Bring your Skeletons out of the closet

[G-Dubs]

As the Skeleton case is growing a small but loyal band of followers I thought I'd start an Antec Skeleton thread, so that all Skeleton owners or those wanting more info on this case and what it's like to build/Mod/use can post.

So to kick things off here's a few pics of mine.

As it first looked.....

And after I'd finished with it....

This was my first ever build and first ever Mod so it shows what and easy case this is to work with. It's also very easy to take apart (just need a screw driver and not a single rivet to drill out) and once apart of course it's real easy to paint up however you want to

 

[G-Dubs]

Ah the old dust question

I've had a Skeleton for well over a year now, and I can honestly say dust is so little a problem in this case that it ought to be one of the selling points.

I was a bit worried about it before I bought it, but it's really not an issue. The top fan even stops dust deposits on your CPU cooler and other natural dust magnets in a normal case etc

About once a year I slide out the lower section and give it a blast with the air duster and slide it back in, but even then i'm looking for dust to have a go at when really there's not mush to see.

LAN party wise this case is easy to move about as the "arch" sections are designed to be weight baring and serve as handles. It's also not that easy to get kit out of without sliding out the lower section, which you're gonna notice someone do if they're trying to make off with your GPU.

 

[G-Dubs]

Antec actually produce what they call a mesh kit, which keeps out all prying fingers while at the same time maintining the cooling provided by the open design.

Of course if you want to add in perspex etc then that's just one of the many ways of modding this case!

 

[G-Dubs]

Cheers Phil2008

As soon as it warms up a little i'm gonna be modding the arse off it.

 

[G-Dubs]

Will dig out some pics of the watercooled one and the cobra one.

 

[G-Dubs]

Ok Ok I'm doing it i'm doing it.

Sorry it took a while guys.

A brief history of my Skelly builds.

1st off was the original case which had my Q6600 in it.

Wasn't long before i got the urge to Mod it. This Skelly mod was the first Mod I ever did.

Next up was a Military themed mod of the Skeleton using the Mesh kit.

Then I decided I wanted to see if it could be watercooled.

Remember at this point no one was really using the Skelly. It was also thought to be imposibble to watercool. yeah right....

Well hope that's whetted the appitite for more mods of this much under-rated case.

Or if you fancy one ready done, the Green one is up for grabs.

 

[G-Dubs]

you not gonna spray the green one copper?
need to get some mounting hardware for my rads

Copper you say....what a good idea....why didn't I think of that.

Actualy seenaminiskelly in coper and it did look sweet.

 

[G-Dubs]

I could easily see G-Dubs doing a copper skeleton, just to say he did that!!!

he better

Mmmmm Maybe when the Modzart is done...But then the F M J will have copper and by then i'll probably be right fed up with it.

 

[G-Dubs]

i always thought golden rule was res before pump then rad before heat.

in all honesty a loop will equalise its temp accrossthe whole loop after five mins or so.

the idea of the res before pump is to make sure it never spins with no water, especially on filling