Lian Li Replacement

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 13:29

Hey all, Since Lian Li have stopped production of the 6077 (see below) I am looking for a replacement. Prefereably aluminum with a mimimum of 7 bays accessed externally as in the pic. Needs to be about the same height too coming in at no more than 460mm as they sit on a rack

So who can help me out then

-I-Am-Great- · 3 Nov 2006 at 13:45

why you replacing is there anything wrong with that?

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 13:48

-I-Am-Great- said:
why you replacing is there anything wrong with that?

Nope, its a great case, its just we need more of them and Lian Li have halted production lol

-I-Am-Great- · 3 Nov 2006 at 13:52

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case i think is the right size maybe 1cm higher

-I-Am-Great- · 3 Nov 2006 at 13:55

oh the Lian-Li PC-101 Aluminum Mid Tower is 46cm high, but only has 5x5.25" drive bays

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:02

-I-Am-Great- said:
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case i think is the right size maybe 1cm higher

yeah had a look at this...unfortunately its a tad too high due to there being 9 bays and that tack stuck on top

Cheers anyway

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:03

-I-Am-Great- said:
oh the Lian-Li PC-101 Aluminum Mid Tower is 46cm high, but only has 5x5.25" drive bays

Defo need 7 bays. Putting in 2 caddies filled with hard drives (3 bays each) and then a cd drive

-I-Am-Great- · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:08

oh ok well that all i can see. how many hdds do you have cause the Lian-Li PC-101 Aluminum Mid Tower can hold quite a lot

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:14

-I-Am-Great- said:
oh ok well that all i can see. how many hdds do you have cause the Lian-Li PC-101 Aluminum Mid Tower can hold quite a lot

nah its no problem, appreciate the help

Ok, will need to hold 10 drives in a raid format and 1 system drive. 11 in total. So as you can imagine removeable drives would be much easier should one fail than opening up the tin every time

-I-Am-Great- · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:28

hows this?

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:47

-I-Am-Great- said:
hows this?

Hmmm, a touch overkill

But damn, think of the drives I could fit in that

bledd · 3 Nov 2006 at 15:42

if you dont care about looks

coolermaster stacker has a lot of bays.. 9 infact

-edit, you can still get those cases in some places, just order a pile of them..

edit2

this has 6x 5.25 bays..

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj01.htm

MarkyMark · 3 Nov 2006 at 16:39

bledd. said:
if you dont care about looks

coolermaster stacker has a lot of bays.. 9 infact

-edit, you can still get those cases in some places, just order a pile of them..

edit2

this has 6x 5.25 bays..

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-tj01.htm

cheers for the input

However, the stacker is a bit too big but we definately need 7 bays

Will keep looking. Cheers all the same though

-I-Am-Great- · 3 Nov 2006 at 19:31

how about some external drives? then

Yewen · 4 Nov 2006 at 02:39

Can you provide me with the maximum depth the case can be please, as for 7 bays you are going to have issue with either the height or the depth within the realms of a 'mainstream' case more than likely.

Not knowing your exact requirements, but a 'bodge' rackmount case which holds ATX could be an option, OEM RM4009 4U case, the design was used by IBM for a while aswell in some of their older SBS servers.

It may not be what you are looking for, but without the exact dimensions of what you are after it is quite hard to find something suitable, if you can provide the full space you have to work with it would be a great help.

jellybeard999 · 4 Nov 2006 at 03:44

I had this exact problem mate

Ended up getting a PC6077 anyway :s ... know i paid over the odds compared to the PC-7+ etc , but no other case matched the requirements (a ton of 5.25 bays to suspend a lot of hard drives)

All others were :

Cubes
Tall server cases
Had too few 5.25 bays

iirc about 5 or 6 is the MAX i could find in that size case, other than the PC6077 , of which i could only find black