[Pc_Support] Re: Looking for good 4U case... -- got one for $60

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 21:17 -0400, Carter Manucy wrote:
> That'd be a deal ... but you say ATA?  This box will be SATA (off of a 
> 9500) - probably pushing 4-5 drives.

Then I'll take the bays out, sell it to you for $60, and you can add
something like this for under $150:  
  http://us.enlightcorp.com/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?ID=201  

> What I ended up finding was a SuperMicro case.  They (newegg) doesn't 
> list the rail kit, but I found you can add one to it.  
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811152053 - comes 
> with an 8xSATA backplane, 2x5.25" EATX and 645W single PS for $370.  
> Rail kit will probably run me another $50 (!), but it's worth it... the 
> rack is a generic POS from Skycraft, so I need a good bit of flexibility 
> in the kit for sure :)

If you want to go for new, no problem.  There are $250 options with 4-6
SATA drives from SuperMicro that might do fine.  In fact, if you want
the backplane/hot-swap SATA, that would be cheaper than buying my older
case and adding the EN-8721.

I'm just looking to rid myself of this case.  I put a pedestal
underneath my desk for my server now.  The disks are fixed, except for
one hot-swap.


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