Antec Skeleton

Renton

Renton

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Hi all
Can anyone who owns the afor mentioned case let me know if it is big enough to accept after market cpu coolers?
I have just bought a sythe mugen 2 LGA1366 cooler, will it fit?

Cheers for any advise

Ren
 
Thank you Turambar,
shame its a nice looking case, something different. Guess its either water cooling or a normal form factor.
hmmm!
 
Bear in mind that unlike other cases there's no way heat can build up and you've got a 250mm fan cooling everything.
 
this is what many people dont understand :- you dont need a big cooler for this case.... because it should run very cool with that massive fan above....
 
I don't get why people even want this case. It's a novelty item, it doesn't look good and it will just collect immense amounts of dust in a tiny amount of time.
 
Ryan111 said:
Yeah, while the computer is turned on...
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Ok, I've only had mine 9 months so I guess I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't leave mine running yet I'm looking at it right now and failing to see much dust. I even have a long haired cat that sits on my desk but I can't see any fur in it either. *shrugs*

If dust is that big of an issue where you live perhaps investing in a vacuum cleaner would help?
 
Mal X said:
this is what many people dont understand :- you dont need a big cooler for this case.... because it should run very cool with that massive fan above....
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Great if you're not overclocking but most people who buy the Sheleton OC.

Plus, years ago it was proven that running without a case side actaully increased temps do to poor airflow. The Skeleton may have a big fan but actually cooling is poor compared to some standard cases.
 
You're failing to take into account that this enclosure (antec don't call them cases) has been designed to be open and saying you need a massive cooler to OC is simply not true. My overclocked Phenom is sitting at 1C - 2C higher than the ambient room temperature.
 
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avrc said:
You're failing to take into account that this enclosure (antec don't call them cases) has been designed to be open and saying you need a massive cooler to OC is simply not true. My overclocked Phenom is sitting at 1C - 2C higher than the ambient room temperature.
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And you're using the really accurate onboard sensors to come to that conclusion. It's laughable that anyone would believe any air cooling would return a 1 to 2 degree higher than ambient tempreture. That's better than watercooling!

Oh and yours is overclocked. Priceless :D
 
I'll hold my hands up and say that I didn't realise they weren't accurate. Apologies. However I'm still holding onto the fact that the case was designed to be open so you can't compare it to an enclosed case with the side taken off :)
 
1. It isn't case or anykind eclosure because of total failure to provide any kind physical and EMI protection.
2. As open test bench it's failure because of being cramped.
3. Darn expensive for what it isn't and won't never be.

avrc said:
fan blowing over the entire thing. Dust can't settle anywhere.
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Look into heatsinks... that's where dust goes to hide.


avrc said:
I'll hold my hands up and say that I didn't realise they weren't accurate.
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Use these:
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTest-v2.3-download-2047.html (or OCCT or Linx)
And remember to be ready for seeing temps skyrocket.
 
I was using coretemp but that uses the onboard sensors doesn't it? I gather to get an accurate result you need an external temp sensor?
 
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