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Would like to put together storage server -- want SMALL chassis

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After lots of research, I finally picked up the Chenbro chassis. It's more than I wanted to spend, but it was exactly what I wanted. It's absolutely no bigger than necessary (mini-ITX, slimline optical, 4 hot-swap 3.5" bays, DC-DC power supply, laptop hard drive for OS). Went with an Atom board since I needed the PCI slot for my RAID 5. System works great, is quiet, and performance is perfect for a file server. Darn thing is kinda heavy all loaded down!
 
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
After lots of research, I finally picked up the Chenbro chassis. It's more than I wanted to spend, but it was exactly what I wanted. It's absolutely no bigger than necessary (mini-ITX, slimline optical, 4 hot-swap 3.5" bays, DC-DC power supply, laptop hard drive for OS). Went with an Atom board since I needed the PCI slot for my RAID 5. System works great, is quiet, and performance is perfect for a file server. Darn thing is kinda heavy all loaded down!
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<--Jealous
 
The ES34069 (Chenbro) is absolutely beautiful -- I would LOVE one myself....

*sigh* if only they had barebone systems -- honestly if I could find a Chenbro with built in mobo/cpu (for not much more) I would definitely get it

So raider, are you puttin in a PCI raid controller? You mentioned raid and PCI so I can only assume...

EDIT: So I quickly 'threw together' (virtually) an Intel system (AMD build was ~$20 more than this) to see what it would cost if i did indeed do my own build (using the Chenbro). My results were sort of what I expected:

COST W/O SHIPPING: $598

PARTS:
*case=Chenbro ES34069 for $224
*cpu=Celeron 440 2Ghz (35W) for $55
*mobo=Intel DG45FC mITX (has 4 onboard SATA, onboard RAID contr.) for $130
*ram=Kingstron 2x1GB DDR2-800 for $20
*MS WHS license for $95
*WD Scorpio (2.5" for OS) 320GB HDD for $75

(The above would get me to where I was HW-wise with the HP that I am interested in. Is $220 extra worth it? Who knows....)
 
Just tried to add the item into their shopping cart and applied my zipcode.

I live in Southern California, eWiz is located at San Jose, and shipping cost me $25.58 using UPS ground.

A lot of vendors cheats on price comparison sites.
 
Granted its still a little cheaper but I can't help but feel gouged for shipping....EVERYWHERE else charges ~$16-20 for my zip.

If anything it makes me NOT want to give eWiz my business due to them pulling a "ebay" stunt -- make your item cheap to get ppl and then charge an arm n leg for shipping.

I looked everywhere else and the prices are ranging from ~$200 - $280 on the case itself
 
Thats not too bad at all --- other than I have never heard of lagoom? Are they trusted...

EDIT: BAH enough of this looking everywhere and pricing -- I am going to grab the EX470; if nothing else I only have to go to ONE company if I need any RMA/warranty work....$379 is still $200 less than a build is....
 
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