Need Case with 8 3.5" drive bays!!!

[Kurupshin]

That is all. Any suggestions?

 

[Viper GTS]

Internal I presume?

Take your pick

Viper GTS

 

[Kurupshin]

That's great, but those are so much!!! Any cheaper ones out there?


And yes all are internal 3.5"

 

[Windogg]

Good news: The Chenbro Ultra fit your needs perfectly
Bad news: $600+ w/ dual 400w Power supplies

actually, the question is what do you need it for, your budget, do you need hot/cold swap capabilities, etc.

Cable length will be a major problem with most cases if you are talking IDE.

Windogg

 

[SUOrangeman]

Go to my web page and click on Project Jukebox (an Excel spreadsheet). At the bottom of the main section, I list the Codegen 9001 server case. I think it can hold that many drives and I just bought one last night for under $75 shipped. And it's not even a tower case!

-SUO

 

[Atlantean]

you could check out a lian-li case, I have a pc67 usb, but it only has 6 3.5 inch bays and 4 5.25 inch bays. But if you go here I am sure that you can find a case that has enough, don't think they sell them there though. Antec makes some nice cases too which can be found here

 

[Aosh]

Well, the Antec SX1240 has 6 3.5 internal bays and 2 external ones (INCLUDING the floppy). But you could always tap one of the 6 5.25" bays using mounting brackets. I got this case for under $150. Why do you need 8 anyways??

 

[RazeOrc]

try Color Computer Case, it may not be exactly what you need but they have cheap 4+6 bay comps that with some minor conversion would give you 8 3.5" + 2 5.25" and a lot of blow holes for fans...

 

[SUOrangeman]

Here is the Codegen ATX-9001 case I was referring to in my previous message. I actually just paid $70 (shipped) for the the case with Codegens 350W PSU. I am hoping that this is the same PSU AMD recommends for all of their XP chips. It arrives on Thursday.

-SUO

 

[nortexoid]

try the MAGIC-PRO...it has 9 bays total, hwoever 7 are 5.25"...u can always buy 3.5" mounts to stick in em...save a fortune

retails for $100 CDN, check it out here

 

[SUOrangeman]

I got my case yesterday. Other than the PSU (I had hoped for the one that was Codegen's AMD-approved model, but it wasn't ), I think it an excellent case. I'll be digging into it tonight. taking photos along the way.

-SUO

 

[thomsbrain]

sounds like someone's getting ready for a big RAID array... drool