Stacker 832 Getting Watercooled (*Heavy Pics*)

[rioja]

Hello,
here is my log for watercooling amazing CoolerMaster Stacker 832

First of all let me introduce how it was before











Hardware for my rig will be following:

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 6420 (gonna change it to Q9450)
Mobo DFI X38
Memory 4x1Gb CSX Diablo DDR2-1200 (Micron D9GMH)
Video XFX 8800GTS 320Mb (don't know is it worth to change it to 3870x2 or wait for the next single chip top from ATI?)
HDD Samsung F1 1Tb
Sound Creative X-Fi Platinum
Some SATA DVD RW with lightscribe
PSU Seasonic M12 700W

And water parts will be these


Radiators: Thermochill PA120.2 and Thermochill PA120.3
CPU block: D-Tek Fuzion
Pumps Laing DDC1-T 10Watt with EK Top 3/8 barbs (choose 10W to have lower noise, higher reliability, hope they will be enough for my loops)
Reservoirs EK Multioption 150
Waterblock for memory MIPS Ram Freezer 4 (coz i almost hate such air coolers as OCZ or Corsair)
Chipset block: EK ASUS3 (but i think it wont fit on new DFI X38, so i need to get smth else)
Later i'm planning to add mosfet and video blocks.

And I'm going to build a dual loop setup.

Ok, now let's go



Unsurpassed power, 10000 RPM

[BlueAqua]

Nice selection of parts. Be careful with using the gel stuff under the Laing DDCs. They tend to heat up quite a bit and can cause the pump to fail.

[phelan1777]

I second that, the gel even deformed a bit under my RD30, so it works well under non heated items for shock absorbing.

[rioja]

I need to make 4 major cuts: top, bottom, bottom stand (where wheels are) and mobo tray.
Friend of mine did all the hardest work for me

Top



Bottom



Stand



And tray



Next I did a big work with sanding and smoothing edges. Result was excellent
Then I did 4 brackets for mounting rads, and drill a bunch of holes.

Bottom radiator is ready



Sk8board is ready



Top radiator is ready





And tray is ready also



Guys, pls check this thread about pumps mounting
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=178038
What do you think?

[taowulf]

I need to make 4 major cuts: top, bottom, bottom stand (where wheels are) and mobo tray.
Frend of mine did all the hardest work for me



Next I did a big work with sanding and smoothing edges. Result was excellent
Then I did 4 brackets for mounting rads, and drill a bunch of holes.



Guys, pls check this thread about pumps mounting
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=178038
What do you think?

Clean that puppy out.

[rioja]

Sure, i will clean all my parts when will be doing final assemble. My PC is in veeery dusty and dirty room, and i'm too lazy to clean this room regularly

Now some additional shots.

Clearance between floor and rad is 3cm. I hope it will be enough, if not then i may rise a rad ~1cm higher and make another wheels.



I like my Seasonic M12 700 Watt, it is very quet and has standard size so it is possible to have 120.2 and PSU at the top



UFO hangar



In my opinion top rad has enough air. I will make additional duct in top-front plastic cover, to get more air.



Case inside



And just like this pic



Next step will be doing 3 major things: mounting res, mounting pumps, cutting the hole in plastic cover.
After that it will be painted, not sure with color yet, black is annoying already for me.

Thats all for now, please standby

[Vatos_locos]

very nice the rad on the bottom is fine i have the 831 with the rad mounted on the bottom and the is no problem with it and the temps the only problem is the dust :/ the bottom rad is pulling the dust like crazy

[InfamousChu]

lookin good! packin alot into one case!

[rioja]

A litle update, reservoirs installation.

I've made 2 alu stripes, 1.5cm wide



mounted the holders



and cut 4 holes in the case. Here is how it turned out

from inside



and outside



Stripes are thin and quite unnoticeable and at the same time solid and almost don't bind.

I'm satisfied.

[starlon]

Looking good

[junkun13]

great setup

[sobih25]

good looking dual loop stacker. i'm waiting for next photos.

[TheKarmakazi]

Looks great! I am very intersted in this seeing as how I have the exact same case as you do

[[XC] NetburstXE]

Looks good. Can you give us some more pics?

[aspire.comptech]

not bad at all, diggin the reservoirs.

[MorGo7h]

You should use the left barb of the res for a better bleeding process.

[rioja]

Thank you guys for comments and advices!

I finished some more work and ready to share results.

Next after reservoirs, it's time for a pumps.

Pumps are Laing original DDC1-T 10 W, with EK tops 3/8 barbs





Also I have some antivibration/sounddumpening pads, not sure what material



but most ppl say do not use it, correct?
So for awhile i skipped it, and mounted pumps directly to the case. Too sad that Laing don't include any mountings, holders, bolts etc to their pumps, and I had to use any stuff I could find. Maybe I wiil buy smth special for this somehow.

More 4 holes in the case, and pumps are in the case.





Between front panel and pumps a left some space for 12 Cm fan (optional).

Next mod, and one of the most difficult i think, was a making air vent at front-top cover, to get top rad brief better and just coz of cool look. This step required a big accuracy becoz it is computer face

After you cut rear wall on those cover, you will get some gap and bindings of the bottom wall, becoz it rests into the rear. So I installed a mesh from 5.25 bay cover, and made some support. Now it seats and holds same firmly as before mod.

Look how it is







Since only one HDD will be in my rig I decided to throw out HDD cage and use smth else.
I always like production of Zalman Korea, since time of my first mod, becoz of high quality and excellent look. And I am glad that product from them may find place in my setup



to be continued

[MorGo7h]

Res is ok now
The spacers from the HDD cooling thing are good to mount your pumps :p
They are good against vibration ^^

[rioja]

Res is ok now
The spacers from the HDD cooling thing are good to mount your pumps :p
They are good against vibration ^^

I thought exactly about the same, perhaps this is the best Zalman product ever
I even can spend another $25 for one more cooler, specially for 5-6 more of these legs, it would be quite silly though
I already have 2 addititional legs for spare (manual said it should be only one for spare though).
But pump has only 2 mounting points, so if I'll do smth like this



it won't be a good?
Or I can make some kind of stands, cut a circle in middle, where motor is, mount pumps to this stand, and tight stand to case through 3 or 4 Zalman legs. So each pump will have 3 or 4 mounting points then. What do u think?

One more advantage from pumps with Zalman standofs is fan in front, blowing to the pumps and HDD

Anyway, I've finished installing last thing - HDD





I need an option to install fan in front of pumps and HDD, so I had to lift HDD by drilling 4 more holes. Next how it looks at whole









Finally! Case ready for painting

[supa-fly]

Very very nice...

You are doing exactly what im planning to do with me CM Stacker 830. My only difference there is that I would be using an additional Single RAD at the back of the case... hook them all up to one loop and have the 3 different rads between components... Top Dual RAD ---> CPU ---> NB Block ---> Rear Single RAD ---> Single ATI 3850 (CF Later) ---> Tripple Rad ---> Pump ---> RES ---> 288 Watt TEC (To Chill The Liquid) Back to Top Dual RAD. Im planning on using the new Koolance blocks. Still not sure what RES and Pump Ill be getting.

The TEC will get cooled by a Cooler Master GeminII.

PS Give us some Temps when you got it all going will ya. WEEEKEEED!!!

[AsSuLuTo]

You're doing very similar to what I'm doing, just out of curiosity though, where did you get the brackets you've got holding your tripple rad in place or did you make them yourself?

I need to get my stacker modded and up and running within the next 3 weeks in order to make i33, nothing quite like a deadline!

[rioja]

AsSuLuTo
Brackets are some sort of building materials. I've got couple meters of these, just cut length i needed and drill a holes. They're made from aluminium 1.5-2 mm thikness.

What is i33?

[Mech0z]

This is indeed very nicely made looking forward to see more

[AsSuLuTo]

AsSuLuTo
Brackets are some sort of building materials. I've got couple meters of these, just cut length i needed and drill a holes. They're made from aluminium 1.5-2 mm thikness.

What is i33?

I may have to have a look out at the builder merchant. i33 is a massive LAN party in the UK.

I need my case all spruced up for then.

[RockfordFosgate]

Dual Internal Loop ın 832 waow just amazing