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CM Stacker using BTX mode

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darkknight187

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alright so i'm most likely working on getting a CM stacker to drop everything into what i'm wondering is if it's a better idea to run it in the BTX conversion setting to get a better orientation on the graphics card for when i hopefully get a decent aftermarket cooler for it.
 
it's air and it will also be doing dual psu's the good one for everything but the fans and an old one to cover powering the fans.....the space is there so why not. anyways thanks for answering my question as to if it does well that makes this case closed unless there are any other opinions.
 
I've run both my Stackers in "pseudo" BTX mode (ATX board reversed/flipped).
With the first case (right when they came out) it was a simple matter to just take the whole tray assembly and reverse it in the case (not reconfiguring the backplane assy. to real BTX).
My newer case required a tiny bit of trimming to do this...apparently CM has made some revisions.

Although I like the Stacker well enough to have purchased two of them, be aware that there are some issues you may have to deal with.
-It is easily the most hardware intensive case I've ever seen.
CoolerMaster will use five screws where anyone else would have used a clip...the rooftop plastic trim piece is held on with like six screws and it's just a decoration, not structural at all.
Fortunately you get enough hardware with the case to build a space shuttle, but watch out, CM mixes/matches metric/American threads in the case and it's easy to try the wrong one.
-CM uses threaded inserts swaged into the panels...a very nice touch (infinitely better than the typical "punch and thread" found in most cases), but they are sometimes not properly threaded- especially the ones on the mobo tray for standoffs.
If your standoff will not thread in easily by hand DON'T FORCE IT!
I speak from personal experience.
I had to rethread 4 of them on my last case (IIRC, they are 3x.5mm, but I could be wrong) and removing the broken thread from my initial boo-boo was a real pain.

Other than that, I love 'em.
 
Yeah, I flipped my mobo tray yesterday and it was a PITA. SOOO many screws!!! It isn't really that difficult, but there are so many screws to take out and put back. I am kind of a careful person as well though. I made sure I put the screws in an order when I took them out so that I would know where they went. That probably added to the time it took.
 
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