Any case that uses the rail system for the drives?

[optimistic]

I'm looking for aluminum but any material is fine as long as it uses the rail system to install 5.25 drives. I know doors are removable but I rather not have one because my desk already has it's own door. I'm looking for something that can go with my 1900FP and Loitech MX Duo. And I rather not have any windowed side panel case fans due to the restrictions of my desk. Thanks!

Prefers something under $100, but $150 is okay.


So far I've been eye-ing the Kingwin KT-424. It priced at $85 for the silver at allstarshop.com

 

[RalfHutter]

Antec P160. Aluminum case with aluminum rails for the 5.25" bays. Removable mobo tray too, plus 120mm fans. It's kind of an aluminum version of the Sonata without the door and no PSU. I'm playing with one right now.

 

[optimistic]

Thanks Ralfhutter for the help. You've replied to all my case & cooling threads as of late. So the P160 good so far? How does air get into the front intakes? I don't see any openings other than the grill that borders the face.

 

[Sid59]

ANtec P160 is nice
Antec SOnata is good too.

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: optimistic
Thanks Ralfhutter for the help. You've replied to all my case & cooling threads as of late. So the P160 good so far? How does air get into the front intakes? I don't see any openings other than the grill that borders the face.

Air gets into the P160 primarily through those 3 giant (1" x 4", that's 12 square inches of basically unrestricted front intake) slots in the front bezel. It reminds me of the front grill of a Humvee.

The P160 has the best airflow of any case I've ever used. The front grills are wide open. The only resistance to flow is the black expanded metal grill behing the air intakes and the plastic screen air filter on the back of the bezel. Both ffront and back an grills are for 120mm fans and while both are very unrestrictive, the front is less restrictive than any other I've ever seen.

Airflow-wise, the P160 is about the opposite of the Sonata. The Sonata was designed primarily for quiet operation with it's fairly restrictive front bezel that keeps the internal noise in the case at the expense of air flow. The P160 seems to have been designed for optimal cooling at the expense of super good noise reduction. The wide open air intake of the P160 also lets a bit of the internal case noise out compared to cases that have a more restrictive front bezel.

 

[sugarkang]

My Case

uses drive rails. interior is exactly like antec's slk3700, except the bezel looks better and is a lot cheaper.
also has air filter for the front intake.

 

[Zepper]

Easier than rails - snap in snap out. Athenatech 747 series, Evercase 4252 series and others. Many Enlights use rails, Bow Technology (bowsystem.com), some Enermax, Chieftech, ChenMing, Chenbro, Compucase 6Axx and 69xx series (thanks for reminding me, sk.), etc.
.bh.