A Closer Look - Inside

The main glass panel is hinged and easily removable, as the pin for the top is longer than the one on the bottom. You may also remove the gray, perforated panels if need be, but most assembly scenarios would not require this step. The shroud is essentially a second floor above the chassis frame. It sports a grommet covered opening for PCIe power cables and a vent which may hold up to two 120 mm fans. As the front is all fans, there now is an opening for to fit large thick and long radiators. In addition to this, you will find two fairly large openings for cable routing.


In the rear, things are laid out pretty traditionally, with a large opening where the CPU cooler bracket will be. There are several openings for cable management, but the ones at the top edge lack grommets, unfortunately. On the upside, Montech also includes three pre-installed Velcro strips for cable management next to the angled cable routing holes. There are two individual trays for SSDs underneath the cutout for the CPU cooler bracket. Each of them is held in place by a thumb screw. The PCB for the ARGB elements and PWM fan control has been placed in the upper edge, so it won't get in the way of your general system wiring. The PCB is different from the one found in the original Sky Two. It supports six RGB and PWM based units, whereas the one the original maxes out at five. As mentioned before, there is no more case button ARGB control, so you are limited to motherboard and thus software control in the Sky Two GX.


As the Sky Two GX comes with intake fans in the front, the side opening now sports a cover plate which additional mounting holes to accommodate two additional 2.5" storage capabilities, while also providing grommets for uncompromising cable management with such a build. Interestingly enough, this panel is held in place by an all plastic lock, which is not something we have seen in a mainstream, retail chassis in likely a decade. Montech should have really just gone with a simple thumb screw instead.


The hard drive cage is made of metal and now sports two individual, steel trays, which is a definitive upgrade to the simpler variant seen in the original Sky Two. This change results in the cage being able hold either 2.5" or 3.5" units. Above that are the three 140 mm intake fans with ARGB elements. As all of these sport generic PWM and ARGB cables, you have total freedom where and how to use these.


In the rear starting at the bottom, there is the PSU bay, which is pretty straight forward. It is equipped with four small foam pads upon which the power supply will rest. Above that are the seven expansion slots. Montech has improved this as well, by ditching the classic screws for easier to use thumb screws. In the very top, you will find that fan mounting possibility for an exhaust unit.


In the ceiling, you can clearly see where to place your air or liquid cooling components, with an additional, smaller cable management hole towards the front of the case. There is even more clearance than in the original Sky Two, thanks to the taller top cover. This means you will have plenty of room to reach any connectors at the top edge of the board or even choose to install a thicker, or more potent cooling configuration in the Sky Two GX.


Montech employs a unified front panel plug, which makes things a little easier to connect. Besides that, the IO cables are sleeved black and of a standard variety. The PCB features all the usual universal interfaces to connect generic ARGB components or allow for motherboard control, with a SATA connector to deliver power.