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