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Need HUGE Case!

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raptorsoft2000

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I need a case with like 20 5.25" drive bays.... Long story short, I have a raid array with 4 drives, another with 2 and another with 8, so that alone is 14 and I have a DVD-R, DVD-ROM/CD-R, a few other Misc hard drives, a zip 250, a floppy, and a wattage meter. I'm hoping I can find a good one that is huge. Rackmount would be good, but tower would be ok too. I am hoping to not spend too much though, otherwise I'll have to split up my 8 array into another system. Thanks for the help!

Jesse
 
How much you plan on spending? I did the same thing you did, (kind of), and spent $600 or so on a 23-bay server from Enermax. If you buy a server case from them, they will sell it to you directly, because the cases are impossible to find elsewhere.
Tas.
 
Originally posted by: raptorsoft2000
I need a case with like 20 5.25" drive bays.... Long story short, I have a raid array with 4 drives, another with 2 and another with 8, so that alone is 14 and I have a DVD-R, DVD-ROM/CD-R, a few other Misc hard drives, a zip 250, a floppy, and a wattage meter. I'm hoping I can find a good one that is huge. Rackmount would be good, but tower would be ok too. I am hoping to not spend too much though, otherwise I'll have to split up my 8 array into another system. Thanks for the help!

Jesse
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but hard drives are 3.5"
 
Well, it's a lot of money for 14 drives, and a 20 bay case. $200 for hd coolers is nothing at that point. Not to mention the controller for the drives and all that as well...
Tas.
 
I guess you could say that. It's definitely a server class. Dual Xeon, 2GB RAM, 1TB RAID 5 array, one kick ass PCI-X RAID controller... And a 6800 GT OC for games. 🙂 (My wife bought me that) I have a PNY Quadro 4 900 XGL in the closet, but I haven't had the time to really get into my rendering, so I leave the 6800 in. . Oh, and the dual power supplies (Enermax 460 & 660w--nothing like running 1120 watts of power in a machine)... And my wife plays Guild Wars, as do I (but not as much). I also do video editing, photo editing, rendering (3DS Max), html & javascript work, and misc other stuff... Would you consider that a server?
Tas.
 
nope, I would consider that a high end workstation. by definition a server "serves" clients.

edit: for a beast like that, I suppose you could build your own case outa wood and scavenge parts from other pc cases as needed.

I've been planning a massive 2 motherboard wood case myself.
 
Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
I guess you could say that. It's definitely a server class. Dual Xeon, 2GB RAM, 1TB RAID 5 array, one kick ass PCI-X RAID controller... And a 6800 GT OC for games. 🙂 (My wife bought me that) I have a PNY Quadro 4 900 XGL in the closet, but I haven't had the time to really get into my rendering, so I leave the 6800 in. . Oh, and the dual power supplies (Enermax 460 & 660w--nothing like running 1120 watts of power in a machine)... And my wife plays Guild Wars, as do I (but not as much). I also do video editing, photo editing, rendering (3DS Max), html & javascript work, and misc other stuff... Would you consider that a server?
Tas.
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You could always use a soft-Quadro mod on the 6800GT.
 
Nah... When I get back into 3DS heavily again, I'll grab me a Quadro FX 2000... I've been eyeing one of those... But for now, SETI & Guild Wars keeps my machine busy.
Tas.
 
Because it would fulfill the purpose at the time. It what I have suffices for what I need to do, then that is fine. However, if it doesn't, then I don't hesitate to replace it. Like right now, I'm in the process of replacing all the fans in the case (10) because they are just too loud.
Tas.
 
I have 14 drives in my rig. The case is a Thermaltake Armor with 3 Supermicro drive cages. I wouldn't suggest the Thermaltake case for this application. The TT armor only has 10 useable bays which only leaves 1 bay for a cdrom. I put my cdroms in an external housig and put them on the desktop. Also... I got very bloody ripping off these steel tabs in the case that separate each 5.25" bay. If I had to do it again I would put the 3 cages in a Coolermaster Stacker and have space for 2 CD/DVD rom drives.

~Sy
 
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