(2016-02-01, 18:49)Ned Scott Wrote: Holy crap, that's huge
Well, it's a server, right? Okay, it's a weird server/HTPC combo and it could fit a dozen Android Kodi boxes inside of it.
Anyway, the no-name Chinese 'Senty' case had problems. the HDDs were crammed in there and it was a bit shorter than most ATX cases so the Radeon HD 6950 I had available to put inside of it couldn't fit because it was too long and the HDDs got in the way. Also I worried about heat with six HDDs crammed in back to back. So the 750D lets me put in any graphics card for gaming I want. I can fit a lot of HDDs too; It'll hold 6 3.5" bays with it's stock HDD cages, I can get two more HDD cages to double that, it also has 3x 5.25" bays I can use for drives, AND it even holds an additional 4x2.5" drives in a separate area. So this thing has a LOT of room for storage. A case this size is also a lot easier to ventilate without needing stupid loud fans or anything. It's all nice and airy. This is my server case for the next 10 years. Maybe some day I'll entirely make a separate HTPC for the bedroom and this'll become a true headless server in a corner or a closet somewhere but right now it's pulling double duty.
However I must admit that my mATX board looks rather hilarious installed in a case that can handle EATX boards.
I'll most more photos in the next month or so. Since I'll have space for drives to spare, I'll be adding in some smaller, older HDDs to expand the system so I can put off buying 8TB drives for it. That'll be funny because the HD 6950? Yeah that blocks BOTH 1x PCI-E slots. So i'm going to use a PCI-E riser cable to fit a PCI-E SATA Controller BELOW the motherboard instead. :3