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    Tower cases with 5.25" drive bays top to bottom...

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    Great Case to use for UnRAID :). It has  place holding tabs on the drive bays. To install, If you want to use Icydoc 5 in 3's, you would have to "flatten" the tabs- I did not use this option.

     

    This case has already 2 holders for 4 in 3's with fans and its very easy (and cheap) to add 2 more of these (my config has one):

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817993002&Tpk=coolermaster (and taking the cover off and using the fan to cool the drives). 

     

    or this one:

     

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817996019 but you may need to change the fan to match the cases's ones.

     

    Finally the case has space at the bottom to add at least 2 3.1/2"drives laying flat or several 2.5".

     

    Interesting.  I already have an Icy Dock 5 in 3, so I would prefer to keep them the same.  What would be the best case to use 4 of the Icy dock 5 in 3's? The Antec 1200?  I like the Antec 1200 but it appears to be out of stock everywhere.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Airflow cooling is key with so many drives in big cases .The 5 in 4 have a tendency to be quite "restricted" and drives get quite hot. Also I do not like to have to "flatten" the tabs of the case.

    Check this thread for the 5x3: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12405.0

     

    I'm not familiar with the Antec 1200, but the Elysium was a great build and has great Fans & cabling options (especially with so many SATA cables).

     

     

     

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    My Setup: :)

     

    Xigmatek Elysium Black

    ASROCK P67Extreme 6, (incl. 10 SATA  II & III ports)

    Intel Core I7 2600k (Overkill- but had one from previous build)

    16GB DDR3

     

    1x SYBA SY-PCI40010 PCI SATA II (3.0Gb/s) 4 SATA II ports

    2x SYBA SY-PEX40008 4-port SATA 3.0Gb/s PCIe

    1x Vantec UGT-ST622 2 Channel 4-Port SATA 6 Gb/s PCIe

    1x Vantec UGT-ST310R 4 x SATA II 150 PCI (for Notebook Hard drives)

     

    Parity Drive  -2 TB Hitachi 7200RPM

    Cache Drive: 180GB Corsait GT Force SSD

    Data Drives:

    2x WDC red 2TB

    4x Samsung 2TB HD204UI 5400 RPM

    1x Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM

    6x Samsung 1TB HD103SJ 7200 RPM

    1x Hitachi 1TB HDS7210 7200 RPM

    1x Samsung 750GB 7200 RPM

    1x WDC 500GB notebook 5400RPM

    1x WDC 640GB notebook 5400RPM

    1x WDC 320 GB Notebook 5400RPM

     

    Power: OCZ ZT 750W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze

    Slim DVD Burner SN-208DB/BEBE

     

     

     

     

    Tower cases with 5.25" drive bays top to bottom...

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Great Case to use for UnRAID :). It has  place holding tabs on the drive bays. To install, If you want to use Icydoc 5 in 3's, you would have to "flatten" the tabs- I did not use this option.

     

    This case has already 2 holders for 4 in 3's with fans and its very easy (and cheap) to add 2 more of these (my config has one):

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817993002&Tpk=coolermaster (and taking the cover off and using the fan to cool the drives). 

     

    or this one:

     

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817996019 but you may need to change the fan to match the cases's ones.

     

    Finally the case has space at the bottom to add at least 2 3.1/2"drives laying flat or several 2.5".

     

     

     

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