The Skeleton is Out of the Closet
Well it’s been a month since I last posted anything. Did anyone one of the five people who read this blog miss me? Well the wait may be well worth it, if just for this one post. I just received what is one of the more hotly anticipated cases to come out in a while. Futurelooks.com originally previewed this case this past summer at Computex 2008, and now it’s finally made it into our hands. That’s right, I have in my possession an Antec Skeleton, and I’m going to show you the unboxing right here.
I literally just received the case today, so I haven’t had a chance to set it up where I normally take my review photos. That means that for now everything is going to be spread out on my living floor, and some pictures will use the flash. Anyhow, due to the shape of the Antec Skeleton, the box is much more cubic then the average computer case box. It’s also fairly boring to look at, compared to what is inside.
Upon opening the box, I got my first look at the 250mm fan that adorns the top of the Antec Skeleton above the motherboard area. Now I’ve seen some big fans in my day. I have a couple of pictures in my archive of John Chow holding up a 170mm case fan, with that evil glint in his eye. But that is nothing compared to the size of this fan. Hopefully it should do what I would expect such a fan to do, and that is remain quiet while moving a great deal of air.
Secrets Are Meant to be Shared
A company I currently can’t name (and can’t link to since their site isn’t ready for prime time) has asked me to take a look at a new thermal compound they are releasing. Since I’m horrible at keeping secrets, I decided I’d post about it here. Eventually a full review will be up on Futurelooks.com.
Now taking pot-shots are the throne occupied by the likes of Arctic Silver is nothing new, but I can’t help but help out the underdog. Preliminary testing looks very promising. I’m just waiting for the Arctic Silver 5 I just applied to set up, and I’ll finally have a conclusive comparison. Basically I’ll know whether this stuff is top dog, or just second best.
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Lots of Hardware Goodness
With my having completed the review of the Razer Lycosa review, and slowly plodding away on a review of a nVidia 9600 GT based video card from Foxconn, I thought I’d give you a preview of what else I have coming down the pipe over at Futurelooks.com.
Now as cool as waffle makers that glowed blue would be, this isn’t such a creature. It’s definitely a creature though, if at least in name. From the company known as Wolfking comes the Warrior Xxtreme Gamepad. Stephen Fung sent me the info on this when he was culling together his review list, and it looked intriguing. A little silly, but definitely intriguing. The guiding principle Wolfking has placed behind the Warrior Xxtreme as being the "world’s first 2-in-1 PC gamepad and keyboard." A cursory glance through the instruction manual shows this device seems to be aimed at MMO players and CS junkies. Since I play neither (Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4 are my FPS games of choice), this ought to be interesting.