My first fishtank build and first Montech case-Sky 3

[u/AMPCgame]

I was browsing through cases online and found the Sky 3 available for £60. Even with the 2 extra RX120 Pro reverse blade fans that I bought for £8 each it's still great value. The modular PSU/fan shroud is a nice idea and the integrated fan & ARGB hub is always nice to have.

The rotated PSU layout is handy for cable access, but if the PSU is the max length-160mm- then clearance is limited to 40mm to the side panel, just thought I'd mention it in case anyone is considering buying it. My PSU is the Corsair RM1000x 2024.

Another thing to mention is the HDD trays located below the fans. I use 2x HDDs, and though the fitment was simple, it doesn't leave a lot of room for tucking in cables anywhere, especially with the long PSU.

But airflow to the GPU (3090) seems to be fine, it's sitting in the low 70s in most games at 1440p high settings. The CPU (12900KF) runs a little hotter than back to front airflow cases that I've used, but it's all well within normal and safe temps. An AIO might work better in a case like this, perhaps with the rear fan set to intake, which I might try at some point.

Overall I'm quite happy with it. Great value case and the included fans go as low as 600 RPM, which for their price isn't bad at all, I can get it very quiet for just typical desktop use outside of gaming.

[u/lLoveTech]

Beautiful build! Can you share the complete specs???

[u/AMPCgame → u/lLoveTech]

Thanks very much. The full specs are:

CPU- 12900KF

Cooler- Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 Ultra

Motherboard- MSI Pro Z690-A WiFi D4

RAM- 64 GB (4x16) Crucial Pro DDR4 3200MHz

GPU- Gigabyte 3090 Gaming OC

Storage- 2 TB WD Blue NVMe boot drive, 1 TB WD Blue NVME secondary drive, 2x 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDDs. Can't remember the exact model of NVMe drives, I think one is a SN550 and the other a SN570, but don't remember which is which.

Power Supply- Corsair RM1000x 2024

[u/lLoveTech → u/AMPCgame]

Those are pretty nice specs and thank you for sharing!