Skeleton Open Air Case from Antec

Author: Toni 'HaoKi' Siik Published: 30.10.2008 Manufacturer: Antec Product Group: Computer Case In English Suomeksi

The Design

Antec has really taken a new approach on chassis design with the Skeleton. "Think Out Side The Box", has clearly been the design teams motto and the results are interesting to say atleast. The Skeleton borrows design elements from testbench chassis' that we've seen earlier, made by users themselves for benchmarking use. Antec has taken those simple and crude designs and added some style and new features. The Skeleton consists of an outer frame that has all the buttons on it as well as a huge 250mm fan on top and the components will actually be installed onto a movable tray that slides out of the frame so changing components can be done without a hassle.

Here we can see the Skeleton chassis like you would find it out of the box. The outer frame really seems to have taken some design features from a skeleton, as it almost looks like that the huge Big Boy fan is held up by bones.

When we move onto the backside of the chassis we can see the power supply tray looming on the bottom and the bracket that is used to attach the expansion-cards. Antec has taken a new approach with the powersupply orientation, as its turned sideways in the lower compartment. This decision has probably been made, so that the depth of the chassis could be kept in check.

Here we can see the Skeleton chassis from the side. We can clearly see the lower compartment, which is used to house the drives and powersupply, and the top where the motherboard will be located. To make things easier in the installation phase, Antec has made it possible to remove the grills from both sides of the chassis. This way it is easier to reach places better in the lower compartment.

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