Will the Cooler Master CM Stacker Case fit this Motherboard?

[OmniShinzui]

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119039

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813151048

I think it does, the demensions seem right.

 

[bamacre]

Socket 771 Xeons are pretty expensive. Not a good value at all compared to their Core 2 counterparts. Unless you really need 8 cores, I would recommend sticking with a P35 board.

 

[Zepper]

That mobo will fit any case that supports EATX (Extended ATX) mobos including the Stacker. There are lots of nice EATX cases out there so you don't need to go with the Stacker unless you need other features it offers. Here are some others: Enermax Uber Chakra, XClio Windtunnel, Tt Eureka, Silverstone Temjin 5, Chenbro SR10568/69 and on and on. You should be able to come up with something almost exactly to the specs you need. Lots more depending on your budget from places like Lian Li, Silverstone, Antec Titan, Gigabyte Aurora 570, iStar etc...

The YeongYang Cube server is a nice case too - http://www.yycase.com/yy-0221.htm Directron is about the only hobbyist reseller I know of that carries it. Some server specialists do as well. The Lian Li Modular Cube is nice too, but mui espensivo...

.bh.

 

[OmniShinzui]

bamacre, I know they are expensive, but the person im building this build for is using this video for HD Editing. Like ranging from Nvidia Quadro 3500, AJA 2Ke, and the works for total 1080p editing. This is not some gaming rig, its all used for his work.

Zepper, He wants a lot of 5.25" External slots. Especially due to wanting to use hot-swappable drives (Getting the 3x5.25" for 4-SATA Drives), so the internals wont be used at all. Heres a breakdown of the front slots:
5x Hot-Swap Bays (3x for 4-SATA, 2x for 2-SAS)
1x DVD Burner
1x Blu-Ray Burner
1x Future HD-DVD Burner
1x EMU Front Bay
1x Multi-Card Reader
1x Floppy Drive

Thats why I chose this case.

 

[JEDIYoda]

PSU: Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w ??????
Your spending that kind of money or building a nice rigg and your going to put that PSU in that rigg??

hmmmm

 

[OmniShinzui]

haha, no. The specs listed in my signature is my current rig. This case and mobo is for a PC im building for a friend. Im getting him the 750w Thermaltake ToughPower for him.

 

[MichaelD]

If the customer wants hot swappable hard drives, the CM Stacker is the wrong case, period.

You need a case with a backplane that comes with the removable HD sleds like this one.

"Hot swap" implies that some kind of RAID array on a RAID controller is used. While it's true that SATA drives are hot swappable, if you're not using a RAID card and a backplane you have to open the case, remove the failed HD (if possible at all with the PC running) and replace it. But since there was no RAID array and no controller, you won't rebuild the failed drive nor get any data back.

That was wordy...hope it made sense.

I'm fairly sure that backplane is a dual-4-drive backplane. You have two big HD cages that each hold 4 drives. I'm not sure if you have TWO "big SATA cables" (I forget the name...it's another SATA standard used with backplanes) or eight individual SATA cables.

Either way, for hot swap, you need a backplane and RAID controller card. Your build just got a lot more expensive.

 

[Blain]

I didn't read that he was runing any RAID arrays. True that to get hot-swappable function, he needs some type of controller that supports it, like a RAID card.

What does a backplane have to do with him using hot-swap racks in the 5 1/4" optical bays?
He can buy racks like the Kingwin KF-1000 (cheaper elsewhere).

 

[jw0ollard]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If the customer wants hot swappable hard drives, the CM Stacker is the wrong case, period.

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"Hot swap" implies that some kind of RAID array on a RAID controller is used. While it's true that SATA drives are hot swappable, if you're not using a RAID card and a backplane you have to open the case, remove the failed HD (if possible at all with the PC running) and replace it. But since there was no RAID array and no controller, you won't rebuild the failed drive nor get any data back.

...

Either way, for hot swap, you need a backplane and RAID controller card. Your build just got a lot more expensive.

Read his second post. He says he's converting some of the external 5.25" bays into hot-swap bays. He also mentions RAID several times.. I'm pretty sure he knows what he's doing. He also mentions an SAS setup, so I'm pretty sure he knows he needs a controller.

And the CM Stacker being the "wrong case, period" is a little overstated. He seems to know all the things he has to buy to get working hot-swap drives, so just give him the benefit of the doubt, mmk?

Edit: And on to the actual topic, MichaelD is right.. It would probably be easier to get a case specifically made for hot-swapping drives, although probably none of them will be very aesthetically pleasing, if that's something your friend requires.

 

[OmniShinzui]

There is going to be a SAS Raid-0, but im connecting it to a PCI-X LSI card that supports up to 4 drives. Theres 4x1TB Hitachi SATA Drives. I might use the other two slots on the LSI card to create a second RAID-0, but might just keep all 4 seperate. Im pretty sure my friend wants to use the hot-swap for taking hard drives with him, not for the reason MichaelID posted.

The SAS Hot-Swap Rack (2x)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817994056

and either 1x Icy Dock 4-Slot SATA Drive or 4x of the Kingwin listed above
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?item=N82E16817994027

 

[Zepper]

Yeah, you can get hot-swap drive cages to fit in most blocks of three available 5" bays that can hold 4 or 5 drives. The Stacker is a good one for that as its 5" bay sides are flat without the ears between bays which you'd have to get out of the way for most hot-swap cages. Most recent SATA controllers are capable of hot-swapping - don't need to support RAID too but most do. OP might want to consider a combo floppy drive with flash card reader. Mitsumi and YE Data make them. I use the YE Data and it's nice but neither supports a really wide range of card types - just most of the common ones. Of course, you can use an external multi card reader attached to USB and/or a USB floppy drive to save a drive bay.

.bh.

 

[MichaelD]

I'm blind today.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: OmniShinzui
There is going to be a SAS Raid-0, but im connecting it to a PCI-X LSI card that supports up to 4 drives. Theres 4x1TB Hitachi SATA Drives. I might use the other two slots on the LSI card to create a second RAID-0, but might just keep all 4 seperate. Im pretty sure my friend wants to use the hot-swap for taking hard drives with him, not for the reason MichaelID posted.

The SAS Hot-Swap Rack (2x)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817994056

and either 1x Icy Dock 4-Slot SATA Drive or 4x of the Kingwin listed above
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?item=N82E16817994027

Ah, that explains it. It was early in the day for me...should've read deeper into the thread. Sounds like you have a good plan already. Good luck.