January 22, 201016 yr A new rack is being released at the UK site Xcase: http://www.xcase.co.uk/X-Case-RM-413-4u-Rackmount-p/case-xcase-rm413-lcd.htm It is relatively cheap and holds 13 drives in a very elegant way. Very few actual details but the LCD is a nice touch and assuming there is a few mm between the drives it should be very heat efficient
January 22, 201016 yr Cool! My only question would be how effectively the hot air is exhausted from the rear assuming the front fans are designed to draw cool air in. It looks like there's only a single 80mm fan in the rear? I would have expected two at least... Then again it sort of looks like there's maybe a space for another fan in the rear, hard to tell from the picture.
January 22, 201016 yr Author Yeah there are alot of unanswered questions but it has some real potential. Using a mATX motherboard essentially there would be nothing between the back of the HDD array and the rear fan (apart from 13 sata + power cables). Its not all that bad looking either.
January 23, 201016 yr Xcase quite often stick up a video of their cases going through layouts etc. From the pictures it looks to me like there are 3x80mm fans at the front of the case just before the HDs, guess the space for the 4th is taken by the LCD.
January 23, 201016 yr Author I think your right. The website if sull of typos but: Fans 8025*4 6iMAXj Implies 4 are fitted and 2 more are posible which matches having a space at the back and the front which looks correct
January 23, 201016 yr Pretty good price. My Only concern would be cooling but otherwise it looks very tidy.
January 24, 201016 yr Author Can someone find a price for this outside the EU. The Norco 4220 has shot up in price in the EU and now comes in at more than 3 times the price of this one. Its no longer viable even though it support more drives. I suspect outside the EU this case is very very cheap indeed. At this point it is almost certain i will be purchasing one.
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