Posted May 13, 2017 I'm building my new dual Xeon server rig, and I'm looking for suggestions for a case. My needs are: Sexy NAS Storage (4 or 6+ 3.5 drives, or 2+ 5.25s for conversion) BIG Window EATX/SSI-EEB form factor PSU shroud preferred, not needed Water cooling friendly is a must Any suggestions? Budget is flexible depending on features and sexiness. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 13, 2017 900D Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD || 750W P2 || 16GB HyperX Black DDR4 Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9 Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 13, 2017 Author 12 hours ago, arnavvr said: 900D Holy shit, that thing is huge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 13, 2017 3 hours ago, shotsfired said: Holy shit, that thing is huge... Dual Xeon boards are huge... Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD || 750W P2 || 16GB HyperX Black DDR4 Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9 Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 13, 2017 Why do people even need such large computers? Anyways this might be big enough: Watching Intel have competition is like watching a headless chicken trying to get out of a mine field CPU: Intel I7 4790K@4.6 with NZXT X31 AIO; MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z97 Maximus VII Ranger; RAM: 8 GB Kingston HyperX 1600 DDR3; GFX: ASUS R9 290 4GB; CASE: Lian Li v700wx; STORAGE: Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD; Samsung 850 500GB SSD; Various old Seagates; PSU: Corsair RM650; MONITOR: 2x 20" Dell IPS; KEYBOARD/MOUSE: Logitech K810/ MX Master; OS: Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 14, 2017 Thermaltake core x5, also pretty big and on sale ATM at Newegg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 18, 2017 Author On 5/13/2017 at 10:50 AM, Notional said: Why do people even need such large computers? Anyways this might be big enough: Lol, no shitposting please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 18, 2017 Author On 5/14/2017 at 6:44 AM, KazerTheKeen said: Thermaltake core x5, also pretty big and on sale ATM at Newegg. I'm very strongly considering this case, but if I'm spending over 2k on a build, I want it to stand up at me and I wanna see it. I'm beyond picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, shotsfired said: I'm beyond picky. That's fair i'm picky too that's why I am familiar with cases and frequate* this section of the forum. *Google tells me this is not a word and I disagree. I swear I've been using it for a long time. frequate -to visit regularly, or be a frequent visitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 18, 2017 Author 2 hours ago, KazerTheKeen said: That's fair i'm picky too that's why I am familiar with cases and frequate* this section of the forum. *Google tells me this is not a word and I disagree. I swear I've been using it for a long time. frequate -to visit regularly, or be a frequent visitor. I believe frequate is not a real word, and I've never personally witnessed this word used before. Then again, we live in a world where twerking is a thing, so... Anything is possible. (I believe the phrase you're thinking of is "I frequent these forums", and that would be grammatically correct.) I suppose I may choose the 750D from Corsair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 19, 2017 I'm in same boat with you. Have several DP systems and wanna build one that have effective cooling/good storage and still look nice. I've never tried em, but looks like caselabs are the way to go. I really like caselabs S8 but it's over kills and "server like" to me. (Enough of this stuff on my job). They gonna release BX8 soon: 6xHDDs, EATX, compact, three windows, horizontal mobo layout. Hits all the checkboxes for me, except unwanted 5.25" drive slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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