Small (uATX) case for WHS

[zerogear]

Looking for one that has preferably more than 2 HD 3.5.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I was looking at the Centurion one, but that only has 2 HD mounts.

 

[Zepper]

The old Antec SLK3000-B was a relatively compact (~ 18" tall by <17" deep) ATX case (also holds mATX mobo) with five HDD bays. No longer offered by Antec, but Rosewill has the same case in their R6A series, and HEC/Compucase also sells them under their own name now (6A series). Compucase is the OEM for all of them. The design is excellent with 120mm f/r cooling (almost never available in a mATX case), but I don't see any R6A now on the Egg (Rosewill is an in-house packaging subsidiary of the Egg), so IDK where you'd find any except maybe on fleabay. The Egg has several variants of the 6A under the HEC/Compucase brand - a couple at under $50. +sh.

mATX cases seldom have more than two HDD bays, but you can check the Silverstone Sugo series if you've got more money to spend. Well, you can skip the Sugo as they have only 2 Hdd bays. And you also don't find regular ATX PSU support (which you may want/need to power a stack of HDDs as well as the system at a reasonable price for quality units) in mATX cases.

Using the Newegg Power Search, you can find several mATX cases with 4 HDD bays, but they won't be as flexible or give as good cooling performance as the 6A models. The NZXT Rogue is an interesting one that offers 4 HDD bays, but it's pricey and cooling may be an issue.

Good luck.

.bh.

 

[Zap]

There are a few micro ATX mini tower cases on the market with four HDD mounts, plus you can also mount in the FDD and optical drive bays (using adapters).

Alternately you can make your own mounts by drilling holes into the base and side panel. I've done that to a case that only had one normal HDD mount. I used it, plus FDD, plus one of the two 5¼" bays for three drives. I then drilled holes into the base and side panel for four more drives, for seven total.