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Making new build soon need a case. 2016-09-03 19:11:54 Post No. 56408724
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Making new build soon need a case. 2016-09-03 19:11:54 Post No. 56408724
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/g/entoomen, I think it's time to retire my current system and make a new build.
I was planning to jump from my old x58 setup to an 2011v3 one.
I need at minimum 8 mechanical HDs slots since I run raid 0 + 1 (and raid 0 on 2 old corsair SSDs I have for the SO / software).
After searching a lot I found out about these beQuiet dark base 900 and they seem fucking awesome for what I wanted and they will fit a supermicro motherboard.
Should I go with this or there's better cases that can fit an E-ATX motherboard with enough space on for 2 120mm noctua towers and a shitload of HDs?
If I could store 10 or 12 It would be even better because I do plan to retire my 1tb WD blacks because they are a bit old now and I'm really scared all this stuff will crap itself soon.
Pic is a diagram of the case in question, it's 100% modular which made me like it a lot since I can play around and maybe even fit my old panaflo fans in there with some work.
I have seen some fractal cases that could store a shitload of HDs in the front with still some decent intake but they were all mid tower or some shit which means they could never fit a dual socket motherboard.
I also didn't want to get any caselabs shit because it's too expensive and retarded.
Is this too much of a special snowflake situation where I may need to just make a little nas box with the HDs and them update my setup or I can find something to cram all these HDs and the motherboard?
Right now my system is a phantom 630 because it was cheap at the time and it could handle a dual 1366 socket mobo I got for free from work many years ago.
>TLDR
BeQuiet Dark base 900 for dual xeon and tons of HDs or another kind of case?
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Whatever you think is coolest.
Virtually anything that is able to hold that many HDDs and that large of a motherboard is going to be the same: A giant, good quality, sort of expensive case that moves air.
If I can offer any advice, consider something a bit more mature and modern. The BeQuiet isn't bad at all, but maybe something like the H360 would be more aesthetic.
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>not making your own
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>>56408724
I prefer this case, it's pretty lightweight and isn't too too pricy.
See if what you're planning will fit in here; if so, I'll give you the link.
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I checked that one in the store too, I was just scared if it would be able to cool everything up.
My phantom does get toasty sometimes when I render stuff since I got no AC in my home.
Anyways it's cheaper and it doesn't have the stupid window from the bequiet one which is a pro to me (my mobo is some green ugly shit so it wouldn't even look good anyways).
I will look for some reviews about it, as long as it can take the motherboard and hold at least the 8 drives I need and the sytem stays cool and nice I'm good to go.
Also not going to watercool anything I'm not good at these things and I like leaving the PC on for months without having o touch anything.
One more thing I don't really care about how loud it is because when I set it to render I just open the windows set the fans to the max and leave the room.
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>>56409117
I fear that if I try to do that I will either burn my house or cut my arms off.
>>56409165
Damn nigga that thing is too green for me but can it even fit pic related?
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