A Detailed Look at the HAF Stacker 915R Chassis
The Cooler Master HAF Stacker 915R is a small form factor case designed to house a complete mini-ITX system. The 915R mounts a full size ATX power supply at the rear and comes with a three bay drive cage in the front. The removable top cover is fully vented for excellent airflow.
Specifications for the HAF 915R from the Cooler Master website:
A mini-ITX motherboard can be mounted on the floor in the rear of the 915R chassis. But because the power supply also mounts in the rear over the motherboard, you are limited to CPU coolers no more than 3.1” (80mm) in height, which is fine if you are just using a low profile HSF like a stock Intel cooler. If you want/need a taller tower style CPU cooler then look to the 915F, which moves the PSU to the front of the case leaving more room in the back over the motherboard.
(Courtesy of Cooler Master)
The front I/O panel is nearly identical to the one on the front of the 925 mid-tower chassis but omits the two USB 2.0 ports.
• Power On-Off push button
• Microphone jack
• Headphone jack
• (2) USB 3.0 ports
Below the I/O panel is a single 5.25” bay slot and a large filtered grill area. A 92mm Cooler Master intake fan is located behind the grill.
Both of the HAF 915 side panels are removable and are held in place with captive thumb screws. Each side panel is designed to mount up to three 120mm fans or two 140mm fans. Note: you can mount one or two 120mm fans or one 140mm fan per side and still keep the drive cage, but if you want to go for all three 120mm or two 140mm fans per side then the drive cage in front has to be removed.
A single 3.5” drive cage is mounted below the 5.25” drive bay and holds three tool-less drive trays, just like the two in the 925 mid-tower section.
Removing the front bezel exposes the pre-installed 92mm Cooler Master labeled intake fan.
An finally, looking at the back of the HAF Stacker 915R case shows openings for the power supply, mobo I/O panel, and two expansion slots.
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…