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Hey Guys, I am searching for quite a specific case on a budget as I want to build a beefy home server. Okay, so the case needs to support a flexATX Mainboard, 4*3.5 HDD and a Standart ATX PSU. Furthermore I want it to be in a cubic style as the server will live in my living room, because there is where my cable TV comes in, where I have Lan and also there is Space under the TV Shelf. I don't mind modding the case at all and I also have a 3D printer and quite experience with CAD. Now you may ask why my search is so specific I got a pretty beefy embedded server xenon mainboard for free with 32GB of ram and still have a great bequite 500w powersupply as a leftover. I already modded a Corsair AIO to cool the Xenon. Currently I am running a synology 2 Bay Nas mounted in unraid via NFS running on a Dell thin client. On the Synology runs a SVN Server, VPN Server, FTP and Samba Share. On the thin client there is a owncloud and a plexmediaserver with DVR. As you can imagine i need more power for more projects and also transcoding in plex. The new server should replace both devices but on the cheap Do you have recommendations for a suitable case? Likawiks

Hey Guys, I just want to show you my solution for a very cheap, silent and energy efficent nas. At first I´m a student so money is the biggest factor in this build and sorry for my english I´m from germany. I wanted to have a full 64bit Linux Box to play arround with and a reliable place to backup my photos. Furthermore streaming videos and Live TV in my network and run my online photography website. Looking at Synology, i really liked the small size, but the software is to restricted for all my needs and it is very expensiv So i got myself a Dell Thin Client used from ebay for 30 Dollars. It runs a AMD 1,5Ghz Cpu with 4 threads,has Gigabit Lan and two USB3.0 Ports. Putting in 2*4GB Ram and 2*2,5 Sata 4TB drives it has become the perfect solution for me. I´m running ESXI with Xpenology for Backup and Streaming Video, Ubuntu Server with my website on nigix and small debian with tvheadend. Esxi is running of the 16GB Flash Card and the two drives are in raid for security. Getting the two drives in this small case was a real challenge. I put a mini-pci Sata Card in there to get the Sata Ports. Then i solderd in 12V, GND and 5V connected to a molex port to get power for the drives. For getting more space i flexed of some heatsink fins, like Linus always does The Thin client is in bios configured to boot as soon as it gets power. Its now running for 2 weeks non stop, no thermal problems so far and completly silent as there ar no fans in there. Coasts so far: -Thin Client 30$ -Ram ist out of broken notebooks from the scrapyard, so for free -pci sata card 10$ -cables are from the scrapyard and out of old pc`s -Seagate Barracuda 2*4TB 240$ I think for people with soldering skills and tight budget this should be considerd as an option. Best regards, LS