HAF Stacker 935 Chassis Overview
The Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 Modular-Tower case consists of two pieces: the bottom HAF 925 mid-tower enclosure with a HAF 915R case on top. All HAF Stacker cases are interchangeable so you can reposition the 915 chassis to go underneath the mid-tower section.
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Specifications for the HAF Stacker 935 Mod-Tower case (from the Cooler Master website)
Both the HAF 925 mid-tower and HAF 915R cases are modified slightly when purchased together as the HAF 935 Stacker. The top panel of the 925 and bottom feet of the 915R have been removed so the two cases can join together. In addition the 915R that comes with the 935 combo doesn’t have any external I/O connectors, just a blank plastic filler piece.
The HAF Stacker 935 chassis incorporates a large tinted acrylic window on the left side of the 925 mid-tower section. All four side panels are removable and held in place with captive thumb screws at the rear.
The HAF Stacker 935 case is designed to allow mounting a full-size ATX system in the lower chassis along with a second mini-ITX based system up top. Both systems can be fully self contained if desired, each with their own dedicated ATX power supply.
For users who are not interested in having a separate mini-ITX system, the top 915R section provides a lot of extra room for mounting water-cooling components and/or extra drives. We will look at some different options for using this space in Part 2 of this review.
Both the bottom feet rails and top panel on all HAF Stacker cases are removable and interchangeable for excellent flexibility.
The lower left side panel is solid while the upper panel of the 915R is well ventilated (can mount three 120mm or two 240mm fans).
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The Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 Mod-Tower case comes with one 140mm exhaust fan installed in the rear of the lower 925 section and one 92mm intake fan installed in the front of the 915R section. Together, the two chassis that make up the HAF 935 modular case can mount up to ten fans for excellent case cooling.
very Beautiful!!
very Beautiful!!
I think once you get into
I think once you get into multiple stacks of computers, you should probably just buy a rack…
that thing probably stands
that thing probably stands above your waist!
That can probably support a
That can probably support a desk it’s so high!
I like the stack idea! Would
I like the stack idea! Would be nice if the cost would be less and more connection options would be available.
Now, hence the stacked model (HAF Stacker 915F) is for mini-ITX, it won’t work for me. What happened if you want an SLI configurations? Board won’t fit even if you use PCIe Riser cables. (far as I know, the smallest SLI x2 is a Micro-ATX)
It was also odd to see the motherboard at the bottom. I understand the design choices for the PSU and Fan location. But wouldn’t this allow more dust to settle on the mobo? That design also removes access to cool air from the bottom to enter.
Humm…
Would be cool to have a
Would be cool to have a dedicated streaming machine stacked on top of your gaming rig.
The small case/system up top
The small case/system up top running the KVM and hosting whatever OS/s is/are needed for general use, and the lower big rig system running a streamlined gaming OS, and the gaming CPUs/GPUs, the gaming segment OS running headless server style on its own hardware, but under the control of the main OS, running on the top system’s VM, with the lower system free of any bloatware or unnecessary for gaming services, i.e. Steam OS on the gaming system, or other OS if the user does not mind the un-removable bloat. These modular cases could make for a nice little home basic computing/gaming cluster, short of going to a completely rack based configuration.
When I first saw this a while
When I first saw this a while back, I thought you could just add extra space on top or below the case, like modular drive bays, etc.
Keep all the drives and PSU on the bottom of the computer with the big area dedicated to hardware, etc, and the top piece for liquid cooling… I suppose you COULD mod this to do that…