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Cat proofing my computer

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Tanaban

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I am looking to get a new computer case. I do have the case I built from scratch for water cooling, but none of my components are water cooled right now. After a leak (for got to turn on the pump for a few hours... who knew water could boil away a seal?) I decided to take my computer out of the case so I could work on the case further in the future. So I am having to cool my computer with air components I have. It is out in the open no case just a motherboard tray on the second tier of my desk. All fine and dandy, albeit a bit loud for my taste, until I got a cat. The kitten has not figured out that he can get up to the second tier of my desk... yet.

I need a case with at least 8 hard drive mounts or at the least the ability to put that many in with other expansion bays. Beyond that I do not have too many requirements but I would prefer it to be quiet.

I have two viable options:
One is simple get a standard case. The other is to get a rack mount case and stick my machine in the rack I have.

For the standard case I believe I could go with an Antec P182. I need more hard drive mounts but would be willing to put a drive or two in a 5 1/2" slot. Any other case suggestions on non rack mount cases?

For the rack mount case I have a rack that is not very deep. It is only about 19" deep. That just makes it hard to find a case that has enough hard drive mounting points in it. I have had a hard time finding something reasonable for a rack mount case. I would be willing to have the motherboard in one case and some hard drives in another rack mount case but have not found much. Any suggestions or places to look for rack mount cases?
 
Any general case should work, its more so a matter of preferance.

I will say do NOT buy any acrylic case if you have a kitten/cat... I bought one once, got my system all set up after a couple hours of transferring everything, and then she ran past me, jumped over the case, came down and cracked the whole thing in two. It was really thick acrylic too, not anything cheap or crappy.
 
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