Mini ITX or Mini uATX case with 3x 5.25" bays

[vitaminc]

How come it is so hard to find one of those Mini ITX/uATX cases with at 3x 5.25" bays for hot swap enclosure?

Must they design 6 internal 3.25" drive bays in a mini tower case and yet expect a complete system shutdown to remove/replace one of the drives? At least their design intention is for home/media server usage and yet not hot swappable...

[Abula]

Maybe something like CHENBRO ES34169-BK-120 0.7 mm SECC Pedestal Server Chassis 120W or CHENBRO ES34069-BK-180 Black 0.7 mm SECC Pedestal Server Chassis 180 W (DC: 19V) not exacly your desired 3x5.25 bays but 4x3.5 hdd bays and its supports mini itx mobos



or a prebuild like HP ProLiant MicroServer series

[cordis]

I have that Chenbro case, it's not too bad, although the fans in the back are not great. I replaced them, and it's ok now. I also cut a hole above the motherboard and stuck a fan above it, keeps the board pretty cool, so I don't need a tiny fan on the motherboard to keep it cool. The tricky thing about the case is finding a board with enough sata ports. With a riser card, you can put a half height board over on the side and add some ports that way, but routing the cables gets a little clunky. I found this board recently http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product and installed it in, try to get a NAS up and running in it again.

[boost]

The CFI A7879 has 4 hot-swap bays. (Scroll way down)
Lian Li will bring out the Q25 with 5 hot-swap bays, not accessible from the front.

[vitaminc]

I lilke the q5, it almost had the right idea!!!

The chenbro is nice in concept, but its probably a dud like most zotac mini itx boards...

Thanks for the pointers!