Antec Skeleton Review
Incompatibilities
I was very excited about reviewing this case. I thought of it as the perfect testbed for an enthusiast as I have to change a lot of components around for reviews, and opening and closing the case and rearranging stuff becomes a pain quickly. My excitement was quickly turned to a hollow feeling inside when I went to put the tray with the motherboard and all the components all set up into the cage of the Skeleton. See what happened for yourself.
Due to the design of the fan, there is not enough space between the fan and the motherboard to allow tower style CPU coolers to be used in this case. The Zerotherm Nirvana is not able to fit in this case. The maximum clearance is about 125mm. So any cooler with a height less than this should fit, but since most tower coolers are 140-160mm in height, you will be out of luck with such coolers and the Antec Skeleton. This is a very serious issue that makes the use of an otherwise perfect case questionable with enthusiasts as most of the best performing coolers on the market use the tower style design.
I was able to solve this issue by using the Cooler Master Gemini II S cooler than blows air towards the motherboard.
Even though you won’t be able slide the tray back into the cage with a tower style cooler installed, you can use the tray itself as a testbed. And it is perfect at that. My suggestion to Antec would be to also sell the trays as testbeds for enthusiasts.
Another issue that this case has is that the space between the power supply power connector and the side of the case is not a lot. See the above image on the right. Due to this, the main power cord connected to the power supply will be bent, and some of you might be uncomfortable with having it like that. As a result you will have to route the cord through one of the sides by taking the grill off and connecting it as shown below.
Another issue with this case is that there is very little clearance provided to the power supply on either side. There is not much room up or below the power supply, which means that the power supply may run hot in this case as the fan may not be able to intake sufficient air. I have no tests to prove this, but it would be nice to see the skeleton propped up about an inch from the base of the surface it is kept on.
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