[Case Gallery] CMStacker Intrepid V3

[thebeephaha]

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Specs:
Mobo/CPU: Asus P5N32-E SLI | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3GHz 1.2v w/ Lapped Tuniq Tower + SilverStone FM121
RAM: 2x1GB DDR2-800 Mushkin eXtreme @ 4-4-3-10 1T 2v
GPU: EVGA 8800GTX @ 621/1000 + Antec VCool Slot Cooler
Storage: RAID0 2x80GB WD800GD Raptors for XP | RAID5 4x320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10s | Single 80GB WD800GD Raptor for Vista
Optical: Plextor PX-716A
Case/Power: CMStacker 832 | Mushkin 550100 650w "Rail Fusion" Quad Rail
Fans: 9x120mm Cooler Master (TLF-S12-EB) Blue LED Fans + Zalman MFC1 Plus-B Fan Controller
OS: M$ XP Professional SP2 (Main OS) | M$ Vista Ultimate 32 ("Experimental" OS)

Mods:
Tons of fans, added some sound dampening material... Thats really about it. Oh and I lapped my Tuniq Tower, started at 200 grit and worked my way up to 400, then 600, and lastly 2500, I ran out of 2500 though so I only have a dull mirror finish but at least its flat now.

Went from an E4300 @ 3.2GHz to this Q6600 @ 3.0GHz and I won't ever look back! I get about 13,330 points on 3DMark06!

 

[magibeg]

A very nice looking case with some very fine equipment in it. I'm personally a big fan of the CM stacker and only wish that one day i could have one as well . Also like how nice and organized your cables are.

 

[thebeephaha]

Thanks, I really wish I could do more with the cables but with 7 hard drives, DVD-RW, floppy drive, and a fan controller, it gets kinda overwhelming!

 

[Sampl]

OMFG!!!!!!! THAT IS A BEAUTY!!!! Excellent... don't you have a high DB level??? with all those fans.?? 9/10

 

[thebeephaha]

With the Silver Stone fan up all the way its like 40db easily, but it, all those Cooler Masters and the VCool are on the fan controller, I can get it ultra quiet, we're talking MAYBE 25-30db for everything on medium.

 

[Glendor]

Excellent

I was originally thinking it was just "good" because I could see huge bundles of wires, but then I read your comment about how many drives you have, and took a closer look at the pictures. I can see now why you have so many wires, and yes, you did a good job under the circumstances. If I remember right, that case has a bulging right side panel behind the mobo tray. If you were to bore some holes in it, and route the cables back there so they aren't so prominant, I will gladly bump you up a couple points. The trend these days is towards few visible wires to earn the higher marks.

I'm probably showing my age, but I can remember when just folded and taped harddrive wires would have been impressive, and my first LED fan was home made from instructions I downloaded on the internet.

I have those same Coolermaster blue fans and they are pretty darn quiet.

I hope the Excellent rating isn't a dissappointment. I just can't in good conscience rate it higher till something clever is done with the cables.

Cheers,
Glendor...

 

[MicroUnC]

I love your case! but u have to many fans, should sound like a rocket?

 

[thebeephaha]

Nah, its hardly loud at all, the miracle of Cooler Master and their uber quiet fans...

 

[freaksavior]

WOW!!!!! very very nice dude. Whats they temps at with that? how many fans you go in there? is it easy to do cable management on it

 

[POGE]

Sweet case... love the consistency in lighting, hate when people mix colors.

 

[thebeephaha]

WOW!!!!! very very nice dude. Whats they temps at with that? how many fans you go in there? is it easy to do cable management on it

Ambient temps according to ASUS Probe are around the 35c with all my fans on low, it hits about 40c if I am playing games. With fans on high it really doesn't go below the low 30's.

Cable management would be easy if I didn't own a Mushkin PSU, the cables are wrapped in a thick rubber material, you cannot bend them at all and they are too tall to tuck under a mobo.... My fans are pretty much hidden as far as cables go, I've got 11 if you count the CPU and the Antec VCool. All the fans are routed to the front fan controller, 2 per channel except the CPU which has its own.