Hey guys,

I too need a bit more space for my harddrives, but am not really willing to get a seperate file server or computer for it. So was wondering if any of you know of a good computer case that could house many HDDs and still keep em working (anything that houses 8+ is good, tho the more the merrier), additionally if you know of an esata or hotswap solution that would also be appreciated.

So far i'm looking at the Antec Twelve Hundred, but i can't find any others worthy mentioning:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_p...roducts_id=6916

You could run some external bays using eSATA, such as this 4 bay external enclosure.

I have seen at least 8 drives nicely installed in an antec 900 two.

One of the things you should have mentioned was a budget.

That being said.

Fractal Design R3 $149 (also comes in "titanium" and white).
Or I mean... You could always get a Norco

I myself am looking at the http://www.thermaltake.com.au/Products/Cha...ackEdition.aspx it has 9x slots.

Hey thx for the info.

Budget - anything reasonable, but otherwise not worried about it as long as it gets me what i need. i suppose if i had to mention limit, i would say $500 absolute max.

My motherboard currently has no esata port, so i can't really use that as the current solution, but am looking at that for the near future.

The two cases you posted look awesome and 8 and 9 slots seems enough. I especially like the v5 black edition one.

One thing though i've noticed is it says (on mine) 12 slots, but actually only 9 of those are for HDDs normally - sorry but i cbf getting brackets n stuff to put them in the larger cdrom locations or i'd do it in my current. Not sure what i should watch out for to ensure the two posted have that many hdd slots.

btw - wtf is a norco?

Yeah heck, even http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsw9wMikp_8. I'm after portability, and really liking the storm scout. Except I think you'd have to convert some of those 5 1/2inch bays.

If you dont want to buy drive bay adaptors (which cuts out most of the cases mentioned) I would go for the define R3. It has 8 available drive bays for 3.5". Which is more than most other cases (even full tower) will offer you without drive bay adaptors

Here, it is dangerous to go alone, take this http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_p...roducts_id=3840

A Norco: http://www.norcotek.com/item_detail.php?ca...odelno=RPC-4224

Or at least that's the one I was picturing when I said it.

sell u mine for $170

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