Case Reccomendations for "Dual X79" System

Jay Deah · January 5, 2020

I have a lot of spare Ivy Bridge Xeons and DDR3-R Memory so i ordered one of those AliExpress Chineese Dual X79 Boards. I don't really have a use case other than "i'm bored" and "because i can"

Now to choose a case...

So considering the board is pretty big (EATX?) it would need a case that physically fits it.

And also as the only use case i can think of is some sort of home server type setup it would want to take a lot of 3.5" Drive Bays (i have a few SAS RAID Cards spare too so i'd probably just bung in a load of 3.5" drives)

Now i was thinking something like a fractal design R6... but... those arent cheap, also the only real use i can think of for the thing means it would be hidden away so no point in TG etc.

SO anything similar that's a budget case?

Juular · January 5, 2020

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#xcx=0&f=3,14&sort=price

You can set the slide for 3.5" internal bays amount to your preference, keep in mind tho that Phanteks P400\Enthoo cases have only 2 bays stock, additional ones are optional (sold separately).

TVwazhere · January 6, 2020

18 hours ago, Jay Deah said:

So considering the board is pretty big (EATX?) it would need a case that physically fits it.

What size exactly? EATX has become a loose term, meaning anything from 10.5" (266mm) long to 13" (330mm) long (assuming it's a dual socket board, it's most likely 13" (330mm) long, which most modern EATX PC cases do not support (typically they support between 10.4-10.7" [264-280mm])

Jay Deah · January 7, 2020

I'm not sure I'll have to wait until it turns up. I gather even the pictures are no good to go from as the board you get sent might not be the one pictured .

It's my first time using aliexpress