With the price range case section of the market quite crowded, do we’d like one more producer wanting to come back and play too/? Properly, Montech do, and their Sky One Lite is coming into the chat. Beginning at simply £55, this is likely to be a case that you’ve got by no means heard of earlier than, however, it’d simply be one which you’ll find yourself contemplating if you’re placing collectively a price range construct.
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Time Stamps
00:00 Begin
00:20 Sky One Lite
01:28 Entrance of the case
02:05 Prime of the case and I/O
02:30 Rear of the case
02:52 Aspect panel and underside
03:38 Contained in the case
05:00 Cable administration considerations
05:22 Equipment
05:36 Constructing a system into the case
06:17 Construct timelapse
07:09 System constructed – Kris’ ideas
08:13 Sky One Lite Efficiency
11:12 Closing Ideas
Most important Options
- Excessive-Finish Funds ATX
- USB TYPE-C Port
- MONTECH Distinctive “Air Efficiency High-quality Mesh” Entrance Panel
- All-Round Anti-Mud Design
- 3x Excessive Airflow Followers Pre-Put in
- Simple Swivel Glass Aspect Panel
- Ample improve house for Excessive-end GPU and Motherboard
- Distinctive ARGB Lighting Present
Specification:
Motherboard help: ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX.
Energy provide help: ATX
Growth slots: 7
Included followers: 2x 120mm 1,500rpm entrance consumption, 1x 120mm 1,500rpm rear exhaust
Fan mounts: 3x 120mm/2x 140mm entrance, 2x 120/140mm prime, 1x 120mm rear, 2x 120mm PSU Shroud
Radiator mounts: 360mm, 280mm,240mm entrance, 240mm, 280mm prime, 120mm rear.
Inside drive bays: 6x 2.5-inch, or 4x 2.5-inch 2x 3.5-inch
Entrance I/O ports: 2x USB 3.0 Kind-A, 1x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Kind-C, mic, headphone.
Dimensions: 490mm H x 416mm D x 220mm W.
Testing
To place this case via its cooling paces we shall be utilizing a check system consisting of an Intel 12700, Zotac RTX 3070, and a Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD For cooling we now have used a be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 240 with 2x 2500RPM Mild Wings 120mm Followers.
Take a look at System:
Processor: Intel Core i7 12700
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z690 Edge Wifi
CPU cooler: be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 240mm
Reminiscence: XPG Lancer RGB DDR5 16GB(2x8GB) 6000MHz
Graphics card: Zotac RTX 3070 AMP Holo Version
Energy provide: Montech Gamma II 750W
SSD: Seagate FireCuda 510 NVME
OS: Home windows 10
Cooling Efficiency Overview
The Sky One Lite included case followers are rated at 1500 RPM and so for all our exams I ran three variations to consider that the Pure Loop 2 FX Mild Wings followers can attain 2500 RPM. Checks had been run at 750 RPM, 1500 RPM, after which 1500 RPM on the case followers, with the Mild Wings at 2500 RPM. The CPU and GPU testing had been additionally performed with the glass facet panel put in and eliminated to see what affect the entrance mesh would have on our temperatures.
Closing Ideas
Coming in at £55 for the black model, and £58 for the white model, the Montech Sky One Lite presents good worth with three pre put in case followers. The price range case market is flooded with choices, there are such a lot of circumstances at this worth level that it’s troublesome to match it to something particular given the massive variety of options which might be on the market.
In case you spend 5 to 10 kilos much less, or 5 to 10 kilos extra then there are much more choices obtainable. The Sky One Lite doesn’t do something spectacular, certain, it might do with some enhancements, however the construct high quality is okay, it’s succesful and practical and personally, I feel it seems fairly good too.
Professionals:
- All spherical mud filters
- Swivel glass facet panel
- USB Kind-C is included together with two Kind-A ports.
- Storage help
- Cooling help
- Included followers
Cons:
- Cable administration is a bit sparse and never instantly apparent
- Rear entry is required to get to the PSU mud filter
- Sits in such a congested section of the PC case market
KitGuru says: The Sky One Lite is nice if you’re in search of a easy, practical, and fairly well-built case.
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