Computex 2008 Preview: Antec Skeleton Case Prototype
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 30, 2008 3:07 PM EST- Posted in
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Antec gave us a sneak peek at an early prototype most controversial case design yet: the Skeleton. It's a totally open air case design, your motherboard is mostly exposed and sits on the upper level of the "case" while below it you have room for a power supply, optical drive and hard drive. The entire thing is cooled by a slow spinning 250mm fan and there's enough room to passively cool your CPU with a good heatsink.
Availability will be around September of this year and pricing has yet to be determined. What you see in the gallery is a very early prototype, the final product will be made out of better materials and have some minor changes to allow for things like larger video cards.
Gallery: Antec Skeleton Case Prototype
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Jeffk464 - Monday, June 2, 2008 - link
I think its almost perfect, replace that large cooling fan with a cup holder and you have absolute perfection.lennylim - Monday, June 2, 2008 - link
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bigjellysandwich - Monday, June 2, 2008 - link
Build it...I will buy it. I was looking for a mATX platform to build for myself and give the wife my old comp. Easy to clean. Easy to cool. Easy to keep quiet (or I could put a 120V AC plug-in fan next to it if I were into mad overclocking). Give me 2 internal HD bays and 2 5.25" bays and I'm in.DaveLessnau - Monday, June 2, 2008 - link
There's no need to wait. Other's have posted links to the High Speed Techstation "cases." Here's one which includes prices:http://www.xoxide.com/hs.html">http://www.xoxide.com/hs.html
I prefer the $80 one with the motherboard on the bottom tray (easier access to the drives).
bigjellysandwich - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - link
No coolness factor though.cpthowdy - Sunday, June 1, 2008 - link
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http://tinyurl.com/4pxohu">http://tinyurl.com/4pxohuEri Hyva - Sunday, June 1, 2008 - link
Where is the article?Last time you informed us was in April.
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=43...">http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=43...
And originally:
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=38...">http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=38...
Are you going to do it, be a man,
Do It or Cancel It.
mindless1 - Monday, June 2, 2008 - link
For one, I'd rather the article progressed at a natural pace and was presented when it was ready instead of being rushed. The more time spent, the better the experience to draw from regardless of whether the beginning idea was a month with Ubuntu. Plus, who says the month has to be 30 consecutive days?Eri Hyva - Monday, June 2, 2008 - link
Reality check: in real world being slow does not mean increased quality, but slowness.Maybe because of laziness, concentrating on something else than the work on hands, or maybe not. Who knows? We don't have information.
Natural pace? Seems to me we are all going to die from natural reasons before that if the Anandtech postponing syndrome continues.
late March or early April 08 -> early May 08 -> no info available
There is nothing wrong of postponing things if needed, if the delay is explained to the waiting party.
Of course this thing is not end of the world, but someone is not doing the work he is been paid for. And if one gives time frames, better try to achieve them, otherwise it's a better policy not to give any dates. So called "Maybe we do it, maybe not, and if we do it someday, maybe you see it, maybe not."-strategy
Try doing this with children: promise them something (like candy or whatever) if they contribute (like dozens of people here did), and when they do their part you don't live up to your part. Bad, very bad practice.
Month is based motion of the moon, if they wanted to say 30 working days, they should have said that.
A month is historically something like 28-31 days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month