Watercooling in a Stacker 830

Drapper

Anyone installed a dual rad in a stacker 830 yet? tring to find the best place :-)

images would be a great help too :-)

awhir

ask here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=101 or http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=70 and you will get lots of replys from them and pics

hopeful

I rekcon it would install just fine in the front....just need to make a couple of brackets and screw them into the sides of the drive bays.

I did this recently to a Stacker 810. I'm guessing the width is the same on an 830. Took me about 10 minutes to make brackets from 2mm aluminium and its solid as a rock in there.

This ad on Adverts shows the result....I deleted the pics from my end:o

awhir

just use velcro and you dont have to destroy the case..

Drapper

well its a bit different then the cooler master stacker 810¬ so its impossible to mount on the front! :-(

hopeful

Drapper wrote:

well its a bit different then the cooler master stacker 810¬ so its impossible to mount on the front! :-(

You should swap it for a 'proper' Stacker

Cuddlesworth

As far as I remember you only have 10 drive bays, so Hds take up 3, rad takes 6. so If you dont want a Dvd drive or power switchs go for it. Ps, I just cut a hole in the top of my stacker and mounted the psu at the bottom.

gline

either top or bottom... top will require a lot of drilling, but the bottom already has a rectangle ut out which allows good airflow out the bottom of the case.

you got a link to the exact case you have as im not sure what they look like and i am lazy to google, lol

Drapper

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/stacker830/

http://www.systemcooling.com/cm_stacker830-01.html

http://reviews.pimprig.com/cases/cooler_master_stacker_830_case.php

reviews!

I'm gonna put it inside the case in the bottom, but there is a no vents in the bottom! so I might have to mod it! is it ok to sit there for a while? withou t holes in the base!

I've a swiftech dual rad with 2 * 120mm fans mounted on it

Endurance Man

Drapper wrote:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/stacker830/

http://www.systemcooling.com/cm_stacker830-01.html

http://reviews.pimprig.com/cases/cooler_master_stacker_830_case.php

reviews!

I'm gonna put it inside the case in the bottom, but there is a no vents in the bottom! so I might have to mod it! is it ok to sit there for a while? withou t holes in the base!

I've a swiftech dual rad with 2 * 120mm fans mounted on it

Iv tried mounting a rad to the bottom of a case without cutting any venting holes, it didnt work at all! Had to move it after a few hours as it just wasnt doing the job. The water was actually heating up.

Drapper

Endurance Man wrote:

Iv tried mounting a rad to the bottom of a case without cutting any venting holes, it didnt work at all! Had to move it after a few hours as it just wasnt doing the job. The water was actually heating up.

in a new stacker 830? where did you end up mounting it ?

Endurance Man

Drapper wrote:

in a new stacker 830? where did you end up mounting it ?

No, that was in my lanboy but i cant see that the case is going to make a difference. Placing it on any flat surface just wont work, fans have no where to get/move air from. The hot air seemed to just hover around in one area.
Perhaps if you suspended the rad off the floor a bit, but you're gonna need to get fresh air from somewhere.

Drapper

Endurance Man wrote:

No, that was in my lanboy but i cant see that the case is going to make a difference. Placing it on any flat surface just wont work, fans have no where to get/move air from. The hot air seemed to just hover around in one area.
Perhaps if you suspended the rad off the floor a bit, but you're gonna need to get fresh air from somewhere.

fans are mounted on the top of the rad facing down! ............ hummm need to mesh the underneath me thinks!!!

Endurance Man

Drapper wrote:

fans are mounted on the top of the rad facing down! ............ hummm need to mesh the underneath me thinks!!!

Those fans are gonna be getting all the warm air from your hdd's,gfx and north bridge

Drapper

trying to do this in the case, will heat eb an issue??

Drapper

this is the aim, well not the coper pipes, this guy went a bit OTT

gline

thats the way i have mine setup and heat is not an issue as there is a big rectangle cut out off the old stackers, temps are lovely and low with my rig

Drapper

gline wrote:

thats the way i have mine setup and heat is not an issue as there is a big rectangle cut out off the old stackers, temps are lovely and low with my rig

thanks Gline thats what I want to hear!! might mod the bottom for air circulation ! but with the CM stacker 830 its all mesh so circulation is not an issue like other cases!

awhir

will have them pics l8r for ya

Drapper

well here goes the pics and a big thanks to AK47 for all his help !!

gline

what type of temps are you getting after a few hours on load?

Drapper

just put the side case on ! :-) give me a chance!! what yeah think ?

30/33 on idle

awhir

nice job

gline

Drapper wrote:

just put the side case on ! :-) give me a chance!! what yeah think ?

30/33 on idle

yeh its well possible

Cuddlesworth

Simliar setup with 22 on idle.

Drapper

how did you manage that?

Cuddlesworth

Whole setup is on a test-bed with about 9 or 10 different trys at mounting the storm and high speed fans on the rad. In previous times have had temps of about 27-28 but that was a internal mounted rad. Plus the pump is slightly better and the whole setup has little height or restriction. Current Idle temp right now is 20-22. Load is 28-30. Goes about 3 higher when the x1800xt gets going. Temps on that are 40 on load. Cant wait for winter.

Drapper

ok I've stayed up far to late last night and I've monitored the temps and I've concluded that the case needs modding to the bottom and the SWIFTech FAN are loud as fook!

So, I'm getting me jigsaw out this eve and making some vnets in the bottom! and the two black fans are goin to ge the boot! 2 new AKAssa 120mm will be use to replace them!

I can mount the rad anywhere else so thi will ahve to do! new CM stacker does not allow front mount, rear mount (as tray can be removed) and the roof of the case only fits a singal rad!

otherwise with circulation temps 28- 30 and 36 on load!

gline

Drapper wrote:

ok I've stayed up far to late last night and I've monitored the temps and I've concluded that the case needs modding to the bottom and the SWIFTech FAN are loud as fook!

So, I'm getting me jigsaw out this eve and making some vnets in the bottom! and the two black fans are goin to ge the boot! 2 new AKAssa 120mm will be use to replace them!

I can mount the rad anywhere else so thi will ahve to do! new CM stacker does not allow front mount, rear mount (as tray can be removed) and the roof of the case only fits a singal rad!

otherwise with circulation temps 28- 30 and 36 on load!

those temps aint that bad

Cuddlesworth

Mabey pick up the g5 from the adverts section?

awhir

drapper them fans are silent for me but you probly have yours on 12v.

Drapper

update ! rad in the bottom was too close to the 7900GTX so I've moved it to the front of the case and the temps are now more stable! was gonna cut a vent in the bottom but did not want to mess with this fooking expensive case!

Idle 27
Load 36

Overall for a 4800 at multi 12 * 229 very happy @ 2.75 and can go allot more but I'll give it a week or so before I reach 2.8 or 2.9, ram it at 2.5 3 3 6 1T all is good!

without mesh


with mesh


will look better in the dark me thinks

Cuddlesworth

Nice to see the temp drop, was sure there was a problem since we have very similar setups.

Drapper

all to do with the positioning of the radiator me thinks!

hopeful

Drapper wrote:

well its a bit different then the cooler master stacker 810¬ so its impossible to mount on the front! :-(

Amazing what a bit of thought does

Looks real nice...good job.

Drapper

well I had to move the HDD case a bit forward and take the fan off it! but the results are much better!! ;-) made about 3 inches to fit the rad and fans on the fron !

total water cooling noob me is (would not call the gigabyte wc I used before real wc compared to this)