Best PC case with a lot of hard drive bays for my server?

[Britishblue]

Hi I have a jellyfin server setup on an old computer right now. I have another old computer which used to be my gaming pc and I was thinking of swapping to that to use as a sever as it has more SATA ports for more hard drives. Problem is the case is some crappy CIT gaming case (micro atx) with like 2 drive bays. I would buy a NAS but theyre quite expensive, so I was wondering are there any cheap cases with 6+ drive bays I could get? I was hoping to not spend more than £60 ($75).

The alternative was to buy an external drive docking station, but its not expandable so I thought a case would be a better way to go. If It helps the specs of the computer id be using are i5-8400, gigabyte z370m d3h, some crap 500w ATX PSU that should probably be replaced so I dont start a fire, 16gb 2400mhz DDR4 crucial. Thanks

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, Britishblue said:

Hi I have a jellyfin server setup on an old computer right now. I have another old computer which used to be my gaming pc and I was thinking of swapping to that to use as a sever as it has more SATA ports for more hard drives. Problem is the case is some crappy CIT gaming case (micro atx) with like 2 drive bays. I would buy a NAS but theyre quite expensive, so I was wondering are there any cheap cases with 6+ drive bays I could get? I was hoping to not spend more than £60 ($75).

The alternative was to buy an external drive docking station, but its not expandable so I thought a case would be a better way to go. If It helps the specs of the computer id be using are i5-8400, gigabyte z370m d3h, some crap 500w ATX PSU that should probably be replaced so I dont start a fire, 16gb 2400mhz DDR4 crucial. Thanks

Fractal Define R6, has 10 bays for HDD and 2 for SSD.  There are others but I am heavily biased towards Fractal.

 

 

[tkitch]

your budget is a bit on the  "low" side for this, but cases do exist at a reasonable price:

 

[Britishblue]

48 minutes ago, tkitch said:

your budget is a bit on the  "low" side for this, but cases do exist at a reasonable price:

 

Great thanks. I found a decent cooler master one for £58 with 8 drive bays. One last question do HP computers come with standard motherboards. The computer I want to use is a prebuilt crappy HP one. I was going to get a sata expansion PCIE card and just transfer everything to the new case? Thanks

[tkitch]

nope, they're almost guaranteed to not be standard motherboards, PSUs and possibly coolers.

[Britishblue]

31 minutes ago, tkitch said:

nope, they're almost guaranteed to not be standard motherboards, PSUs and possibly coolers.

Does that mean it wont fit in a normal case? Might have to get a new motherboard then.

[tkitch]

13 minutes ago, Britishblue said:

Does that mean it wont fit in a normal case? Might have to get a new motherboard then.

it will not.

It also won't use an ATX Power Supply most likely. 

[Britishblue]

1 minute ago, tkitch said:

it will not.

It also won't use an ATX Power Supply most likely. 

Power supply is fine I have a spare. I can just get a cheap motherboard for only a little extra. Thanks for your help

[Britishblue]

For anyone curious in the end I went with the cooler master CM Force 500. I reused my old power supply I had lying around from my old PC, and got an asus prime b450m-a II AM4 motherboard. Overall not bad and a lot cheaper than a normal NAS. 8 drive bays and 6 sata ports on the motherboard.