CM Stacker 830

[Elric]

Well, after reading some of the less than enthusiastic views on the Stacker 830 when I was waiting for mine to be delivered, I was expecting the worst.

But....

It's not as bad as people are making out. Sure, the styling polarises opinions, but it's no different to some other cases in that respect.

Unless the early batch was made with thinner materials or something, this is certainly NOT flimsy.

There's plenty of options for device placement, and it's certainly got plenty of airflow ability.


So, I'll give it my thumbs up.

 

[Elric]

I reckon the panels on an Akasa Eclipse are twice as thick, and the ones on a Lian-li are three-times as thick as the panels on the Stacker 830. In comparison to those, it is flimsy.

Complete speculation going on here. Move along, nothing to see.

I disagree, I've had three Eclipse cases, the materials used on the eclipse are not thicker. The difference is that the stacker's side panels have a huge hole cut and have mesh fitted. The eclipse side panels are just as flimsy.

 

[Elric]

just hope its better than the original stacker as that has a few issues that annoys me but they are a massive case inside

does the new one take the cross flow fan ?

Yes it does.

 

[Elric]

I don't really see the issue with the side panels anyway, as they will be fitted to the case and left there. It might be an issue if I was always opening the case up and fiddling with the innards.

Once i've finished the cabling on this unit, it will be put at the other half's desk and just used, only to be opened in case of emergency.

As to the cooling ability, it's certainly quieter than previous eclipse based PC and I'm not seeing any problems with general cooling ability. This is with a E6300/DS4 setup. Which is ideal for the task which it will be used.