Project : Stacked

Ravennoir · 28th December 2011, 7:20 AM

Hey Everyone,

So ive been running out of space inside my Thermaltake Armour case for all my HomeServer Stuff, and I stacked to look around for larger cases

After seeing that alot of the "Cube" cases are too much, or still dont hold enough drives, I decided to build\mod my own

So I hunted around trying to fine a suitable case which would hold enough drives, and decided on the CM Stacker 810

Thanks to nagnos and sonicthemouse I got these two :

The idea will be that I will bolt the two of these together (but hopefully keep the cases intact so they can be separated at a later date if need be)

More info to come

BigDave · 28th December 2011, 12:22 PM

Some light reading for you

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=968709

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1113595

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1006837

Ravennoir · 28th December 2011, 1:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDave

Some light reading for you

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=968709

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1113595

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1006837

yeah Ive seen some of those Norco bays, but they arent cheap

Ill be looking at some 4 in 3 bays, probably these ones :

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=18507

Also, the main reason I though i would post this worklog was that I couldnt find any "double" case mods online, so someone might find this useful

tiro_uspsss · 28th December 2011, 3:45 PM

sub'd

& for the love of pete, who the heck puts ugly TT stickers on a CM case?!

BigDave · 28th December 2011, 4:32 PM

I knew i'd seen something similar hope it helps

Click to view full size!

http://coolercasesuk.co.uk/showthrea...od-Comp-WINNER

jtir · 28th December 2011, 4:40 PM

Are you going to stack them either:

a) side by side?
b) on top of each other?
c) some other fangled awesome contraption?

terrastrife · 28th December 2011, 5:43 PM

how many drive bays do you need? i had 24+! bays in my old lian li v2000 without modding it :P

both my current generic mid tower sized antec300 and icute s901 fit 15 drives <:

BlueRaven · 28th December 2011, 6:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtir

Are you going to stack them either:

a) side by side?
b) on top of each other?
c) some other fangled awesome contraption?

For giggles. Cos y'know... Stacker. Must have been done before but still cool (though impractical).

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtir

Are you going to stack them either:

a) side by side?
b) on top of each other?
c) some other fangled awesome contraption?

Perpendicular??

tiro_uspsss · 28th December 2011, 6:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtir

Are you going to stack them either:

a) side by side?
b) on top of each other?
c) some other fangled awesome contraption?

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueRaven

For giggles. Cos y'know... Stacker. Must have been done before but still cool (though impractical).

on top of each other would just be down right stupid - it would tip over just by looking at it wrong!

WooKiE_MaN · 28th December 2011, 6:26 PM

Ive got a Original Stacker x2 (One with dual PSU Bays)

Managed to get 20 Drives in there without any mods..

Great cases, best server cases every made i reckon. Can hold heaps of HDDS without any modding..

Ravennoir · 28th December 2011, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

sub'd

& for the love of pete, who the heck puts ugly TT stickers on a CM case?!

Yeah they came with the case, Ill be removing them when I paint them

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtir

Are you going to stack them either:

a) side by side?
b) on top of each other?
c) some other fangled awesome contraption?

a Side by side, even though the idea came to me by seeing to cases lying on the sides on top of each other

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrastrife

how many drive bays do you need? i had 24+! bays in my old lian li v2000 without modding it :P

both my current generic mid tower sized antec300 and icute s901 fit 15 drives <:

I currently have 16 drives, and too much heat

I would have got a V2000, or even better a 343b but was unable to find them in AU

The_Frag_Man · 3rd January 2012, 12:15 AM

I've slowly been working on doing the same thing actually. I got my stackers stripped down and cleaned but havent progressed past that. I'll be watching this to pinch your ideas.

Ravennoir · 3rd January 2012, 7:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Frag_Man

I've slowly been working on doing the same thing actually. I got my stackers stripped down and cleaned but havent progressed past that. I'll be watching this to pinch your ideas.

Things have been going slow since Ive been working quite a bit over the break

Hoping to get the motherboards out and the cable routing holes cut this week, see how that goes

XTREME OC'ER · 8th January 2012, 3:24 PM

my effort at making my own cube case.

It can be reverted back to it's original form and can carry 200 kgs (tested so far) on top of it. specs in vid. I also considered a Lian li cube but the cost put me off. This cost me about $110 including the second case and holds more drives and 2 psu's.

tiro_uspsss · 8th January 2012, 3:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XTREME OC'ER

my effort at making my own cube case. enjoy

nice, quick &............... dang! look @ that cable filth!

you should be ashamed of yourself!

28th December 2011, 7:20 AM	#1
Ravennoir Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,195	Project : Stacked Hey Everyone, So ive been running out of space inside my Thermaltake Armour case for all my HomeServer Stuff, and I stacked to look around for larger cases After seeing that alot of the "Cube" cases are too much, or still dont hold enough drives, I decided to build\mod my own So I hunted around trying to fine a suitable case which would hold enough drives, and decided on the CM Stacker 810 Thanks to nagnos and sonicthemouse I got these two : The idea will be that I will bolt the two of these together (but hopefully keep the cases intact so they can be separated at a later date if need be) More info to come __________________ i7 970 - Gigabyte X58A UD3R - 12Gb GSkill 1333 - 240Gb SSD - 2x GTX 280 - H50 - Logitech G19 Logitech G9x - Silverstone TJ11 - Silverstone 850W - Dell U2410 - Win 7 Ultimate (64bit) PSN ID : Ravennoir / BattleTag : Ravennoir#1705 I'll take crazy over stupid any day

28th December 2011, 12:22 PM	#2
BigDave Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ADELAIDE/5018 Posts: 2,391	Some light reading for you http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=968709 http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1113595 http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1006837 __________________ Main: - CM690 II,ASUS P8Z68-V PRO,2500K@4.5,16g-G.Skill1600,SLI GTX580,1x120g SSD,1x300g VR,1x640Gb,1x1Tb,LG 27",G19: Under water Server:- TJO8-E, Asock Z77 Pro-4M, i3-2130@3.4,8g-G.Skill 1600, GTX260,1x64Gb ssd, 8x2Tb,Under Water

28th December 2011, 3:45 PM	#4
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28th December 2011, 4:32 PM	#5
BigDave Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ADELAIDE/5018 Posts: 2,391	I knew i'd seen something similar hope it helps Click to view full size! http://coolercasesuk.co.uk/showthrea...od-Comp-WINNER __________________ Main: - CM690 II,ASUS P8Z68-V PRO,2500K@4.5,16g-G.Skill1600,SLI GTX580,1x120g SSD,1x300g VR,1x640Gb,1x1Tb,LG 27",G19: Under water Server:- TJO8-E, Asock Z77 Pro-4M, i3-2130@3.4,8g-G.Skill 1600, GTX260,1x64Gb ssd, 8x2Tb,Under Water

28th December 2011, 4:40 PM	#6
jtir Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,021	Are you going to stack them either: a) side by side? b) on top of each other? c) some other fangled awesome contraption? __________________ Q6600 (3.24GHz @ 1.40v)\| 8GB HyperX-8500C5 @ 2.2v \| Gigabyte EP35-DS3P \| Palit 8800GT 512MB \| Strider ST60F \| TR Ultra 120 Ex \| TR Tsunami Dream \| 3 x SFF21F

28th December 2011, 5:43 PM	#7
terrastrife Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ADL/SA The Monopoly State Posts: 15,973	how many drive bays do you need? i had 24+! bays in my old lian li v2000 without modding it :P both my current generic mid tower sized antec300 and icute s901 fit 15 drives <: __________________ D90/35mm1.8/SB900 Main/X58-USB3 F5/4GHz i7 950/48GB RipjawsZ/GTX 670/SSD 520 Series unRAID5/X2 4000+/30TB/16 Disk MidiTower/NeoHE

28th December 2011, 6:26 PM	#10
WooKiE_MaN Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crazieburn, Melbourne Posts: 2,887	Ive got a Original Stacker x2 (One with dual PSU Bays) Managed to get 20 Drives in there without any mods.. Great cases, best server cases every made i reckon. Can hold heaps of HDDS without any modding.. __________________ GAMING \| Maximums Gene II\| Q9650 @ 3.6 \| 8GB 1066\| 120 240GB SSD \| GTX580 \| SilverStone SG01-F \| H20 SERVER \| i7 930 \| GA-X58A-UD3R \| PATRIOT 12GB PV7312G2000ELK \| 28.5TB RAID5 \| HD5670 \| TRUE 120 WIFES \| Q6600 \| P5Q PRO \| 8GB CORSAIR 1066 \| HD5870 \| H20 CPU + GPU \| TOSHIBA P750 \| i5 2410M 2.30GHZ \| 8GB 1333MHZ\| PATRIOT 128GB SSD \| 750G\| NVIDIA 540MGT 1GB TORRENT \| HP N40L MICROSERVER \| 12TB \| 4GB

3rd January 2012, 12:15 AM	#12
The_Frag_Man Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 53	I've slowly been working on doing the same thing actually. I got my stackers stripped down and cleaned but havent progressed past that. I'll be watching this to pinch your ideas.

8th January 2012, 3:24 PM	#14
XTREME OC'ER Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Fairfield West Posts: 480	my effort at making my own cube case. It can be reverted back to it's original form and can carry 200 kgs (tested so far) on top of it. specs in vid. I also considered a Lian li cube but the cost put me off. This cost me about $110 including the second case and holds more drives and 2 psu's. __________________ Good Sellers: defyant,Noonoo,YoSiMeTe_SaM,squaredcorp,axxian,Com missioner_G,mindstormr,mrpats,Rampage101,radeon_fr eak,alexc2005,azn_007,HeXa DARREN,FuRyZ,kevy_stylez,Stanza,ryooma,Nemstaris,O verPAQ'd,fatguy1992,khromosone,Velocty,DJ_Otis,ste vendo08,Element88,Little Man,Rory K,chipped choppa,GoofyHSK,Simonk83,WooKiE_MaN,touki,inexiste nce I FRAG FOR AGG - Livin_Loud Last edited by XTREME OC'ER; 8th January 2012 at 3:37 PM.