CoolerMaster Stacker 830 First Case to Receive SLI Certification

malware · Nov 12, 2006

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.

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ktr · Nov 12, 2006

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

Jimmy 2004 · Nov 12, 2006

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

HookeyStreet · Nov 12, 2006

Jimmy 2004 said:
What 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 · Nov 12, 2006

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 · Nov 12, 2006

Batou1986 said:
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

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 · Nov 12, 2006

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

ktr · Nov 12, 2006

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

tofu · Nov 12, 2006

breakfromyou said:
its 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 · Nov 13, 2006

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

bornfree · Nov 13, 2006

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.

HeavyH20 · Nov 13, 2006

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.

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 VID: 1.2125
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
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Storage	2x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32 MB RAID0
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Case	Cooler Master COSMOS RC-1000 (sold), Cooler Master HAF-932 (delivered)
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Motherboard	ASUS K8N
Cooling	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s)	Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s)	Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply	Corsair HX520W
Software	Windows XP Home

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Cooling	Arctic liquid freezer II 240
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Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 500 Gb / 860 EVO 1 Tb
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Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G703
Keyboard	Logitech G513
Software	Win 11

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
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Case	Technofront Bench Station
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Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
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Motherboard	Sapphire RD580
Cooling	OCZ HDT-S1284
Memory	Corsair XMS 2x1GB CE-6 DDR480 2.5-3-2-8
Video Card(s)	Zotac GTS 450 1GB 850/1700/1850
Storage	OCZ Vertex 2 60GB + Hitachi 320GB + Seagate 1TB
Display(s)	2x Samsung 740B 17" LCD
Case	Antec 300
Audio Device(s)	ALC880
Power Supply	Antec Truepower New 650
Software	W7 Pro X64

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