Fileserver case and caddies

[MikeHunt79]

I'm building a file server, and got 4 hard drives so far, but my RAID card allows up to 8.

I also want to put my hard drives in caddies, as they are hot swappable, so I'm after a case with at least 9 x 5 and 1/4 inch drive bays, as I also want a DVD drive aswell.

I've looked at the Coolermaster Stacker STC-T01 so far which seem to fit the bill, but are there any others that are also worth considering?

 

[MikeHunt79]

That Lian Li case is flippin' huge! I guess I'd never run out of room in that, but it's a bit OTT for my needs. Nice case tho, especially if you're gonna watercool.

Those IcyDock things look good tho, I might be able to get away with one of those in my existing case. I can always get a new case once I get more than 4 drives.

 

[MikeHunt79]

I'd have a good long think before spending the money on the hot swap caddies. It's a lot of money to spend on something you will almost certainly never use, think how often you need to swap out a drive with the PC turned on I'm betting it's not very often so you'll be blowing a lot of cash on somthing that will probably not be used and make the outside of your PC look less appealing.

It's gonna be one of those things I'll probably buy later. For now, I just want to get it up and running, and caddies aren't on the top of my list.