Assembly

Installing the motherboard is done by traditional means using spacers and screws. The full-size ATX unit lines up well with the grommet covered openings on the right edge, and still provides plenty of room above the top for cable management as well. Adding the graphics card of your choice is easily done by removing the covers and screwing it down. There is lots of room for long units without interfering with any liquid cooling setup in the front of the chassis. In fact, the large pixel pusher lines up perfectly with the opening in the shroud.


Adding an SSD using one of the plates may easily be done outside the confines of the system but requires use of screws and appropriate tools. Once filled, you may simply put it back unto the backside of the motherboard tray and secure it with the thumb screw.


To include a 3.5" storage device, you first have to pull out a tray from underneath the shroud. Regardless of the storage format, these are held in place by screws and as such require a screwdriver. Once filled you may put the whole cage back into one of the two possible positions where it is secured by a thumb screw. We noticed that the supplied 3.5" screws were a tad too long, as such leaving a little play. Luckily, any classic case screw is still long enough to make things work as well. Montech mentioned that this will be addressed, but should you encounter this issue with the first retail batch, Montech will provide updated screws for free.


With the tray filled, simply slide it back into place and secure it down using the captive thumb screw that is attached to the tray itself. This whole aspect of the build experience in the Sky Two GX is a lot better than what we have seen in the original Sky Two.


Installing the PSU is achieved by sliding it underneath the shroud and securing it with screws to the chassis frame. There is plenty of room, so you should have no issue utilizing a large unit powerful enough for a potent system.


Adding a 360 mm AIO was, unsurprisingly, easy. The original Sky Two already has lots of room in terms of length but got in the way of connecting cables to the top edge of the board. This is no longer an issue with the Sky Two GX, thanks to the additional internal height.


The Montech Sky Two GX makes a very clean impression on the interior. The only out-of-place element is the grommet covered opening in the shroud, which clearly caters to old school GPUs which tend to have the PCIe power connector at the end, whereas modern NVIDIA GPUs have their power plug at the center, due to the shorter PCBs. As such, that opening goes unused in our review build. In the back, everything can be cable managed nicely, thanks to the plentiful number of hooks for zip ties in combination with the pre-installed Velcro strips.

Finished Looks

With everything installed, and the system turned on, the Montech Sky Two GX fans in the front are the main focus point with as the three ARGB fans light up gently. A blue LED in the top of the chassis also lights up to let you know the system is powered on.


Looking at the front, you can see the square style ARGB rings around each fan nicely through the metal mesh front. Montech has done a great job ensuring that there is no unsightly visual breaks behind that layer of the front cover of the Sky Two GX. In the rear everything is where you would expect to see it in a modern chassis.


With the clean, clear window, you may feast your eyes on the hardware within the chassis. The black framing is a bit weird, as Montech has skipped the top horizontal portion of the glass panel. This is surprising and could be considered the biggest cosmetic mishap for an otherwise nice looking enclosure.