A cheap NAS case - 8 x 3.5" HDD - cheaper the better...

[Gimpymoo]

Cheapest I can get is £100 for the Silverstone CS380.

Hotswap is not needed, no plans to play dosey-doh with the hard drives.

Will be sat in corner, turned on and left so appearance is not a factor.

Just needs to be able to fit in eight 3.5" HDD's with some appropiate fan cooling.

CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP.

Thanks.

 

[Gimpymoo]

comes with 2 drive trays.

That looks just the job but only 2 trays is a joke. They only look plastic, charge 60p more and give 6 more with the case.

Do HDD's fit into the "slots" without the sleds?

How are you supposed to use the other 6 positions?

@BongoHunter I am just planning to put FreeNAS on it. The rest of the build I am fine with but was trying to save a few quid on the case.

I do like the look of the CS380, the hotswap backplane is a nice feature but if I could save £50, I would gladly forego it.

 

[Gimpymoo]

Try the R5 theres a B grade

Amazing find and a great mod you did there. Did you salvage more cages from another case?

Oddly, I have an R5 for my main case so know how good it is and being able to hold 8 drives stock is an oddity nowadays it seems.

Personally, I would prefer the R5 over the CS380. Other than the hotswap, I see no benefits of it above the R5 as the R5 is an almost perfect case in my opinion.

Can I ask what SATA controllers you are using?

 

[Gimpymoo]

Yeah got the other hdd cage from a friend who was doing a watercooled build and didnt need the cage. the sata controllers are old adaptec 51645 cards I have two in there as this box is connected upto a external JBOD with another 16 drives.

I can use the 5 drive cage from my main rig in the NAS so that would give me 10 so awesome

Thanks for the heads up on the B-Grade. Such a bargain for a NAS case.

Will hopefully come tomorrow, just hope has most of its bits and not a dented mess

 

[Gimpymoo]

I have had B-grades of overclockers before sometimes they are just open box and not even removed.

Fingers crossed.

Soo chuffed to get a second R5.

I did consider moving my existing R5 to the NAS and getting a cheaper case for main rig but this ticks all the boxes.

The thing is, the R5 is a SUPERB case, I love mine. Genuinely is a jack of all trades with few compromises, if any.

 

[Gimpymoo]

JACKPOT.

Literally just seems to be "open box". Box with parts is unopened and no signs of scratches where mobo mounts would be.

Will make a cracking NAS box, soo much room for Airflow with fans in the right places.