Sunday, November 12th 2006

CoolerMaster Stacker 830 First Case to Receive SLI Certification

Nov 12th, 2006 02:17 Discuss (11 Comments)

CoolerMaster announced that their Stacker 830 case is the first ever case that has been given NVIDIA's official SLI certification. This certification is only given to products that NVIDIA has put through a extensive test suite to assess if it is good enough to be used in a self built SLI system. Because of the unique certification a special NVIDIA edition of the Stacker 830 case will be released, in the same colors as NVIDIA's logo. The NVIDIA edition will only be sold through NVIDIA's online store. A price for the special edition has not yet been announced.

Source: Hardware.Info

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11 Comments on CoolerMaster Stacker 830 First Case to Receive SLI Certification

ktr

that the custom stacker they used in the nvidia g80 tour...

Jimmy 2004

What makes this case so much better for SLI...?

HookeyStreet

Eat, sleep, game!

Jimmy 2004What makes this case so much better for SLI...?

The fact that Coolermaster paid nVIDIA a shit load of cash to use the brand name ;)

Its total BS really all this 'certifed for SLi & CrossFire' crap! PC component companies have got wise to the fact that the financially better off PC gamer will pretty much buy anything at any price just to 'look' good!

Batou1986

only thing i can think of that might be a plus is they may have made it have more clearance between the hard drive cages and the where the video cards would be to accomidate the longer 8800's

Wile E

Power User

Batou1986only thing i can think of that might be a plus is they may have made it have more clearance between the hard drive cages and the where the video cards would be to accomidate the longer 8800's

No, because the Stacker 830 is all 5-1/4 in bays. They use a 3 bay to 4 HD adapter cage, which you can put into any 3 bays you choose.

The only thing I can think of, (besides paying nVidia), is these thing have monster airflow potential, with slots for 7 120mm fans. 1 in HD cage, 1 Top mount, 1 Rear mount, 4 in the side panel. You can also fit 2 more drive cages complete with 2 more 120mm fans, for a total of 9 120mm fans.

breakfromyou

its starting to seem like nvidia will certify just about anything. haha

ktr

also, i think this one does not have the 4x 120mm fans on the side, but a clear side.

tofu

breakfromyouits starting to seem like nvidia will certify just about anything. haha

And watch ATI follow suit. I betcha there's gonna be certified case fans, vga coolers... even more ridiculous, certified mice and gaming hardware. :banghead:

Chewy

I was gonna certify a Gigabyte case with its name display, but I'm not getting that case anymore. It was gonna project Certified onto my desk :)

#10

bornfree

I ain't impressed with Nvidia's so called SLI certification program. Some of the PSUs they "approved" I wouldn't use under any circumstances let alone a high current situation like SLI. It appears that Nvidia's qualifications for SLI certification is a signed check and nothing more. If I'm wrong then please have Nvidia publish their qualifications for the world to see. Then we'll all know.

#11

HeavyH20

Well, with a few fans in the side panel, it does help keep things nice and cool. I have a couple of the Stacker 830 cases, and they have very good air flow. Not sure why they need to be certified, however.

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