Recently one of the bigger turnabouts in the computer hardware industry is the rising popularity of small form factor systems. Although miniaturized components have existed for a long time, they were commonly plagued with propriety hardware and restricted airflow that truly limited performance and expansion. Moving forward to today and the availability of low-powered chipsets and cases such as the Bitfenix Prodigy is abundant. It is now viable than ever to put together a nice micro-ITX system build with overclocking potential and performance closer to what you would see from a full-sized desktop equivalent.

In our original review of the innovative Cooler Master HAF Stacker Mod-Tower case, we worked with a massive chassis package consisting of a single mid-tower case dubbed the HAF Stacker 925 and two m-ITX cases: the HAF Stacker 915R and 915F. While a lot of hype has gone into the series' stacking capability, details of individual case capabilities have unfortunately been overshadowed in the process. Today, we will focus entirely on the m-ITX HAF Stacker 915R and 915F cases to see if they are worth the money on their own. If you haven't read the aforementioned HAF Stacker review, I would highly advise a quick glance because we have already gone fairly in-depth on the packaging and case features. Here, we will do an examination on the actual installation process and thermal performance versus other smaller form factor cases on the market.