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petesmc

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Hi,

Been looking around to replace my handmade cardboard case with something a little more...solid. The only case I could find that looked suitable was the Lian Li PC-Q08. Are there any others that look this good and have the requirements?

6x hard drives
1x ssd drive
cdroom bay not required
usb 3 connectors
good cooling
full size or sff PSU is fine

The only gripe i have about the lian li is it is very flimsy and the case is a little cramped. I could see myself using a slightly bigger case but not a tower. Any ideas?
 
petesmc said:
Hi,

Been looking around to replace my handmade cardboard case with something a little more...solid. The only case I could find that looked suitable was the Lian Li PC-Q08. Are there any others that look this good and have the requirements?

6x hard drives
1x ssd drive
cdroom bay not required
usb 3 connectors
good cooling
full size or sff PSU is fine

The only gripe i have about the lian li is it is very flimsy and the case is a little cramped. I could see myself using a slightly bigger case but not a tower. Any ideas?
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Check this out - I figured you could convert the 5.25"bay to hold one of your hard drives, then it would meet your specs:

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/prodigy#specs

Here's a good review:

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/simon-telford/bitfenix-prodigy-mini-itx-chassis-review/

Best of all, it's supposed to sell for less than $80!
 
Why on earth do people spec HTPCs with stacks of hard drives? Do you play your movies that loud that even in the quieter moments you can't hear 6x HDDs spinning?
 
Just my .02, but I've got a Q08 and it's actually one of the most solid cases I've owned so far. Admittedly irritating to get into if you have to do it often, due to the 6 tiny side panel screws. Admittedly it's my first Aluminum case, but I wouldn't call it flimsy.

EDIT: Cramped, yes. For a stack of drives, creative cable management is a must. I don't use any of the drive cages in mine though, my SSD is velcro'd to the motherboard tray.
 
confusis said:
Why on earth do people spec HTPCs with stacks of hard drives? Do you play your movies that loud that even in the quieter moments you can't hear 6x HDDs spinning?
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1. Not all of us have good hearing. I can't hear any modern 7200rpm drive by itself sitting 6 inches away from me, and I doubt I would hear 6 of them inside a decent case sitting 10 feet away from me. The last time I heard a hard drive, it was the seek noise made by the 74GB and 150GB VelociRaptors. My GF has better hearing than I, and she can't hear the HDD in her computer that sits within arm's reach. Combine all this with typical city noise, I doubt I would hear 20 hard drives.
2. I live in a small apartment. I don't have room, nor can I afford the electricity of yet another computer in my place (mostly due to the heat generated and a/c). I already leave my HTPC on 24/7 and turn off mine and my GF's PC's to save on electricity from the A/C. Combining an HTPC and Fileserver would be ideal for my situation.
3. In most apartments, there is usually only 1 cable outlet unless you pay the cable company a few hundred to install another one. The apartment complex I live in will not allow resident modifications to wiring, so installing my own plug elsewhere is not an option. I also already have my modem and router sitting next to my home entertainment system. Its easier to keep things all centralized.

I imagine the OP meets one or more of the above criteria. There are situations where it makes sense. If I lived in a quiet suburb with a house, I doubt I would use the same setup.
 
The new LianLi PC-V700 is small and nice. It holds six 3.5" disks and two 2.5" disks. It is ATX.
 
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