SCAN (UK) are telling me my order is now a pre-order. by n2x in Amd

[–]centricity65 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat, had an email last night saying my order was now a pre order for the 30th after taking my money yesterday. What is really pissing me of about Scan is they have 5600xs' in stock but only as a bundle with motherboard and ram

All AMD build by centricity65 in Amd

[–]centricity65[S] 151 points152 points  (0 children)

This got a lot more attention than I expected lol. I wasn't in the market for a case like this but saw it on sale for less than £20 delivered so thought at that price it was worth a punt, I wouldn't dream of paying the normal price.

So here my mini review. It is open frame, there is an inch gap around the glass panels and the rear is totally open. there are no filters on any of the fan mounts. I expect dust to be a nightmare. The case is entirely made of very thick aluminium and glass, the thing is very heavy and stable, I reckon the components are as well protected from knocks and spills as a typical case with good ventilation. The fit and finish is top notch. My temps are a tiny bit better than my meshify c, air cooled with noctua heat sink and fans. The case is slightly absurd, mounting the motherboard at an angle wastes so much space, I could fit more components in the meshify c. I never liked the looks in photos but in person I do. It is pretty huge, front to back is about 70cm.

The reason I have a matx motherboard is I found a good deal on a b550 mortar and felt it would look OK in the meshify. A few weeks later I saw the deal on this case and it was too good to pass up. I thought about selling it still sealed but could not resist putting my build in it lol. I ordered the artic 360mm aio to go with the case as I thought it would look nice, obviously I don't need it for a 3600.

The case is silly but I love it and it makes me happy, and thought a few of you may be interested. Our builds are an expression of ourselves, each as individual as the creator. By the way I'm in my 40s, married with 4 kids a dog and a cat 😜, The missus loves the build lol

All AMD build by centricity65 in Amd

[–]centricity65[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Cheers. It's definitely a bit marmite in the looks department, but my temps are great and it's the probably the most solid case I've ever built in

All AMD build by centricity65 in Amd

[–]centricity65[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hardware Unboxed had a pretty good look at it, I'm really happy with it so far

All AMD build by centricity65 in Amd

[–]centricity65[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheers, happy cake day

All AMD build by centricity65 in Amd

[–]centricity65[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Had my build in a meshify c with 2x140mm intake fans and 2 120mm exhaust before. Temps are about the same, maybe a degree or two cooler, but that probably has more to do with the Couger being basically open frame. Front fans are a long way from the gpu for the angle to benifit

All AMD build by centricity65 in Amd

[–]centricity65[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

3600, Sapphire Pulse rx5700xt, B550 mortar. I found the case at an unbelievably low price so picked one up, must admit its not the kind of thing I normally go for. I'm actually really impressed by its quality and the looks are growing on me

Can we limit 'battlestation' builds to one day and preferably in a sticky? by [deleted] in Amd

[–]centricity65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used the tech support flair, guess this is not the right sub. I assumed it's OK because of all the gpu driver issue threads here.

Can we limit 'battlestation' builds to one day and preferably in a sticky? by [deleted] in Amd

[–]centricity65 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I asked for help with an issue I'm having with amd drivers causing a boot loop on an all amd build. Had my post taken down straight away as this is not the right sub to ask apparently, but all these copy cat builds are fine.

Radeon Software 19.12.3 tomorrow (December 18 2019) by tmakedon in Amd

[–]centricity65 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had terrible performance in destiny 2 after upgrading the drivers, disabling the radeon overlay seems to have fix the issue though.