Hello. This build log will be for a water cooled Cooler Master Stacker 830 that I will be giving the minimalist treatmeant. The case was used a few years ago when I started to do a build with it. However I lost interest. So time to resurrect it and start again. What to expect? Lots of polishing, simple mods to clean up the interior, clean acrylic loops, and sleeving. Then eventually some powder coating in and out. The hardware: 2 x Intel E5-2660 Asus Z9PE-D8 WS 32GB G.Skill Sniper EVGA GTX650Ti Boost 750W Silverstone ST75F-G. 2 x EK Supreme HF EK Thermosphere DDC3.2PWM + EK CSQ top HWLabs SR1 360 Decided I wanted to go w/ polished clear blocks. I polished the first one to the best of my ability. Then a couple of shots w/ the coolant I will be using. I added a lot more purple this time. The state of the Stacker(s) before starting the build. A few days later I finished the other block. Starting to reassemble the case. The exterior panels shown are from my old Stacker. They won't be used. The EK circles didn't match this build so time to sand and polish again. Then w/ the pump together and some coolant in it.
2 things, I love the look of the stacker cases and I like what you've done with the pump. Also, great avatar, I'm also a WoT fan! Look forward to seeing this build progress.
Thanks. Surprised you know what the avatar was considering the images are so small. A few necessary parts showed up. Block for the GTX650TiBo. Inside: And then we do a sand and polish on the block and it turns out like this.
Thanks. Had to spend a few nights in the hotel so I took the block tops along with me. So I did a few hours of polishing while watching some TV one night. The last few days I have spend nibbling and filing away at these two plates.
Thanks. Such an easy thing to do in downtime so why not spend a few hours polshing. Had yesterday off so I spend the time working on the cable management. Started at the PSU and working my way down. Modified the radiator. Purpose will be shown at a later date.
Finished off the last retention bar. Well not finished but cut. Pic of the PSU end. Now working on the front side of the cables. These cables were stolen from a previously incompleted build. As you can see this isn't going to work. All the crimps are backwards and not exactly correct lengths. Threw on another comb to help keep them curved. First I cut them down a bit to get an idea how long the cables will need to be. Snip. Cut the outside row. Will continue working on it tomorrow.
I have never actually finished the other 2P builds. This is the hardware from the last one. But this time I swear I will. A few pics I took. Finished off one of the 8-pins.
