best to do in this type of case: turn hard drive by 180° let 1cm space in every hard drive front ventilation in the case use 4 smooth tubes instead of hard drive rack for better air flow and less vibration (you can have another rack if you want 16/18 hard drive in an atx case) add small cable management and no pcb for hard drive ;)
Great to see these reviews, i'm currently looking for 8-bay case, have seen this one, the layout doesn't quite feel right for, it really hard to find a good compact 8 bay
Yeah. I do like how compact it is for an mATX 8 bay...but that compaction definitely results in airflow question marks. Also, I'm just not a fan of those bays.
@@nascompares Yes agree with you, There must be a market for a well designed compact case similar to this, everything out there seems to have some weird choice or design fail
Don't see anything about it having a hot swap capable backplane. I know it often not a concern for people but I've worked with large servers so I tend to see that as a requirement for any storage build. Some years back there were a Taiwanese of Chinese case manufacturer, can't remember which, but they sold NAS cases that was pretty nice. only they were designed for Flex ATX if I remember correctly. They were compact, had a nice drive bay design and individual access and error LED for each drive bay. I recently tried looking for them only to find out they have left the case business altogether. There were more but my memory isn't the best anymore. Still a bit pissed that I didn't buy some of those nicer storage cases back then. It seems so hard to find decent alternatives now.
I love NAS cases but this is a very tall case and really doesn't seem that it was designed well. I would much rather have a lower height (4U max) and provide additional depth for drive bays. They could have also used horizontal bays to fit more. I feel like a case of this size supporting only 8 drives is a huge negative.
Playing devil's advocate. If somebody is paying close to $200 for a case then they're almost certainly going to replace any included cheapo fans with decent/high spec ones as part of the build anyway, so it's kinda good not to see them, as it always sucks to pay for something you don't want/need. I have a drawer full of Fractal/LianLi/Antec/etc branded fans I'll never use but can't bring myself to bin as I technically paid for them haha.
Thanks for the review. A very useful review.
best to do in this type of case:
turn hard drive by 180°
let 1cm space in every hard drive
front ventilation in the case
use 4 smooth tubes instead of hard drive rack for better air flow and less vibration
(you can have another rack if you want 16/18 hard drive in an atx case)
add small cable management and no pcb for hard drive ;)
The quote "My disappointment ... is immeasurable" fits perfectly.
Nice review, but especially loving the bird-of-paradise/strelitzia shirt from the future!
Great to see these reviews, i'm currently looking for 8-bay case, have seen this one, the layout doesn't quite feel right for, it really hard to find a good compact 8 bay
Yeah. I do like how compact it is for an mATX 8 bay...but that compaction definitely results in airflow question marks. Also, I'm just not a fan of those bays.
@@nascompares Yes agree with you, There must be a market for a well designed compact case similar to this, everything out there seems to have some weird choice or design fail
Do you get refub drives? if you do where you get them?
Is there any kind of chassis you can recommend that can fit a MicroATX motherboard? I just want to operate on my spare BSD system.
Thoughts on the JMCD-12S4 case?
The first to Rock Out the Gate!
It's a wonder I haven't broke that bloody gate by now...
Antec p101 silent seems a better choice for atx spare parts build ?
Don't see anything about it having a hot swap capable backplane. I know it often not a concern for people but I've worked with large servers so I tend to see that as a requirement for any storage build. Some years back there were a Taiwanese of Chinese case manufacturer, can't remember which, but they sold NAS cases that was pretty nice. only they were designed for Flex ATX if I remember correctly. They were compact, had a nice drive bay design and individual access and error LED for each drive bay. I recently tried looking for them only to find out they have left the case business altogether. There were more but my memory isn't the best anymore. Still a bit pissed that I didn't buy some of those nicer storage cases back then. It seems so hard to find decent alternatives now.
I was expecting a bibliography at the end of that response!
Better off getting a Define 7 XL for that price.
I love NAS cases but this is a very tall case and really doesn't seem that it was designed well. I would much rather have a lower height (4U max) and provide additional depth for drive bays. They could have also used horizontal bays to fit more. I feel like a case of this size supporting only 8 drives is a huge negative.
I bet some Teflon tape on those metal rails would help getting those drives in and out.
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Playing devil's advocate. If somebody is paying close to $200 for a case then they're almost certainly going to replace any included cheapo fans with decent/high spec ones as part of the build anyway, so it's kinda good not to see them, as it always sucks to pay for something you don't want/need. I have a drawer full of Fractal/LianLi/Antec/etc branded fans I'll never use but can't bring myself to bin as I technically paid for them haha.
The expenses keep coming in with this chassis. 😐
Definitely not impressed. To much money for what you get.
Jonsbo for the win.
i know its not common, but grease the rails a bit, also the plastic slides can be LIGHTLY sanded for smoother operation
I mean.. you're right, that would help. But if we go down this road, why not just include trays? Or increase the cavity a fraction of a mm?
Yeah, looks a bit fiddly, a bit Billy basic and a bit of a mark up on reasonable pricing. A bit of a chunky monkey too yeah.