Objective:
Reuse my Cooler Master Stacker STC-T01 casing which sitting in my store room in quite a while.

Scope:
Repaint the casing internals to black colour.
Cut the top panel of the casing to fit 3x120mm radiator.
Repaint the external to Gold + Black theme. ( Not yet final decision )
Mod the case to become more water cooling friendly case.

Casing:
Cooler Master Stacker STC-T01

Water Cooling Components:
D-Tek Fuzion v2 with i7 bracket
Swiftech MCR-320QP
Danger Den CPX Pro Inline pump
Bitspower 5"25 Bay Reservoir
Chrome Barbs
7/16 ID tubings

Major PC Components
Intel Core i7 920
ASUS P6T
Team Xtreeme 3x1gb DDR3 1600 CL8
ASUS 4890

The Cooler Master Stacker STC-T01 is the first Stacker series casing made by CM, its a full tower ATX/Inverted ATX/BTX casings support 2 PSU and has a huge space inside. Its one of the best casing in all time which has lot of features. The chasis's huge amount of space inside and flexibility of setup made it favourite among liquid cooled users. I've been using it for 3 years and its time for it to have a new look.

Old setups (Random pic):


Phase 1: Repaint the motherboard tray.
Take down everything, take out the PSU cage for painting and cutting jobs.



Sanding and preparing surfaces for spray painting. From Pics, main reason of being repaint, the Steel of the case start to rust already, rust were sanded of before repaint.



Sorry as no pics after sanding was took.

The paint job, and the spray painting station that setup by me.




Pictures show the final paint job and product. Quite statisfied with the work, but regret not repainting the bracket for the tray as some of the original black paint already chipped off.




Next Phase: Cut the Top Panel to fit 3x120mm Radiator.

This post has been edited by lichyetan: Jun 22 2009, 11:07 PM

nice painting there
great start

ur paint is matte or glossy ??

should be matte...
too far different from glossy

yeah, its matte....

still deciding on the external repaint ? metallic or glossy or matte ?

outside glossy la,spray till like mirror !!

glossy~~~~~~ or make it carbon XD

bro,where the psu put ?

can tell me what grit sand paper u use to sand ur case??

bottom of the case, this casing support 2 PSU, i drill out the top cage to put radiator, bottom still can put PSU, its a full tower... u can go CM website have a look.

400 to 600.... rough for internal part....

do you apply a layer premier b4 you spray your paint?

demanding for more!!

cant wait to c the external become gold and black.....
can it blend together nicely at stacker?

change of plan, sent the casing to powder coat... and also paint it all black...

will post pic later...

waiting for you picture
how much do they charge you?

whole casing? in and out black?

yup, whole casing plain black... make it like those black edition casings...

cant wait to see how it turn out, been thinking for black for my stacker as well

hmmm.....cant c the black and gold theme...i think it differ than other
anyway....will c how ur plan work out....
hope it wil be so nice since u send for shop to spray...
how much the charge?

90% done, Pic spam...




Left back plate cover for top existing PSU vent, and some PCI slots covers...

Nice!

Stacker + lian li front panel + black = awesome.

good job TS.

nice and sweet.
the internal is not matte black but gloss black?

only the tray are matte

great job on the worklog mate
1 question though
the screws/nuts & bolts u used to attach the fans to the rad,
are those M3? cuz i've been searching high and low for them.
went to at least 5 to 6 hardware stores already

keep it up bro

either its m3 or 6/32 threaded...

u can found it at some screw shop near sunway college at pjs11 there... for 25mm fan, get 1 1/4" inch length for 38mm fans get 1 3/4" length

too bad i now in penang...

how much do they charge you for the powdercoat?
saw your blog, where did you sent to bend the acrylic?

thanks for the info
i'll be sure to check the place out

acrylic are done back in KL with assist of my friend who gone to study overseas already...

for the powder coat, I done it in penang at some shop that provide custom made furniture, the price definitely cheaper thn most modders here... but just a favor for me cause i know the worker in person...

when powder coating, is there a specific color code for it?
or did u just mentioned black and there was only a single type of black available?

u can try at jln pasar...
there hav place sell acrylic for advertising also for other people...
hav uncle there...u can buy there...bring home...measure..then came back for bend...he will do with no extra charge...
also hav laser cutting service

This post has been edited by peaceofluck: Aug 3 2009, 01:34 PM

I just mention black...

not sure whether they got the color code... as i tell them i want black tht time...

dem sweet especially the powder coat

the stacker is back to life!!!

ya, this casing is a classic from CM, great feature and decent look... i think its functionality is better than any full tower case at its era...

nice looking case there bro.. 1 question D:, where do u send for powder coating and how much do it usually cost??

the fan controller looks familiar... btw its a really good job... keep it up~

hi there..

i have the same casing as yours, and have been using ever since it came out in the market...

Very nice mods.

I was just wondering...did u have any issues with dust?

my front panel filters are always covered with dust...(so it looked like having a whitish/greyish layer)...very unsightly...have to vacuum alot of times to keep it clean...

hmmmm.....your project made ppl like me who own the stc01, wanna mod it....

also, where did you get ur top louvre? looks nice...

This post has been edited by ravewar: Oct 10 2009, 01:56 PM

this case will be a legacy