Skeleton,with some muscle

N.V.M. · 01-26-2010, 04:49 PM

ordered a Skeleton from NCIX and it arrived after a couple days. swapped my Phenom II x4 965 into it. picked up another SSD, and also have a 500GB mechanical HDD as storage. i found my original 80GB SSD was a bit too small for a primary drive, so i striped two together. it's a funky looking case and only had a couple gripes with it. what i'm totally happy about though is how quiet it is. amazing. i've got a real quiet PSU, and the huge fan on top is dead silent. i replaced the HDD front fan with a silent fan, as the hum from the stock Antec no name cooler was definitely noticeable. my vid cards are fanless, so that only leaves the stock AMD HSF fan, which is not bad at all.

ECC · 01-26-2010, 04:56 PM

HAWT!

N.V.M. · 01-26-2010, 05:26 PM

i like this little feature. i can temporarily attach HDD's so i can move the data out of them, like i'm going to do with the drives from my other system and put the stuff i need onto my non-primary storage drive. they're clip on brackets which just hang from the side of the case.

ECC · 01-26-2010, 05:30 PM

that's pretty damn sweet

Kasch · 01-26-2010, 05:51 PM

That is pretty sweet.

Winged Poop · 01-26-2010, 09:04 PM

Eh, can you really consider it a case?

§nake · 01-26-2010, 09:27 PM

Interesting design, but not for me. Too much clutter

lowlight · 01-26-2010, 10:55 PM

A warning, those orange SATA cables Gigabyte uses are bad news. I would recommend swapping them out, especially since you are using RAID0.

Georules · 01-27-2010, 03:04 AM

Looks like it would be pretty great for a shop computer, considering the hang-on HD feature.

Pretty cool, I'd be afraid of dropping stuff in it though.

§nake · 01-27-2010, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowlight

A warning, those orange SATA cables Gigabyte uses are bad news. I would recommend swapping them out, especially since you are using RAID0.

Whats wrong with them?? I'm using them as well.. I've seen people bitching about the gigabyte raid controller but the cables??

01-26-2010, 04:49 PM	#1
N.V.M. now...a cartoon Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Vancouver,B.C.. Posts: 5,876	Skeleton,with some muscle ordered a Skeleton from NCIX and it arrived after a couple days. swapped my Phenom II x4 965 into it. picked up another SSD, and also have a 500GB mechanical HDD as storage. i found my original 80GB SSD was a bit too small for a primary drive, so i striped two together. it's a funky looking case and only had a couple gripes with it. what i'm totally happy about though is how quiet it is. amazing. i've got a real quiet PSU, and the huge fan on top is dead silent. i replaced the HDD front fan with a silent fan, as the hum from the stock Antec no name cooler was definitely noticeable. my vid cards are fanless, so that only leaves the stock AMD HSF fan, which is not bad at all. Last edited by N.V.M.; 01-26-2010 at 04:51 PM.

01-26-2010, 04:56 PM	#2
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,346	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle HAWT! __________________ AMD A64 X2 5200+,8Gb DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ,750 Seagate 32mb SATA, 250GB SE16 SATA, Radeon 4850, X2 LG DVD RW X2, AC F64 pro. W7 RC + VMs Lappy: T22 xp sp3 I am nerdier than 100% of all people. Are you nerdier? 2600il - The Israeli 2600 community

01-26-2010, 05:26 PM	#3
N.V.M. now...a cartoon Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Vancouver,B.C.. Posts: 5,876	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle i like this little feature. i can temporarily attach HDD's so i can move the data out of them, like i'm going to do with the drives from my other system and put the stuff i need onto my non-primary storage drive. they're clip on brackets which just hang from the side of the case.

01-26-2010, 05:30 PM	#4
ECC OM NOM NOM Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UNBSJ Tunnel system Posts: 6,346	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle that's pretty damn sweet __________________ AMD A64 X2 5200+,8Gb DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 ,750 Seagate 32mb SATA, 250GB SE16 SATA, Radeon 4850, X2 LG DVD RW X2, AC F64 pro. W7 RC + VMs Lappy: T22 xp sp3 I am nerdier than 100% of all people. Are you nerdier? 2600il - The Israeli 2600 community

01-26-2010, 05:51 PM	#5
Kasch Time Bomb Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,660	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle That is pretty sweet.

01-26-2010, 09:04 PM	#6
Winged Poop y helo thar Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wauseon, Ohio Posts: 9,134	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle Eh, can you really consider it a case? __________________ Finally a system thats sigworthy? Asus M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD Phenom II X4 965 4Gb GSkill DDR3 1333 Powercolor Radeon 5770 WD Caviar Green 1TB Corsair 650W PSU

01-26-2010, 09:27 PM	#7
§nake It is in fact a snake. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,339	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle Interesting design, but not for me. Too much clutter __________________ OMG NEW NEW SIG!

01-26-2010, 10:55 PM	#8
lowlight 37% More Evil! Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 13,076	Re: Skeleton,with some muscle A warning, those orange SATA cables Gigabyte uses are bad news. I would recommend swapping them out, especially since you are using RAID0. __________________ You do read our reviews, right?

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