Question Looking for mITX case that holds 4+ 3.5" Drives

[digitalgriffin]

I like the Fractal Design Node 304, but it annoys me that would charge $90 for a plastic front cover. I want something that looks classy that can serve as a NAS in my Home theater. There will be two of them. One for my NAS (Unraid) and another for my router (pfSense)

 

[tennis2]

The Lian Li PC-05 can take 4 x 3.5" drives and 2 x 2.5" drives at the same time. What's your budget?

 

[digitalgriffin]

Thanks, I'll take a look.

I kind of hate to spend more than $100. It shouldn't cost more than a decent motherboard that sits inside it. $150 is absurd.

 

[logainofhades]

What are the capacity of the drives, you will be using? Might be easier to get a different case, that holds less drives, and use larger capacity drives, instead. List of cases, that meet the 4+ requirement.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#t=9,12,10&J=4,20&sort=price&page=1

 

[digitalgriffin]

What are the capacity of the drives, you will be using? Might be easier to get a different case, that holds less drives, and use larger capacity drives, instead. List of cases, that meet the 4+ requirement.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#t=9,12,10&J=4,20&sort=price&page=1

As it's a NAS, RAID 0 + 1, 8TB storage total.

 

[logainofhades]

Do you already have your drives? If not, I would skip the raid, and just go with a larger capacity drive.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Do you already have your drives? If not, I would skip the raid, and just go with a larger capacity drive.

At the very least RAID 1 for a NAS should be a requirement of geek standards. I know it's not an offline backup. But it's a lot simpler to fix than an offline backup. And those external drives give me the willies for extended rebuilds due to heat issues. So I use them as a last resort.