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I've been self hosting a few services on a raspberry pi-based NAS and decided I was ready to up my game. I got on eBay and found myself a decent deal on an old Supermicro dual-cpu board with an EATX form factor. Now I need a case for it.

I could rack mount it, but I'd rather have it be a standalone. I also have several HDDs in a RAID for storage, and would love something that has room for those internally. I was going to get a Darkrock Classico Max, but figured out it won't fit an EATX board without removing the HDD cages.

Do I'm wondering: anyone out there have a recommendation for a good EATX case with ample HDD space? Anyone else got a setup like this you are happy with?

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[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The rosewill 4u cases are cheap and fit eatx. I put some noctuas in mine, and it works great.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is what a buddy of mine has and I'm honestly jealous. Mainly just the amount of space and airflow it can have

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 22 hours ago

I got so annoyed when work tossed a system with that case. It was supposed to be set aside, but someone missed the memo.