Review Date: 8th December 2002 Reviewed By: Michael "Hughesey" Hughes Product: Skyhawk Jupiter Aluminum Case Rating: 95% Manufacturer: Skyhawk Supplier: EYO Technologies

The Internals

 

Upon removing the case side, we were greeted by a little white box sitting on the bottom of the case, which contains instructions on how to use/set up the LCD, as well as general case instructions. Also in the box were the standard case accessories, comprising of ATX backplates, spare PCI expansion slot covers, and a nice bag of screws (can you ever get enough?).

 

Next we see a nifty little fan duct arrangement, which is positioned above the CPU, in order to extract the hot air generated from the CPU fan out of the case. The fan included is another el-cheapo fan, but it does the job, and is extremely quiet, so I have no problems with that. The only thing I can see which may cause a problem here, is the fact that if you have your CPU fan blowing onto the CPU, then this device will compete with it for air, which isn't a good thing. That being said, you could always change the direction of one of your fans.

 

Here we can see the drive bay area of the case. This is pretty standard really, the only exception to most cases being that there is no fan hole at the bottom of the front of the case, due to the positioning of the LCD panel. This isn't a major problem, as the side fan will provide plenty of fresh air, directly to where its needed, but if your running quad 15k RPM SCSI hard drives, I recommend using some form of drive bay cooler in order to increase airflow around this region.

Finally, we see the cables that sprout from the front of the case. On the left is the temperature sensor, which can be attached to whatever you wish, and will then display the temperature on the LCD. In the middle is the HDD LED plug, which, in itself isn't an extraordinary cable, but the fact that it has a pass-through connector allows you to attach an extra LED/device on this, to function when the HDD is active. Finally, on the right, is the power connector for the LCD. It is the standard ATX power connector, with a pass-through which then gets plugged into the motherboard. It seems that this method of power was chosen in order to provide ample stable voltages, on all the different rails.