Antec Mini Skeleton-90

Zitat: Working with the Antec Mini skeleton-90 did leave a huge smile on my face. From the minute I got it out of the box, I actually said out loud, “aww it’s so cute”. That being out in the open, I should explain. I had already looked at the full sized version

Zitat: Pros: + Looks Great! + Performs Great! + Easily Expandable! + Makes it easy to swap out hardware + Accommodates IDE optical drives! Cons: - Integrated PSU needs low power components! Let´s be real, a very important part of any case is how it looks. The Antec Mini Skeleton looks both awesome, and innovative. It was very compact, but that´s what you should be looking for in a Mini ITX case. I´m no expert on Mini ITX setups, but I´d say the Antec Mini Skeleton offered decent wire management capabilities. Rather then making the wires invisible, the Mini Skeleton allowed you to position them in a way that wouldn´t effect airflow. Plus the wires in the open case made it look cool. I was also pleased to see that I could still use my IDE optical drive. The Mini Skeleton lacked any way of installing a standard size HDD, but I was easily able to install one anyways. The fans make for excellent airflow, and they managed to cool the HDD a few degrees C below the "Open Air" setup. This is pretty amazing considering the HDD wasn´t even in the case to begin with. Although this case was extremely great, I did have one major problem with it. The built in PSU failed to power my system. The PSU is only 90W so I guessed it wouldn´t be able to do much. I even pulled out the HDD and optical drive to be powered by a second PSU. This, however, didn´t solve the problem. I ended up running the entire system off of a spare PSU. This problem would be minor, if it wasn´t for the fact that the Skeleton doesn´t accommodate for a PSU other then the built in one. To me this pretty much ruins the part of having a Mini ITX system, especially if you need a second object sitting on your desk. Although a less power hungry processor and motherboard combo might be able to mitigate this problem I´d still recommend this case to any user looking to build an ITX rig. Just be warned, the Power Supply may not be up to the task of powering a full system!