I have been looking for a computer case with 8 hot swappable drives for a while and found a Silverstone case that seems to fit the bill.
Googled for reviews and found several. One on YouTube seemed quite detailed and authoritative except that 2 or 3 times the chap pointed to the I/O shield slot on the back and said the case had a bonus point, a vertical slot for an additional drive.
What sort of credibility can I give to the review do you think?
What colour is it?
I've seen him review other NASes, I'd have thought he knew an I/O shield when he saw one, obviously the manual does say that is what it is
I couldn't finf his promised part2 where he actually built the thing
Black, everything is nowadays!
I couldn't find part 2 either. Criticism of ventilation but it would have SSDs in my use, the new version is a hell of a lot more and doesn't really suit me as well.
Ah, this one is white :)
Lots of hard drives on this one (Ali Express) but not hot swap.
YouTube: The Perfect Home Server 2025 – 56TB, ECC, IPMI, Quiet & (kind of) Compact
However, something else in this build might be of interest for a NAS project. CPU / Motherboard / Electricity draw.
I have just installed the black standoffs in a black case, wish one of the had been white!
Incidentally after disconnecting the motherboard from the old case I picked it up by the CPU heat sink/fan and ended up with the heat sink/fan in my hand and the motherboard still in the case. None of the holding pins had clicked! I think I have corrected it but I'd rather have screws.
Nice. That motherboard is a steal, and sadly the ebay price has gone up 5x since that video.
However any random mATX board should do, perhaps with a NanoKVM if you want remote management.
It's definitely a useful inspiration / data point.
Theo
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