From: Roger Heflin <hidden> Date: 2021-06-23 20:54:06
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I found an $80 rackmount case that has 2 sets of 3x5.25" bays and
would take 2 of the 4 into 3 3.5" hot swap bays (icy dock or athena
like devices).
https://www.newegg.com/black-istarusa-d-416/p/N82E16811165215
Outside of that one I did not see much that had 6 external 5.25"
slots and did not cost a huge amount. The above is empty, no fans,
no PS.
I have an old ThermalKing M9 that has 9-5.25" external bays and I
have 3 of the 4 into 3's in it giving me 12 usable hot swap 3.5"
drives, but that case appears to no longer be made, and I seem to
remember when I bought it I only found maybe 3 cases similar to it and
a couple of them were 2x the price.
Now it appears that the most important feature of a case is having
way too many colorful lighted fans.
From: John Stoffel <hidden> Date: 2021-06-24 16:42:47
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"Roger" == Roger Heflin [off-list ref] writes:
Roger> resending without html. Lovely that you seem to have to disable html
Roger> on each reply.
Roger> I found an $80 rackmount case that has 2 sets of 3x5.25" bays and
Roger> would take 2 of the 4 into 3 3.5" hot swap bays (icy dock or athena
Roger> like devices).
Roger> https://www.newegg.com/black-istarusa-d-416/p/N82E16811165215
This looks like an interesting case, lots and lots of drive bays...
https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rsv-l4500u-black/p/N82E16811147328?quicklink=true
and it looks like it even has USB3 on the front.
Roger> Outside of that one I did not see much that had 6 external 5.25"
Roger> slots and did not cost a huge amount. The above is empty, no fans,
Roger> no PS.
Roger> I have an old ThermalKing M9 that has 9-5.25" external bays and I
Roger> have 3 of the 4 into 3's in it giving me 12 usable hot swap 3.5"
Roger> drives, but that case appears to no longer be made, and I seem to
Roger> remember when I bought it I only found maybe 3 cases similar to it and
Roger> a couple of them were 2x the price.
Roger> Now it appears that the most important feature of a case is having
Roger> way too many colorful lighted fans.
Looks like a USB3 update of the case I'm using. It's basically a
9x5.25"-bay case with three 3x5.25" -> 5x3.5" adapters. The adapters
it comes with aren't hotswap capable, but it's easy to pull them out
and replace them with ones that are.
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Mark
Looks like a USB3 update of the case I'm using. It's basically a
9x5.25"-bay case with three 3x5.25" -> 5x3.5" adapters. The adapters
it comes with aren't hotswap capable, but it's easy to pull them out
and replace them with ones that are.
Mark> Looks like a USB3 update of the case I'm using. It's basically a
Mark> 9x5.25"-bay case with three 3x5.25" -> 5x3.5" adapters. The adapters
Mark> it comes with aren't hotswap capable, but it's easy to pull them out
Mark> and replace them with ones that are.
What do you hate about the case? And what do you love about it?