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> I am looking for a case thats cheap but can hold a lot of
> disk.........the server cases are just silly money....
>
> So I can see a case for instance $70 ~ $120 each say with 6~8 x 3.5
> bays....if I pop rivet/screw/weld two together I can run 12~16
> disks....for $140~$240......still leaving 6~7 x 5.25inch bays free....
>
> http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspeci...?ItemID=377706
>
> http://www.task.com.tw/tk6110.htm
>
> Biggest worry is cable length.........depending on the case and how
> the bay is laid out in respect to the motherboard and its back plane,
> it could be hard or easy....
>
> So I could either have the motherbaord in the middle between the two
> caes and feed disk cables behind, or a case that has a removable
> motherboard backplane so I just have a very deep case....
>
> ideas? thoughts?
Sounds similar to the yeong yang cube case which has the mobo in the
center of it.
I have a couple. Cable length is only an issue on the stupidly short
free sata cables that are going from PCI cards - the ones from the mobo
are fine with 50cm, and 90cm are not that expensive.
When I had pata drives in it, there was a bit of a challange to get the
cables to reach but now its sata only no worries.
The cube case has the drives attach from the front using rails for the
5" and the 3" attach into brackets that screw into the back. You are not
going to be able to get to the middle screws if you permanantly join the
cases together, unless the drive cages remove, which they dont look like
they will.
Also, what to do with the big second power supply hole on the case?
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