I'm looking for a good case that can take at least 8 drives - more would be better. Watercooling is a factor as well. My Coolermaster Cosmos is a pain in the ass to get drives in and out of, and while the new Antec Lanboy is fantastic, it's also $200.
Any rec's from the buildapc community?
Posted Nov 16, 2010, 7:12 PM UTC
What about something like this? Looks like you could use 11 of the bays if you aren't using an external drive 12 if your main drive is an SSD. And the good news is you can disable the ugly LEDs. For a bit smaller case this has 6 internal 3.5 and 4 external 5.25 that could be converted.
Nice! Love thermaltake stuff - this is on the outside of my price range though. Still a good looking case.
Fractal Design's R3:
Fractal Design's XL:
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The XL is fantastic - I'll have to hunt to find one though. Only one retailer in North America, and it has the R3.
Price is excellent though - wonder if they can get the XL...
NCIX? They have the XL.
This I will look into. They're not that far away.
I too have been looking into getting the new Antec Lanboy air for my next pc build. I'm not sure how effective their new mesh system is, but their presentation has sold me. If you plan to watercool then their mesh system shouldn't hurt if it's not up to par. So far it's gotten good reviews everywhere I've looked. If you get it you should PM me and tell me your personal thoughts. :)
I will, if I go that route.
Since you want 8 3.5" bays and water-cooling, it limits your choices a little. You can also convert 5.25" bays into 3.5" bays if you wanted to.
Here are some cases you could check out. For an absolute budget case that would work for you, you could get the Azza Solano 1000, which gets pretty decent reviews, nothing spectacular though. Another one that gets pretty good reviews at lower budget prices is the NZXT Tempest Evo. If you're willing to expand your budget a bit more, you can get the better Antec Twelve Hundred.
The Gigabyte Triton has 10 bays (5x 5.25'' and 5x 3.5'') and the water cooling upgrade is possible. By using converters you can have 1x 3.5'' or 2x 2.5'' hard drives in each 5.25'' bay totaling a maximum of 15 hard drives inside the case.
8x 3.5"? Or you need 8x 5.25"?
8 x 3.5, or more.