Okay, I finally have mine in hand! And I have to say, it's very cool.
I have a few initial pics to share, but the quality isn't great. I'm afraid it's winter time in Iowa, so unfortunately it's just plain dark during any hour I'm at home. (Stupid work gets all my nice daylight hours.).
My main concern about this was if it would arrive safe and sound, after some of you shared your shipping experiences here. I have to join those of you whose Renova box didn't fare the travel well. Which is a real shame, because it's a lovely and well done box design!
It just didn't hold up to the rigors of international shipping.
The board itself arrived in much better shape. On the motherboard, there is one small dent in what looks to be a kind of metal shroud (see pic) but I don't think that will cause any functional problems.
The case itself, which is still shrink-wrapped at the moment, is in flawless condition. It has a very nice heft to it. I'll share better pics of it later, but I'm very happy with it.
One small surprise of note is that apparently the case uses allen style screws, which I didn't expect. I'm not sure what size they are off the bat, so I'll have to do some trial and error there - unless someone here knows the size off the top of their head.
This is going to be a fun project to work on, when I have the chance to do so!
For the time being, I'm waiting on the keycaps that I intend to put on it.... SA Amber Screen.
