New Case for 6 Harddrives

Ynot

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Hi
could you recommend a case that would hold up to 6 hard drives.
its for video editing. The extra HDs are for backups and so on.
MB is Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
Thanks.
 
If you don't mine the size the Lian Li A70/A71 are great cases and have room for 10 hard drives and the choice of top or bottom psu position, great air flow and plenty of room inside.
 
Thanks, well the size isn't that important. The price might :)
Thanks I'll check that out and thanks for the info about cooling, very important for me.

Any others that come to mind
 
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antec...
1200
900 mk2
300

silverstone...
FT01
TJ07
TJ09

Lian Li
V1000Z

Coolermaster
cosmos 1000
HAF

most cases do - just find one you like and make sure it fits

you have to have the final say on if you like the looks of the case
 
As well as needing a case for the 6 HD I also now need it to hold a Noctua NH-U12P cooler
Any more ideas guys and thanks so far.
 
Any mid size upwards case will handle that cooler easy. An Antec 300 and a Lian Li PC7 can house a TRUE easily enough.
 
Its hard to know what case to go for, as you know. I looked at the ones you picked for me and they are all good, some a weeeee bit dear. About the £150ish mark would be fine.
The price isn't too bad for this case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-146-LL
I looked at it here, if its the same one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuqZuE5YKT0

Liked this too
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-157-CM

Liked this but I think its a bit dear, for me, if I was pushed I might.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-131-LL

This looked good too
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-SV

Don't know what to think of this but price is good.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-144-CM

I'm sure any would do the job

I don't think I want a see through side. Its just for video editing, no games.
In short I want a case that will hold 6 HDs
Good air flow
Not too noisy
Hold the Noctua NH-U12P cooler
I think thats it :)

Any other case comes to mind?

Thanks again
 
Ynot said:
Don't know what to think of this but price is good.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-144-CM
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It's HD cooling is very questionable when you have more than couple HDs.

Acoustically worser HD mounting of A7010 also costs so much that I don't see any reason for that extra over old A70/71:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-094-LL
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-106-LL

Plenty of space and features for very good price.
A71-kesken_s.jpg
 
Esat, Thanks for that about the HDs

Whats that case in the pic you posted, you siad, "Plenty of space and features for very good price".

It looks good enough for me.

Thanks.
 
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That's good old A71. Only difference to A70 is door which muffles noise of intake fans and components really nicely.
And with normal airflow speeds it doesn't restrict airflow in any way because of lot of holes in sides of door and slot between it and front panel.
Here's bigger image.
 
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Just ordered the Lian-Li PC-A70B, hope to get it on Wednesday.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to answer my Q's.
Its a very good forum you have here. :)
 
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