Sorted out my Stacker at long last ;)

pabloB · 6 Jan 2006 at 22:26

Well here it is as some of you know I've just gone for this case

This case is exceptional
1. Exceptionally heavy
2. Exceptionally sturdy
3. Exceptionally easy to work with
4. Exceptionally good for airflow
5 Exceptionally easy to keep tidy
6. Exceptionally safe as no thief is going to be able to lug this thing easily
7. Exceptionally nice to look at

I've just come from a Thermaltake Tsunami which I thought was a reasonable case and I guess it is but this things beats it hands down.

Couple of things I don't like though

1. the weight
2. the flaming grills at the front are an absolute pig to pick out at times
3. the manual sucks

Have replaced the fans with some nice Silentx Iextrema Fans so the thing harldy makes a noise, and picked up the Aerogate 3 cheap from a well known High street shop. To keep an eye on temps. Just got to sort out some CM Cover for those DVD DRives and I'm done.

OK now who has some ideas for sorting out those pesky power cables (see post under), modular PSU's are defo a bonus but this bit still looks untidy

Want to put a side winddow in a some point so it would be nice to have the whole done well. Looking forward to having a go at watercooling

Cheers

pabloB · 6 Jan 2006 at 22:27

Inside

pabloB · 6 Jan 2006 at 22:31

DrEvil said:
Very nice

I've got the blue stacker

Nice one, some sweet components inside too by the looks of things..

Got any pics?

pabloB · 7 Jan 2006 at 00:18

RandomTom said:
Rofl copter SiriusB

The squiddss gonna get youuuuuu! oh and on a side note; nice case, you need to stealth those beige drives though!

That's a job for tomorrow mate

So anyone got any ideas about the pesky Cabling? I'm sure there must be a better way to sort it....

pabloB · 8 Jan 2006 at 00:15

I wouldn't bother with the latest stacker it looks terrible, and the price, no way worth that money.

Thermaltake are ok but my Tsunami feels flimsy in comparison, whether that goes for all their cases I don't know.

pabloB · 8 Jan 2006 at 18:19

Kinda Back on thread here..... lol

Sorted me bazels out and had ago at the cabling, a little more work but certainly no squid as Sirius so elloquently put it!!

pabloB · 9 Jan 2006 at 19:06

DragonWoLf said:
how on earth did u guys get the front covers off?? took me ages to take em off, so hard to take off im scared that i mite break em 0.o

Yeah the front covers are one of the few downsides of this case. For example I need to move one of my Drives so I can get my fingers behind the grills to push em out. I don't know if there is an esiaer way to do this - if there is I'd like to hear it

pabloB · 9 Jan 2006 at 22:52

InSanCen said:
I generally take the side panel off, and pop em out from the inside.

I'm sure I tried that one... lol I'll give it another go.

cheers mate

pabloB · 12 Jan 2006 at 13:11

Wyvern971 said:
Looking good pabloB

I think the new stacker looks ok, but from what I've heard lacks the second PSU bay which can be useful

Ta very much.....

pabloB · 14 Jan 2006 at 14:25

The exterior of the 830 looks fugly, and it's a large price imo too. Not good.

pabloB · 22 Jan 2006 at 13:00

DanMc07 said:
omg the stacker looks so much better with a side window and LED's. I wikll have to be getting some of these!!

madmaca are they fan LED's are stand alone?

Also I have a Sanosonic PSU and all *** cables are crappy! what cables are you guys using? I only got the grey ones which pabloB put in his 3rd post of pictures.

I like the ones pabloB is using in his first lot, or is that a hiper psu? (hoping its not as I would like to have something with a similar look)

Yeah thats a Hypert Modular PSU in mine. Madmaca thats a stunning side window - home made or the standard CM part?

pabloB · 22 Jan 2006 at 23:02

madmaca said:
That's the standard CM windowed side panel for the Stacker.

Cheers Pal, I'm defo going to have to get me one of those now