Im going mad here!
I have a range of mobo's to use, as well as a PSU, the only thing I am going round in circles on is choosing a case for my homebuilt NAS.
ideally I would like something similar to the Chenbro ES34069 NAS case.
The only reason I have not gone for this case is because I can't stick an e-sata pci card in it as it has no back mounting for the card - I have been looking for a case mod, but no luck.
I will be using a mini-itx board which I understand can be used in micro-atx cases, I want a small tower or SFF case which can hold 4 hot-swap drives (I am presuming I will have to convert from 5.25" bays) and the ability to add a card for e-sata. Im looking for the case to be as small as possible, from comparing the sizes, I know it won't be as small as the chenbro NAS, for some reason m-atx seems a lot deeper..
As I am not up in the latest case designs, Im looking for links or suggestions in case I have missed a site where hopefully there are zillions of cases which have the features I am looking for
I know I can use a tranquil pc or a drobo and it would probably be cheaper, but that just wouldn't be as much fun as building myself and I want 2 x multiport e-sata as I know storage will become an issue if I limit myself.....
Thx
I have a range of mobo's to use, as well as a PSU, the only thing I am going round in circles on is choosing a case for my homebuilt NAS.
ideally I would like something similar to the Chenbro ES34069 NAS case.
The only reason I have not gone for this case is because I can't stick an e-sata pci card in it as it has no back mounting for the card - I have been looking for a case mod, but no luck.
I will be using a mini-itx board which I understand can be used in micro-atx cases, I want a small tower or SFF case which can hold 4 hot-swap drives (I am presuming I will have to convert from 5.25" bays) and the ability to add a card for e-sata. Im looking for the case to be as small as possible, from comparing the sizes, I know it won't be as small as the chenbro NAS, for some reason m-atx seems a lot deeper..
As I am not up in the latest case designs, Im looking for links or suggestions in case I have missed a site where hopefully there are zillions of cases which have the features I am looking for
I know I can use a tranquil pc or a drobo and it would probably be cheaper, but that just wouldn't be as much fun as building myself and I want 2 x multiport e-sata as I know storage will become an issue if I limit myself.....
Thx
