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Cooler Master CM Stacker 830 Evolution Review

Cases & PSU/Cases by jmke @ 2007-01-29

What has four wheels, high performance and comes with an insanely high attention to detail? The CM Stacker 830 Evolution is Coolermaster´s latest high end enclosure which can fit up to nine 120mm fans, has 9 5.25 inch drive bays and full ATX/BTX compatibility. The equivalent of a high priced exclusive sports car? Let´s find out.

A Look Inside #2

Naked 830 Evo

Without the side panels and motherboard tray the 830 Evo looks quite empty, but does show you how much room you have to work inside; the bottom features a cut-out with metal grill to bring fresh air to the GPU area (in case of an ATX system setup). Rubber feet help isolate vibration.

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At the top of the case you can see the collection of I/O cables coming down which need to be hooked up to the motherboard.

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The black plastic area above those cables is in fact another 120mm fan holder, it can fit an out-take fan, or you can install the special WD Raptor X drive cage, I couldn’t get my hands on one Raptor X unfortunately, so with a normal HDD installed in that area it looks like this:

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An older Maxtor 120Gb HDD was used, the 4 Leds slide into holes at each corner of the bracket, they are powered through a 4-pin molex cable.

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Power Supply Installation

Bring out your screwdriver; PSU installation is one of the other few areas beside HDD installation that requires tools. After removing a small plate:

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You can slide in your PSU with room to spare; the 830 Evo is a very long case and will accommodate even the largest power supplies.

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It’s time to put the puzzle back together ->

Comment from SuAside @ 2007/01/29

looks like they fixed some of the previous gripes i had with it.

still, it's a lil' steep in price & i wouldn't really like dragging it to LANs (regardles of the wheels).

Comment from thorgal @ 2007/01/29

Excellent review J.

Only one Q. : doesn't it deserve the High End recommendation ?

Comment from jmke @ 2007/01/29

got another high end case for test this week, and few others which need to be checked before tagging anything

Comment from Sidney @ 2007/01/29

thorgal = award giver?

Comment from thorgal @ 2007/01/29

Quote:

Originally Posted by lazyman

thorgal = award giver?

Not at all

Jmke decides over all things big and small

Comment from jmke @ 2007/01/30

there is no such thing as awards!

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