Cooler Master HAF Stacker System Review

Introduction and Technical Specification

| Source: Cooler Master Price: 210 Author: Gary Wain

Introduction

The HAF Stacker from Cooler Master is a modular system made up from three components each of which can be brought together in varying combinations depending on the breadth of your needs and the depth of your pockets. In simple terms what we have is the Stacker 935 which is a standard tower chassis combined and sold with a smaller modular ITX chassis in the form of the 915R. Should you so desire to place a truly megalithic slab of summit seeking prolific PC on your desk you can go the full trotter and create your very own Stacker 945 which if you haven't guessed is the 935 described above combined with a further ITX module in the shape of either the 915R or the 915F. As you might imagine, the more you add the taller your PC becomes and the higher the price climbs. The price at the top of the page reflects that of the extended system, however the base 935 which includes a slightly modified 915R can be bought for £152.99, should you wish to add a 915F then you'll have to part with another £56.50, or £66.38 for the 915R model as a standalone unit. Being a modular system it of course entirely possible to pair up two or even 3 of the 915 modules to create a smaller system that best suits your needs

In bringing this review together we will show you the merits of each of the individual modules in their own right and then look at the system as a whole at the end. If you're the sort who tends to skip forward then you're going to miss an awful lot of detail in doing so, so it's worth making your way methodically through this review.

Before we move on to the technical Specification section we do need to get something off our chests. Cooler Master have claimed to have come up with the idea of a Stacker system when one of their number hit on the concept in a break between brain storming sessions. This may well be true, and we would never begin to doubt his artistic integrity of said individual, that said, the HAF Stacker does bear more than a passing resemblance both in form and function to a certain SR-2 Stacker build by Coolmiester, AKA Paul who also happens to be a good friend of ours here at OC3D. Just saying, that’s all.

Technical Specification

As there's more than one module here we're going to cover all three technical specifications.

935 (which includes the 915R)

Model Number HAF-935-KWN1 Colour Midnight Black Material Bezel: Mesh Polymer, Case body SGCC 0.7T Steel Dimensions 235x719x578mm (WxHxD) Net Weight 15.6kg Motherboard EATX, ATX, Micro ATX (915R, Mini-ITX) 5.25" 3+1 (915R) 3.5" 6+3 (915R), 3x modular drive bays 2.5" 9+1 behind Motherboard tray I/O Panel 2xUSB3.0, 2xUSB2.0, Audio IN/OUT Expansion Slots 8+1 (+2 with 915R) Air Cooling Top: 120mm fan x 2 (optional)

Front: 92mm fan x 1 (installed),120mm fan x 2 (optional)

Rear: 140mm fan x 1 (installed), or 120mm fan x 1 (optional)

Side: 120mm fan x 6 / 140mm fan x 4 (optional) Water Cooling Front: 240mm x 1 (requires an optional adapter, with the HDD cage removed)

Rear: 120/140mm x 1 (optional)

Side: 280/360mm x 2 (optional) PSU type Standard ATX Compatibility VGA card length: 354mm / 13.9 inch

360mm / 14.17 inch (915R, the 2nd PC)

CPU cooler height: 180mm / 7.1 inch

80mm / 3.1 inch (915R, the 2nd PC)

915R

Model Number HAF-915R-KKN1 Colour Midnight Black Material Bezel: Mesh Polymer, Case body SGCC 0.7T Steel Dimensions 228x248x578mm (WxHxD) Net Weight 5.7kg Motherboard Mini-ITX 5.25" 1 3.5" 3 2.5" 3 I/O Panel 2xUSB3.0, 2xUSB2.0, Audio IN/OUT Expansion Slots 2 Air Cooling Front 92mm fan x1 installed Side 6x120mm or 4x140mm Water Cooling Side: 120,140,240,280,360 x 2 (optional) PSU type Standard ATX Compatibility VGA card length: 360mm, 14.2"

CPU cooler height: 80mm / 3.1 inch

915F

Model Number HAF-915F-KKN1 Colour Midnight Black Material Bezel: Mesh Polymer, Case body SGCC 0.7T Steel Dimensions 228x248x578mm (WxHxD) Net Weight 5.2kg Motherboard Mini-ITX 5.25" 1 3.5" 3 (1 from ODD bay) 2.5" 3 (1 from ODD bay I/O Panel 2xUSB3.0, 2xUSB2.0, Audio IN/OUT Expansion Slots 2 Air Cooling Rear: 120mm fan x 1 (installed)

Side: 120mm fan x 6 / 140mm fan x 4 (optional) Water Cooling Individual mode: 120mm x 1 (optional) - rear

Stacking mode: 120/140/240/280/360mm x 2 (optional) side panel PSU type Standard ATX Compatibility VGA card length: 360mm, 14.2"

CPU cooler height: 170mm / 6.7"

1 - Introduction and Technical Specification 2 - Up Close: Main Case Exterior 3 - Up Close: Main Case Interior 4 - Up Close: 915R Exterior 5 - Up Close: 915R Interior 6 - Up Close: 915F Exterior 7 - Up Close: 915F interior 8 - Up Close: 915R and 915F comparison 9 - Up Close: HAF Stacker 935 assembled 10 - Up Close: HAF Stacker 945 assembled 11 - HAF System Stripped 12 - Stripped Continued 13 - HAF 945 Fully Stripped 14 - The Build 15 - The Build continued 16 - The Build continued 17 - Conclusion «Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next»

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