Question The 4u server case hunt.

[Christoff Snyman]

Hey everyone, hope someone would be able to help point me in the right direction of some decent 4u cases and accompanying cooler to cool a 3900x. Need to fit a ATX mobo (Asus x570 crosshair VIII Formula) , rtx2080ti (Msi gaming x trio)

Some backstory I bought a full ROG branded prebuilt from a guy secondhand. Whole rig plus peripherals was not even 2 months old and everything together worked out way cheaper than just the parts. So I sold off the parts I don't need and now looking to rack mount it to protect it during touring as it will be used for playback of visuals at festivals etc. I'm finding it hard to find a case that isn't longer than say 45cm's that supports the width of the cart. Hard drive bays isn't that important as I'm using a m.2 nvme ssd and one 2.5 inch sata ssd in it but the more fan mounts the better. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[kanewolf]

What about this one -- https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RSV-R4100-4U-Rackmount-Server-Chassis/dp/B07957B2VF
If you don't like that one search for "4U half depth server case" ...

 

[Christoff Snyman]

What about this one -- https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RSV-R4100-4U-Rackmount-Server-Chassis/dp/B07957B2VF
If you don't like that one search for "4U half depth server case" ...

Had a look at that one cause I liked the all black paint job but it only has 4 low profile pice slots. The gaming x trio 2080ti is a absolutely huge card and if I didn't get it for less than half price I probably would have chosen a different one.

 

[kanewolf]

Had a look at that one cause I liked the all black paint job but it only has 4 low profile pice slots. The gaming x trio 2080ti is a absolutely huge card and if I didn't get it for less than half price I probably would have chosen a different one.

You don't mean "low profile" since the case shows full height slots. You mean depth.

You might just have to get a deeper road case to get what you want.

 

[Christoff Snyman]

Yeah I've been trying to avoid doing that cause now my other issue is that the card supports in server cases is a bit too low to support this specific GPU so now the bigger the case is the more it will be carried on it's side and putting unnecessary strain on the pcie slots. Or am I just overthinking this?

 

[kanewolf]

Yeah I've been trying to avoid doing that cause now my other issue is that the card supports in server cases is a bit too low to support this specific GPU so now the bigger the case is the more it will be carried on it's side and putting unnecessary strain on the pcie slots. Or am I just overthinking this?

I don't know. I would probably sell the graphics card. "Playback of visuals" is not taxing for a graphics card. Get a card that is better suited to the job you want it to do.