An Inside-Out Look At the Antec Skeleton Case

Anonymous writes "Here's a step-by-step look at building a PC with the new Antec Skeleton PC chassis. It's obviously not for everybody, but at least Antec is trying out something relatively new for hard-core users. Not sure if you'd need an air spray can to keep the dust off all the components, though ..."

I don't get it

[esocid]

Isn't the point of an enclosure to maximize airflow to specific heat generating hardware, and to keep out dust and hair, to make sure those pricy pieces of hardware aren't exposed? I like my protective aluminum mid-tower. Plus I've moved three times so far and all I had to do was pack it up with everything else. I'd imagine you'd have to protect this some other way.

Hmmm

[Captain Splendid]

Nice case, interesting idea, love Antec and use their products, but at $180, no way. I can almost build an entire PC for that.

Gee, Lets use the EM spectum...

[nweaver]

Gee, lets use the EM spectrum as a massive garbage dump for high-frequencey EM waste.

Seriously, folks. Computers NEED shielding to keep their em garbage from causing massive interference to everything else in the room.

Re:Gee, Lets use the EM spectum...

[geekoid]

Have you measures a modern PC? it's not that bad.
SHeeesh.

Re:Hmmm

[Kamots]

On the issue of power supplies, I used to like getting a PSU with my cheapo case.

Then I learned more about PSUs.

Now, I refuse to buy any supply that I haven't seen tested by hardocp or one of the other review sites that does professional level power quality analysis. There are a lot of power supplies being sold that make downright fradulent claims... or don't even provide power that comes close to falling within the ATX spec. Meaning that 6 months down the line you may well find yourself with screwy random hardware failures... or a power supply that blows out all your hardware. (They've lost more than one piece of test equipment when they dared to run a PSU at it's claimed capability)

I'd much rather buy a case without a supply than get some pos that's going in the trash as I don't dare hook it up to any of my equipment.

And I save money on electricity as the PSUs that provide solid quality power tend to run really high effeciencies as well. :P (80%+ instead of 70% adds up over the course of a year)