Inverting Mobo in a CM Stacker

[HeaterCore]

I figure my Stacker (the gigantic original model) will work best in an inverted-motherboard arrangement, but can't figure out how to reconfigure the damn thing. I've got a large rad on the floor of the case, so flipping things would put the RAM and voltage regs right into the radiator airflow, and the rad would have much more clearance with the video card out of the way.

I thought I'd be able to just unscrew the mobo tray, flip it around (pseudo-BTX) and reinstall it, but there's a small flange on the upper PSU housing that prevents this.

Anybody have any experience flipping the Stacker around? This is driving me crazy, because there's got to be a way to do it.

-hc-

 

[JEDIYoda]

mod the case??

 

[phaxmohdem]

Dremel Tool.

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

They sell a BTX conversion kit that allows you to do that, although I've never done it myself so I have no idea how it works or even if it's necessary. Check out frozencpu.com.

 

[HeaterCore]

I was hoping to avoid the dremel because the obstructing piece is structural, and I hate weakening a case if I don't have to. Might have to bite the bullet on this one, though.

And the original Stacker came with the parts for the BTX conversion, but flipping an ATX board leaves the PCI slots on the top, not the bottom as in a full BTX conversion. I thought I might be able to split the difference.

-hc-

 

[orion23]

It can be done, go to the coolermaster forums and you'll find some pictures.

Here is 1: http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2522&highlight=upside

http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/view...=244&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/view...storder=asc&highlight=upside&start=150

http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/view...storder=asc&highlight=upside&start=435

http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/view...storder=asc&highlight=upside&start=510

http://www.coolermaster.com/phpBB2/view...storder=asc&highlight=upside&start=525

 

[HeaterCore]

Thanks for the links! I didn't even know CM had a forum -- should've been the first place I looked. Turns out a few other people have had the same problem as me; apparently there are a few slightly different revisions of my case, and I happen to have the one where you can't just flip the frame. Dremel is the only fix, but I only have to put a groove in the backplate, no structural implications. Thanks again.

-hc-