Posted July 3, 2017 Hey all, Im shopping for a front bay 3.5in chassis for my server rack. The one I bought I didnt really think threw and it was all internal bays that are unlabled and hard to get at. I found a Chenbro one on Ebay that had 8 3.5in hot swap bays however it was 150 USD which I was hopping could have been lower. Any ideas that you guys have? "45 ACP because shooting twice is silly!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 3, 2017 StarTech has a few. Are you looking for a certain number of drives? Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 3, 2017 Author Just now, ARikozuM said: StarTech has a few. Are you looking for a certain number of drives? Around 8 would be nice, front bay with LEDs. Im looking for something cheap however Rack Cases are really expensive. Ahh the college student life.. "45 ACP because shooting twice is silly!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 3, 2017 kinguin makes some pretty nice ones, check TigerDirect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, Nikolithebear said: Around 8 would be nice, front bay with LEDs. Im looking for something cheap however Rack Cases are really expensive. Ahh the college student life.. You're looking for actual racks? Not hot-swap bays? In that case, Rosewill has a lovely beginner's 4U. They cost around $240, but they're a great foray into custom-built rackmounts. Note: As a "beginner" case, it doesn't have any room for redundant PSU's and you're limited by the number of SATA on your motherboard. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811147233 You can also search Ebay for some servers such as the Dell C2100 or R-series. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-C2100-FS12-TY-12-Core-2-80GHz-X5660-36GB-RAM-6x-250GB-HDD-H700-/182556700683?hash=item2a813a300b:g:GKoAAOSwPWRZQsrR Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 3, 2017 Check my Workshop specs in my Sig. I built one for exactly this use and we are super super happy with the case we got. http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=709&area=en Redstone:i7-4770 / Z97 / GTX 980 / Corsair 16GB / H90 / 400C / Antec EDGE / Neutron GTX240 / Intel 240Gb / WD 2TB / BenQ XL24 Obsidian: MSI GE60 2PE i7-4700HQ / 860M / 12GB / WE 1TB / m.Sata 256gb/Elagto USB HD Capture CardRazer Deathadder Chroma / Razer Blackwidow TE Chroma / Kingston Cloud2's / Sennheiser 429 / Logitech Z333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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