Computex 2008: Antec Skeleton
Also added -- coverage of P183 and Sonata Elite cases.
Uhm... Okay.
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=454
Moderators: NeilBlanchard, Ralf Hutter, sthayashi, Devonavar
No closed space means: No fans needed...NyteOwl wrote:Like one of the posters on Anandtech said; it has has some potential as a testing station (though there are better imho), but as a "case"? No dust proofing, no airflow management, no muffling of fans/video cards/drive noise, no EMI/RFI suppression.
Let that fan blow upwards, then. This would help improve airflow around all components.Bluefront wrote:It is only a prototype after all..... But if the setup were running hotter components, the top fan blowing downward presumably at a relatively slow speed would probably not be enough airflow. There looks to be too great a distance from the fan to the MB......not to mention the airflow is fighting convection currents.
Even using "passive" heatsinks like the Ninja and Accelero you still need airflow over and above simple convection for them to function properly. And for that you need either a motive force (fan) or targetid ducting for the convection flow and this has neither.No closed space means: No fans needed...
Note that modern heatsinks like the Noctua NH-C12P are very efficient, and often optimized for passive cooling. Also, the CPUs have finally gone back to sane energy requirements, so cooling them is easier in general. All you have to do is ditch tower heatsinks, as in this setup they would just trap the hot air. The more "traditional" designs should work well enough, on the other hand.NyteOwl wrote: Even using "passive" heatsinks like the Ninja and Accelero you still need airflow over and above simple convection for them to function properly. And for that you need either a motive force (fan) or targetid ducting for the convection flow and this has neither.
And no protection from pets, childs etc...NyteOwl wrote:No dust proofing, no airflow management, no muffling of fans/video cards/drive noise, no EMI/RFI suppression.
But, it looks unusual, will probably be over priced and as a result sell ridiculously well.
Only Intels.Modo wrote:Also, the CPUs have finally gone back to sane energy requirements...
Except that situation is now opposite than during Intel's NetBurst-fiasco and lately AMD's TDP values have been often at the least very "optimistic" while Intel's TDPs are now quite conservative.FartingBob wrote:Actually while AMD does have some power hogs, it also has a line of low power (but still high performance) duel and quad cores. Does intel have a 65w Quad core? Nope.
no, it has a 50W quad core: Xeon LV L53XX. ok, it's a Xeon but still...Does intel have a 65w Quad core? Nope.