NAS case

[chpoit]

Hi, 

 

I've recently managed to resurrect my old i7-3770 with a new H61 board off of ebay. I am looking for an itx or microATX case that can support 4-6 drives(or more) to setup an unraid server.

Most of the cases I have seen are microATX and somewhat big, does anyone have a recommendation for such a purpose, what I really want is the drives and for the case to not be too big.

I don't want an sever rack case, as they are too big for me.

 

Are there any particularly popular raid cards for such a purpose ?

 

I am in Canada.

 

Thanks,

 

EDIT: I ended up going with the node 304.

[rennygt3]

5 minutes ago, chpoit said:

Hi, 

 

I've recently managed to resurrect my old i7-3770 with a new H61 board off of ebay. I am looking for an itx or microATX case that can support 4-6 drives(or more) to setup an unraid server.

Most of the cases I have seen are microATX and somewhat big, does anyone have a recommendation for such a purpose, what I really want is the drives and for the case to not be too big.

I don't want an sever rack case, as they are too big for me.

 

Are there any particularly popular raid cards for such a purpose ?

 

I am in Canada.

 

Thanks,

I would reccomend Fractal Design Define R6 

Link: PC part picker: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/n297YJ/fractal-design-define-r6-black-tg-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-r6-bk-tg

        Fractal Official: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-r6-black

 

It has many hard drive mounts and is pretty small for a case (ATX Mid tower)

[chpoit]

6 minutes ago, rennygt3 said:

I would reccomend Fractal Design Define R6 

Link: PC part picker: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/n297YJ/fractal-design-define-r6-black-tg-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-r6-bk-tg

        Fractal Official: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-r6-black

 

It has many hard drive mounts and is pretty small for a case (ATX Mid tower)

True, but it's an ATX case, i'm looking for something inthe itx/microATX range, and I did consider the fractal minis.

[TyPow]

On 2/28/2018 at 6:59 PM, chpoit said:

Hi, 

 

I've recently managed to resurrect my old i7-3770 with a new H61 board off of ebay. I am looking for an itx or microATX case that can support 4-6 drives(or more) to setup an unraid server.

Most of the cases I have seen are microATX and somewhat big, does anyone have a recommendation for such a purpose, what I really want is the drives and for the case to not be too big.

I don't want an sever rack case, as they are too big for me.

 

Are there any particularly popular raid cards for such a purpose ?

 

I am in Canada.

 

Thanks,

I am sure you have found one already, but the FD Node 304 is a great little ITX case that has support for up to 6 HDD.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352027&cm_re=node_304-_-11-352-027-_-Product

[chpoit]

Yeah, this is the case I ended up going with.