Friday, May 22nd 2009
Antec Readying Mini Skeleton 90
Case, power and cooling specialist Antec just shrunk the Skeleton enthusiast-grade bench chassis, just about enough to fit the Mini-ITX motherboard form factor, which is what makes the Mini Skeleton 90 surprising. The chassis retains the "picnic-basket" bench design the Skeleton has, measuring 210 (W) × 230 (D) × 190 (H) mm, and tipping the scales at around 2.5 kg.
A two-stage drawer holds the motherboard on the top stage which is cooled by a large LED-lit 150 mm fan, and the lower stage holding the disk drives and power supply. The chassis holds one 5.25-inch drive using a quick-release drive bay. There is one quick-release and two fixed 2.5-inch (yes, 2.5-inch) drive bays. Apart from the 150 mm fan on top, there is a 70 mm fan to cool the lower stage. Standard front-panel headers such as USB and audio are also present. The case is backed by a 3-year company warranty. Its price in the US is yet to be known.
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A two-stage drawer holds the motherboard on the top stage which is cooled by a large LED-lit 150 mm fan, and the lower stage holding the disk drives and power supply. The chassis holds one 5.25-inch drive using a quick-release drive bay. There is one quick-release and two fixed 2.5-inch (yes, 2.5-inch) drive bays. Apart from the 150 mm fan on top, there is a 70 mm fan to cool the lower stage. Standard front-panel headers such as USB and audio are also present. The case is backed by a 3-year company warranty. Its price in the US is yet to be known.
30 Comments on Antec Readying Mini Skeleton 90
They do make very solid cases, and their quality is good but their designers/engineers are "Lost in Space"everyone knows for mini iTX Legos rule:rockout:
First of all....the original Skeleton is´nt that bad...in fact it´s the best case, in terms of
proper airflow, I ever owned....
forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=80188&highlight=Skeleton+build
The only prob is the size of the aftermarket HSF´s.....not all will fit - thats correct
But I´ll admit that a mini skeleton is a bit far out....who the hell will buy this....Mickey Mouse?:wtf:
(PS below is a good idea...)
i can sort of see the point there making, the airflow would be good but....
how is this an enthusiast chassis?
no watercooling support!
no way of fitting a dice pot!
your better off using a removable motherboard tray! and aiming a desk fan at it!
its sad that it would probably be best served with watercooling inside instead tho :laugh:
It is a dust magnet....yes....but it is allso easy to blow clean with an airbrush or mini-compressor ;)
The thing with cooling is efficiency.. EZ in EZ out, the Antec design causes a lot of conflicts of airflow.
edit: aaah, mini-ITX, well that explains. Though it was for microATX.
That big fan barely moved any air..
The slide out tray is another point of critique, its just a stupid fucking gimmick. If you're going to make your system that open, that it doesnt protect against anything, why add pointless mesh and stuff around it? Sigh.
Mkmods, ill draw something up for you to consider...... the skeleton done right :)
kind of like the way marketing works.. if an 80mm fan is good than the 120 must be better. Well the 240mm fan must be twice as good.....:shadedshu
forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=53899