Looking for a Server Case

Vilica

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I've been looking around a ton, but I haven't had much luck finding the sort of case I'm in the market for, so I'm turning here for suggestions. Basically, I'm looking for a -somewhat- low profile (would prefer it to be wider than taller) server case with room for atleast 5-6 IDE hard drives. I see something like the Antec 1040, but I don't want that height. I've looked at rackmount servers, but it seems that all they offer are 5.25" bays, and I'd prefer not to have to get HD bays for each of my hard drives. My perfect case would be one that has 1-2 external 5.25" bays, 1 external 3.5" bay, and like 8-10 internal 3.5" bays. I do like the Lian-Li PC-76 server case (Link to Newegg pics), but its quite expensive, and I don't necessarily need aluminum. Are there any cases that look somewhat like that under $150 (PSU included or not, if the PSU is included my budget's around $200)? Any suggestions are welcome.
 

Woodie

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Good luck. Most server cases are going to come with SCSI drive bays, and many of them will be externally accessible, so you can swap them w/o opening up the case.

To get the picture ideas going, something like a Compaq 5500? (I know, it's a SCSI drive enclosure)
or a Compaq ML370?
 

CheeLew

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Enlight EN-8950 5U Rackmount/Pedestal Server
9 drive bays
cover w/keylock
caster wheels
(19.0" x 8.62" x 25.6") (W x H x D)
specs here

$160 at mwave