Have to say its a pretty solid case for the price. my cpu temp dropped 5 degrees during idle/load ...the airflow also blows away the case i was using before......overall i feel it was a pretty good purchase for 60 bucks shipped.
Just got my Centurion 5 case
- Thread starter LumbergTech
- Start date
raystorm
Diamond Member
- Apr 24, 2001
- 4,712
- 2
- 0
I don't you know what those 2 thin cable's labeled (+) and (-) are for do you? I assume its for the power led but the documentation is horrible as usual. My mobo manual (a8n-e) says the power led should be 3 pins so I have no clue what to do.
As for the case..I like it too though its a wee cramped when I try to fool around with wiring but thats ok.
As for the case..I like it too though its a wee cramped when I try to fool around with wiring but thats ok.
harobikes333
Platinum Member
I'm thinking about getting this case so please let me know what you think of it
Here's my thread on cases:http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...adid=1764658&STARTPAGE=4&enterthread=y
Here's my thread on cases:http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...adid=1764658&STARTPAGE=4&enterthread=y
harobikes333
Platinum Member
Mine won't be here for another couple of days. Just ordered from the Egg, $70 with a panel window, shipped. So while waiting, I was looking inside of the floor model that CompUSA has on display. Impressive box. I've had several brands' worth of boxes, and other than Kingwin and Antec, the documentation is always next best to useless!
its a great case, i have it myself. coolermaster makes good stuff. might i suggest the next model up, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119076 as it has sideways hard drive mounting. but theyre pretty much the same otherwise, both really well built, and really cool looking
harobikes333
Platinum Member
Thanks for the comment yooser. how about you, Kiwi or anyone else in that matter. what do you think of the case
I have had this case for about a year and generally like it a lot. It's a good, high quality unit for the price despite having a few quirks.
My Centurion was delivered here yesterday. I had it out of the box for a few minutes to admire it, but right now there is a different PC gutted out and in process in the shop area, not the one that the case will be wrapped around soon. And it's a beauty. Mostly silver, with a black bezel. The closest to it I've had has been a Kingwin 424. But it has advantages in some ways over that.
I wanted a case with more fore and aft space available for regular use swapping drives, and liked the idea of the toolless drive bays. The Kingwin is "semi-toolless", and has the lovely MB tray that slides in and out with the backplane slots attached to it.
Maybe this will explain what I am planning.
Until fairly recently, any PC build I put together stayed together a good long while. I wasn't that interested in trying a lot of variations, and my family, plus circle of friends needing new PC's isn't that large. I started building PC's for myself close to twenty years ago, but I would only be involved with the builds for a couple of weeks every couple of years or so. As my involunary early retirement drew closer, I held off on upgrades (and my last three PC's had been White Box setups I'd allowed others to assemble for me).
I was feeling fearful I'd get stuck short on cash, unable to perform needed upgrades at all.
But the next-oldest PC started acting up, and I tried using the oldest as a backup, and found that it had gone Rip Van Winkle on me. It had grown a long beard and was slower than I'd remembered. I couldn't wait on it to finish doing whatever it was doing. That was around two years ago. My day job was done with, my part time evening work was tapering down, time was available.
That time element allowed me to "work" with eBay sniped auction bids and get a lot of PC gear, NIB, mostly, very inexpensively. Almost before I knew it, I had two new PC's built, two older ones upgraded, and the oldest one passed on to my only PC-building relative, a young nephew.
Other than the Kingwin box, all the rest have been in relatively cheap cases, either no- name or Powmax equivalent. One of the two older PC's is part of the setup for nwe hard drives, and gets them swapped in and out often. But it's in a Powmax box that has some rough edges, and some limitations. I already was going to use still another cheap box to replace the Powmax box.
But for $49 right now, plus shipping, I could get a Centurion for the price of an Aspire, or Codegen, or Powmax, and have done so. To allow easy parts swaps, mostly.
I wanted a case with more fore and aft space available for regular use swapping drives, and liked the idea of the toolless drive bays. The Kingwin is "semi-toolless", and has the lovely MB tray that slides in and out with the backplane slots attached to it.
Maybe this will explain what I am planning.
Until fairly recently, any PC build I put together stayed together a good long while. I wasn't that interested in trying a lot of variations, and my family, plus circle of friends needing new PC's isn't that large. I started building PC's for myself close to twenty years ago, but I would only be involved with the builds for a couple of weeks every couple of years or so. As my involunary early retirement drew closer, I held off on upgrades (and my last three PC's had been White Box setups I'd allowed others to assemble for me).
I was feeling fearful I'd get stuck short on cash, unable to perform needed upgrades at all.
But the next-oldest PC started acting up, and I tried using the oldest as a backup, and found that it had gone Rip Van Winkle on me. It had grown a long beard and was slower than I'd remembered. I couldn't wait on it to finish doing whatever it was doing. That was around two years ago. My day job was done with, my part time evening work was tapering down, time was available.
That time element allowed me to "work" with eBay sniped auction bids and get a lot of PC gear, NIB, mostly, very inexpensively. Almost before I knew it, I had two new PC's built, two older ones upgraded, and the oldest one passed on to my only PC-building relative, a young nephew.
Other than the Kingwin box, all the rest have been in relatively cheap cases, either no- name or Powmax equivalent. One of the two older PC's is part of the setup for nwe hard drives, and gets them swapped in and out often. But it's in a Powmax box that has some rough edges, and some limitations. I already was going to use still another cheap box to replace the Powmax box.
But for $49 right now, plus shipping, I could get a Centurion for the price of an Aspire, or Codegen, or Powmax, and have done so. To allow easy parts swaps, mostly.
HybridSquirrel
Diamond Member
- Nov 20, 2005
- 6,161
- 2
- 81
i have one also, for the 3pin connection basically put the + pin on one end and the - end on the other of your power led connection
harobikes333
Platinum Member
- May 13, 2003
- 13,704
- 7
- 81
Do you have any extra hd rails? Mine didn't fvcking come with any... Still awaiting an e-mail from them.
Still awaiting an e-mail from them.Do you mind if you take pics? I am considering getting this case, but would like to see how it looks like with optical drives installed.
I had that case, and I absolutely loved it. The only problem I found with it to be is that the case is amazing hard to keep cables clean. I've spent hours upon hours of dealing with wire management and it was impossible to keep super clean.
BadBoyeee, here are pics of my old Centurion 5, which I now have replaced with a Super LanBoy.
BadBoyeee, here are pics of my old Centurion 5, which I now have replaced with a Super LanBoy.
thanks for sharing..
you mean it gets dusty in there? or that its too cramped in the inside to manage the wires?
how were you able to do this? http://digitalportfolios.org/albums/@machines/Mik3y/slides/mik3y6.html
It looks like you wouldnt be able to press the eject button??
The case will get as dusty inside just like any case will in theirs. I haven't had a problem with it at all, but the front panel mesh does attract a lot of dust. every week, i just basically wipe my hand on it and all the dust comes right off. right behind the meshed panel is foam, which catches most of the dust.
as for my front bezel, i had to use a dremel and cut the sides so that i would just get a flat plate, or bezel. then i got super glue and glued black cardboard to the drive bezel and then used double-sided tape to mount the bezel with the cardboard onto the drive. as for the eject button, it works perfectly fine, if not better. all i have to do is push anywhere on the bezel and the drive will open.
awesome, thanks for the response. i had another case in mind but now im really considering this. how are the noise levels? as i am kinda trying to keep the sound lower as well.
noise level's not bad. it was for sure much more quiet then my super lanboy now. what makes the centurion 5 such a nice case is that it's really well rounded in terms of durability, reliability, quietness, cooling, and etc.
Great case. I've used about 5 of those and the next build will be done with 1 more centurion 5. I only wish that for a small premium, coolermaster would bundle it with a better, stronger PSU!
TRENDING THREADS
-
Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)- Started by DisEnchantment
- Replies: 25K
-
Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes Discussion Threads
- Started by Tigerick
- Replies: 21K
-
Discussion Intel current and future Lakes & Rapids thread- Started by TheF34RChannel
- Replies: 23K
-
-
Facebook
Twitter