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Case recommendation (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/homelab@lemmy.ml
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So right now my server (unRAID) is a PC, with a PCI SATA card installed hooked up to 6 HDD’s, 2 SSD’s and an NVME. I also have a 1070 in there for transcoding and a few other things.

I want to move to a rack mounted case, but I don’t want to buy a different form factor motherboard or PSU (cause expensive). Can anyone recommend an ATX server case? Also a rack for it to go in?

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Are you looking for a 4u case and what part of the world are you buying from?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    4u would be fine, I’m in the UK

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)
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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I bought all new because used market around me isn't big enough. I went for Silverstone for the case (both a 4U and a 2U), and Startech for the cabinet. Cabinet is expensive new, but apparently in some places you can get used for cheap.

    The 4U case (RM42-502) is for my PC so I have a full size 2080S GPU, an ATX motherboard, but not that many SATA drives, but I know they are selling either mods or other cases in the same form factor. Since temps and noise were a big priority, I went with a Noctua D12L ventirad. Only downside compared to normal case is the cable management that is a bit more tricky imo.

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