I was looking into something similar a while back. The only case I could find that tempted me over and above the 7XL was the Jonsbo T59X, but it ain't cheap. I was particularly keen on it because of all the 5.25" bays that could be converted to hotswap IcyDock bays or similar.My Truenas server needs a new home.
Anything better than the 7XL?
Currently have 12 HDD's in my R5 (I think is an R5) and I want to had more disks.
Thanks.
Actually just noticed you are in Nottingham so if you wanted to nip down to Derby and pick them up that would be fine. I work close to Sainsburys on pride park just off the A52 coming into derby.![]()
You are a saint, very gratefulYeah thats not far from me at all straight down the A52 i actually came that way a couple of weeks ago when we went to pick up an AC unit from Screwfix in Long Eaton.
I have an abundance of these sleds/trays because i build a lot of systems at work in these cases and the spares just go in the metal recycling so i have saved some along with some screws and rubber grommits for you.
They don't come with any removeable fan mount brackets. The areas at the front, top and back are all 120/140mm. The top panel does come off to fit the fans but its 120 or 140mm. If i have missed anything in the, probably 200+ systems i have built into this case, then please direct me to them in the manual..![]()
Ah the multibracket. I thought you meant a mount to convert from a 140mm fan to a 120mm fan rather than a 120mm fan to add a HDD/SSD. Unfortunately the chassis only come with 2 and i ship them with the systems. You will have to remove the 2 that is supplied with the case to fit all the trays, I will see if we have any spare but i dont believe we do. I am not even sure if you can buy them as a spare part.
I have some Noctua 140's in my R5 I will be bringing over. Thing is, for a living room based "server", they are reasonably quiet all things considered but a bit of a furnace if not cooled appropriately.Yes its definitely a good case to build in. They do have some limitations which come into play for the systems i build which are some top end dual Epyc with 1-2Tb of memory and 4xGPUs but mainly Threadripper pro with Asus WRX80 motherboard. They are a huge heavy case and when fully populated can be a nightmare to lug about but they are very well build and serve our purposes. I would definitely recommend getting some Noctua fans though as the standard ones that come with are not great in terms of airflow for such a big case. Fractal do a PWM version of the 140mm fan that has much higher airflow but a little louder. The Arctic P14 PWM are also a good fan at a good price and i think they do a 5 pack as well.
I was looking into something similar a while back. The only case I could find that tempted me over and above the 7XL was the Jonsbo T59X, but it ain't cheap. I was particularly keen on it because of all the 5.25" bays that could be converted to hotswap IcyDock bays or similar.
My basket at OcUK:
Total: £357.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)
Or the Anidees AI Raider XL, but I couldn't find a UK stockist:
Wish I’d not sold mine when I had a brief Mac transition about 10 years back… would be perfect for my UnRAID box now!The Antec 1200 is an option, albeit quite old now, picked one up off ebay and filled it with icydock bays as the standard 3x5.25 bays only take 3 drives. I don't really care for the looks but it works well for a 16 bay unraid server.