I've had the following system since December 2020 based around the Antec Skeleton case that I've had since 2009 - the system has a Ryzen 5 5600X and a RTX 3090 with 32GB DDR4 RAM, so its still pretty decent running most modern games on my 3440x1440 IPS monitor.
The Skeleton is a great unique looking case however it just can't accommodate the larger GPUs produced these days and I was looking for a system that had the horsepower to drive the LG 45GX950A 5120x2160 monitor, so it was time for a new build.
After watching the following video I decided to shamelessly build my own version of it as I thought it looked great.
The kit list I assembled was as follows:
The build largely went well and its definitely worth doing the research before starting, some issues I encountered were:
I think it looks fantastic, very pleased with the result and hope this post helps with anyone thinking about building a similar system.
The Skeleton is a great unique looking case however it just can't accommodate the larger GPUs produced these days and I was looking for a system that had the horsepower to drive the LG 45GX950A 5120x2160 monitor, so it was time for a new build.
After watching the following video I decided to shamelessly build my own version of it as I thought it looked great.
The kit list I assembled was as follows:
- 1 x Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor – Retail
- 1 x ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi, AMD ATX motherboard
- 1 x TRYX PANORAMA 360 Black All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm V2
- 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5090 GameRock 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- 1 x Trident Z5 Neo EXPO RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit
- 1 x Lian Li Edge Gold 1200W Black (with USB HUB) Power Supply
- 1 x HAVN HS420 VGPU Premium Mid Tower Case - Black
- 1 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Addressable RGB Black 120mm Triple Fan Pack (including controller)
- 1 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Reverse Blade Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan
- 6 x Lian Li UNI SL140 INF Reverse Addressable RGB Black 140mm Fan
- 1 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan
- 5 x Crucial T500 4TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive
The build largely went well and its definitely worth doing the research before starting, some issues I encountered were:
- The cable channels in the case for the two rear fans are not big enough to accommodate the plugs for the Fan controller, however as the controller only has four connections, it made sense to connect both the rear fans using the smaller plugs directly to the motherboard anyway.
- The spring tensioned screws on the AIO plate are mounted in slots and were not aligned with the motherboard mount out of the box, I initially thought it was a manufacturing fault until I realised the screws could be moved to line up with the motherboard mount.
- My initial thinking when the system was first powered up was the CPU idle temp was a bit high, with the lowest temp I'd seen it at around 40 degrees C, however its apparently normal behavior. Fully loaded it can get up to a running temp of about 70 - 75 degrees which again is apparently normal for this CPU.
- The Lian Li Fan controlling software could only see the fans plugged into the controller, not the rear fans. I also tried Asus Armoury Crate for fan control and that couldn't see most of the hardware. I finally settled on Signal RGB which found all of my kit without issue.
I think it looks fantastic, very pleased with the result and hope this post helps with anyone thinking about building a similar system.
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, I'd have thought a water cooling setup would still be difficult to build in the skeleton, but would be interested in what you come up with.
