. The watercooling pump(If you really need one) Can be places aside which is a good thing although I've never actually had these things leak on their own but all the tubes sticking out doesn't really make things better and the fan volume, although adjustable in 3 modes (Like you couldn't do that with other cases) is still loud even on the lowest settings. My biggest worry for this case is spilling stuff. I'm usually really careful with my computers especially my gaming one but I do eat and drink stuff there. I mean, come on, who's never drank beer and play games at the same time? and spills do happen. Even if it's food, getting stuff on your hardware is never a good thing and this case offers near 0 protection. This review was modfied by poster @ 11-02-08 09:56 PM |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/01/08 |
Cons: I honestly cant find any other than no instruction manual.Not like men read them anyways.
Pros: No Air restriction,easy access,show off your hardware,easy to move it around and a monster fan pushing air directly on mb and all component's. Comment:
I have always wanted a open air case for ease of hardware swapping and simply I love the look of the gutts of a computer. This case provides excellent air flow and air restriction as there are no side panels surrounding the motherboard. The fan at full power can be heard easily but there are 3 settings to choose from. You can also choose the color you want for the led in the fan. In the pictures you can see how easy and nice it is to add water cooling. The pump and the fan can hang off the side away from any thing electrical.This case was made for me so I give it a 5starInside if wonderinge4300 i4.4 i 1.30v(yes this is correct cpu came from intel employee)4870x2(water cooling coming for gpu this week)4gb corsair dominatorx38 dfi mb300gb Vraptor720 enermax. This review was modfied by poster @ 11-01-08 07:45 PM |
This case is absolutely fantastic: it's easy to work with, it looks unique, artistic, and raw, and the giant fan on top works so well with fanless motherboard and video card components, it's hard to have anything at all negative to say about it.The only thing you have to be careful of is the fact that even with all that open-ness, the top of the skeleton is close enough to the motherboard's typical CPU placement that when buying an aftermarket CPU cooler you have to be careful to buy one that's either angled properly, or just short enough to fit. A perfect match (with about a centimeter to spare) is the Nexus FLC-3000, which, due to its angle, not only has the perfect height for this case, but also helps direct the giant case fan's air through the heatsink fan and onto the typical fanless motherboard's heatsink absolutely perfectly.If you are careful and purchase silent-operation components, you will realise that the case fan on its "low" setting is so quiet that you won't even know it's there and turned on.LOVE THIS CASE. And I've purchased probably.. about 30-40 cases of various types and makes, from Chenbro server cases (noisy crappy wind-tunnels hard to work with) to Thermaltek Armor (god what a wonderful beast,) to my standbys the Antec Sonatas, and this one is probably one of the nicest, if not the nicest.. Seriously, if you want one of the best, this thing is it. This review was modfied by poster @ 07-08-09 09:06 PM