Hello, I wanted to upgrade my regular midi-tower computer to something more advanced.

The idea was to build something like this:

(case: ROSEWILL RSV-L4412 or SATA-only L4411). I like it and the price seems ok.

But, my first problem: this case is unavailible in Europe or the shipping is horrendously expensive and can even double the price of a product itself.

Second problem: even if I pay for the shipping, when something will break the spare part will be extremely expensive and shipping will take forever.

 

So, I wanted to ask for your help: what case is a good alternative when you live in Europe (Poland)?

 

i bought mine (RPC-4224) from here(http://ri-vier.eu/) long time ago.. looks like they no more imports them from US.. but may be you can find something else useful..

You could try to find a matching case at X-case.co.uk

Thank you for pointing me to x-case.

I think https://www.xcase.co.uk/products/x-case-extra-value-x415-e-atx-4u-with-fan-wall-10-drive-internal-storage?variant=17232462085 will be a good start for my project.

after searching for several weeks, I found a German outfit, Inter-Tech, who make exactly the case I was looking for:

- 4U rack-mount (4U because that allows a fan-wall with three 120mm fans)

- hot-swap 3.5" bays at the front (this case offers 10 bays)

- accepts standard (µ)ATX motherboard and ATX PSU
- USB 3 port at front

- offers individual SATA connections to the hot-swap bays (as opposed to SFF-8087 connections)

 

Here's the link:

https://www.inter-tech.de/en/products/ipc/storage-cases/4u-4410

 

-rob

Sorry for the long time answer, but I'm also looking to buy a RSV-L4412 from EU (or USA) but can't find it anywhere. I was looking for a 4U with at least 10 hotswap bay that has backplane included.