Case with 8 external 5.25" bays?

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:57 pm

I know this sounds a little odd for a SilentPC case request, but people here know more about available cases than in any other forum I know of :)

So, does anybody know of a full tower case (preferably not a double-wide RAID case) that has more than 6 (preferably 8) external 5.25" bays?

Hopefully with a bay door covering all bays?

Anyone?

cheers,
Halcyon

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:05 am

Silly me. After 15 seconds of posting this, I figured out the right search words for Google:

http://www.amazoninternational.com/html ... _tower.asp

11 external 5.25" bays (1 internal) with a front door. Phew!

The manufacturer is Pro Computers & Industrial Case Ltd:

http://www.pcicase.co.uk/pccases.ihtml?pid=45&step=4

I'm still soliciting information about other 8+ external 5.25" bay cases with a front door. So post them here if you know any. SilentPC features are a BIG plus.

regards,
Halcyon

dago · Post by **dago** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:30 am

I'm using a 4 slot one (CD, CD Burner, Zip drive, DAT drive)

it has a small psu, with a fan that can be easily swapped with a Panaflo L1A, but, as I'm using once per week and only power it up when I need it ... it is noiseless

(possible to make windows discover them while running)

futureweaver · Post by **futureweaver** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:21 am

Evercase do this monster http://www.evercase.co.uk/WebPages/ECS898.htm and their smaller cases seem pretty good for cooling.

fraxinus · Post by **fraxinus** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:31 am

evercase.co.uk also has a seperate 5.25" case if that is any use. look in the specials, and scroll all the way to the bottom.

thad · Post by **thad** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:22 am

The Ahanix Landrover has exactly 8 external 5.25 bays

http://www.ahanix.com/landrover.html

Gooserider · Post by **Gooserider** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:47 pm

I have a case with 10 external 5.25" bays and a 3.5", plus 5 internal HDD bays. However it's a double wide. There are three doors on the front, one on the left covering 2 5.25s and the 3.5", and two on the left, a top door that covers 2 5.25's and a panel of status LED's, and a bottom door that covers the other 6 5.25's.

It is a double wide, but there is no installed RAID cabling, other than 15 cables to the status LED's (one per drive, but could always use them for something else...)

I prefer the double wide configuration as IMHO a single stack case with that many bays starts getting unstable, whereas this case comes with wheels, and is extremely stable since it's about as wide as it is tall.

I got it from Servercase.com, which had the best price on it I could find. It wasn't cheap ($195, plus S&H, and didn't include a PSU) but the case is definitely a very high quality unit.

Gooserider

Case with 8 external 5.25" bays?

Case with 8 external 5.25" bays?

It may be to wide for you, but