A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, simply detach the side panels by unscrewing the pair of captive thumb screws. 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. The one in the center is where the special reverse fan will go. 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. The two side fans, both of which are ARGB equipped, are somewhat cleanly wired to the included ARGB controller/fan hub PCB, which is a nice touch. There are several openings for cable management, but the ones at the top edge lack grommets unfortunately.


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 on the upper edge, so it won't get in the way of your general system wiring. on our sample, the fans were wired to the last few ports in the chain, which is incorrect as you need to have a unit attached in sequence starting with FAN 1. Montech will ensure retail variants will be connected properly. In addition to this, our fan hub did not function properly and would run all fans at full speed. For our thermal test we used our own hub for the sake of being able to provide this review on time. As the motherboard would control the PWM curve in both usage scenarios, the results can be expected to be the same regardless. Retail units will have an updated PCB with different IC, which will resolve the issue. It is interesting to note that the Montech Sky Two reverse fan setup and controller PCB are both also found in some Antec enclosures, so the two brands seem to share manufacturing origins to some degree.


Montech also includes three pre-installed Velcro strips for cable management next to the angled cable routing holes. The two fans, both of which are 120 mm in size are also "inverse," and as such will pull air into the case - which should be an interesting aspect in terms of thermals.


The hard drive cage is made of metal and requires you to pull it out to install drives. It can hold two 3.5" units within and a single 2.5" on the top as we will see later on. The two aforementioned side fans have the same ARGB style as all the other units within the Sky Two, which should make for a nice final visual when turned on. Thanks to the fact that these are all utilizing generic connection interfaces, adding additional units to the mix should be no issue at all.


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. Interestingly enough, Montech has used classic screws here whereas most other cases in this price range opt for thumb screws. In the very top, the fourth pre-installed ARGB fan of 120 mm size is actually a standard orientation one, that exhausts air out of the Sky Two.


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 plenty of clearance, so an AIO setup should not collide with your motherboard and memory, while also leaving some room to connect everything up.


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 standard variety. Looking at the ARGB/PWM PCB wires, they actually feature the exact same labeling as we have seen on the Antec variants - even down to the Antec company colors of yellow/black/white. 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.