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An Inside-Out Look At the Antec Skeleton Case
Anonymous writes "Here's a step-by-step look at building a PC with the new Antec Skeleton PC chassis. It's obviously not for everybody, but at least Antec is trying out something relatively new for hard-core users. Not sure if you'd need an air spray can to keep the dust off all the components, though ..."
Isn't the point of an enclosure to maximize airflow to specific heat generating hardware, and to keep out dust and hair, to make sure those pricy pieces of hardware aren't exposed? I like my protective aluminum mid-tower. Plus I've moved three times so far and all I had to do was pack it up with everything else. I'd imagine you'd have to protect this some other way.
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Nice case, interesting idea, love Antec and use their products, but at $180, no way. I can almost build an entire PC for that.
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Gee, lets use the EM spectrum as a massive garbage dump for high-frequencey EM waste.
Seriously, folks. Computers NEED shielding to keep their em garbage from causing massive interference to everything else in the room.
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A virtually identical article on this case was posted 2 weeks ago.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/13/2015222
On top of that, this is the worst page-view whore site I have ever seen. The "article" is spread across 10 pages, wrapped in frames and absolutely slathered with advertising. The site designer should be shot.
Maybe they could split up each picture to double the amount of pages I need to view.
I've found nothing but problems with modular supplies. The contacts wear, oxidize, and after a year or so, it gets to the point where it is throwing the voltages to hell (in excess of 10% off), which doesn't qualify as good in my book.
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That would depend on where it sits.
Years ago, I did the case mod thing and put windows in it, I even etched pictures in them and lit them up with leds and all that jazz. Red in cobalt blue looks pretty awesome or it did at the time. Anyways, the case was sort of on display about 4 foot from the monitor and key board. I use extensions to make it even further apart. I probable could spit directly at it and not hit it at one point in time. This isn't something that you sit right next to the work area unless your going to purposely not drink or eat around it. Your not going to use this case and shove it under the desk to kick it with your feet.
So with that being said, there probably will be people who spill stuff on it, but the majority of people will be using it as part of the rooms decor like I did when case modding or they will be using it on a test bench where it isn't a good idea to have food or drink anyways.
There are a lot of things you do differently when you have exposed components. I know a guy who actually hosed a $600 Intel Main board he was mocking up on the bench when he was messing with his ink pen and the spring popped out and landed on it where it shorting some things out. This would have happened if it was in a case with the cover off and so on. But the point is, that you do things differently when you have exposed components and the fancier the case, the more it moves from a utility box sitting on the desk to a display object right out in front. But to put it into perspective, how many times have you spilled something into the bowl of mixed nuts or fresh fruit serving as the centerpiece on the table?