Cooler Master HAF Stacker Review.. A Modder's Opinion - Modding

The computer case has come a long way since its beige-box inception.  Anyone who’s been lucky enough to be around since that time has had the joy of watching it evolve from that mid-sized invisible-by-design box to the incredible array of enclosures we have today.  Granted, the hardware is a lot more varied today, but that doesn’t begin to account for the options we have before us as builders. 

Modding –
This is my favorite.  I love looking at a case (especially one that’s brand new to the market and showing off its lines and windows) and figuring out what else can be done to it.  This one is called a “mod-tower” after all.  Modding can be any number of things: from adding lights or fans to full-out Dremel cutting, paint, fiber-optics and servos.  It’s whatever the modder wants it to be; that’s the beauty.  

Interestingly, without getting out cutting tools and paint I think it would be hard to “mod” this case.  Modding is by definition modifying something to do what it was not designed or meant to do, and this system was meant to do whatever the user wants.  Added fans, water cooling, removed drive bays, different PSU locations, different cooling options… all factory stock.  It’s meant to do that.  

I can only speak for myself once again, but in the HAF Stacker 935 I see a LOT of possibilities.  This thing is huge, and with all of the factory-ready variables it’s a canvas waiting for someone to do something with it.  In the end I see this case on my desk with a full custom water loop, including a cylindrical fish-eye reservoir dead center in the front of the top-mounted 915R, and the entire case cut painted and dressed up in an industrial-revolution style complete with vacuum tubes, pistons and even a camshaft.  The size, the trim, the color, it all just speaks Dieselpunk to me.  Time will tell.

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