Tower cases with 5.25" drive bays top to bottom...
the ideal tower case has external 5.25" drive cages top to bottom (i.e. Antec 900). I was reading some articles on SilentPCReview and found a list!
brand / model / (5.25 bay count)
AeroCool VX/VS-9 Pro
Antec 1200 - (12)
Antec 900 - (9)
AZZA Helios 910
Chieftec Smart WH-01
Coolermaster Centurion 590 - (9)
Coolermaster Stacker 810 - (11)
Lianli PC-P80
Lianli PC-P50
Lian Li PC-A77FB - (12)
Nexus Prominent
If you need a external enclosure ( no CPU/MB ), you can build by some optical drive enclosure.
For example, below is a 9 5.25 bay ( 13 disk ) enclosure, the height same as a mid-tower or not wider then a rack ... those are short in depth (~40cm) . The build still not complete, enclosure come from China and not in good build quality, but it really cheap in price. If you need quality, you may use istarusa s915 or s917.
