I've looked at a bunch of old posts about cases for MicroATX motherboards. I'm looking for one with 8 x 3.5 bays - ideally hot swap and with easy access to the drive bays/caddies. Summarising those old posts, there only seem to be three choices:
1. Fractal design Node 804: I really like this case - it has high WAF, but there are concerns about HD cooling in this case as the HD cage seems to partly block the airflow; the airflow is side-to-side for the HD and not front-to-back. The first drive cage blocks the airflow for the second cage. Also there's no hot swap backplane and no caddy/bays for easy access.
2. Silverstone CS380. This thing is way too big for what I want, but it does have externally accessible drive bays and hot swap.
3. U-NAS NCS-810A. "would not wish this case on my worst enemy" was the comment. 'Nuff said.
Are there any other space-friendly options, i.e. NOT full ATX tower cases which of course will do the job but take up far too much space ?
1. Fractal design Node 804: I really like this case - it has high WAF, but there are concerns about HD cooling in this case as the HD cage seems to partly block the airflow; the airflow is side-to-side for the HD and not front-to-back. The first drive cage blocks the airflow for the second cage. Also there's no hot swap backplane and no caddy/bays for easy access.
2. Silverstone CS380. This thing is way too big for what I want, but it does have externally accessible drive bays and hot swap.
3. U-NAS NCS-810A. "would not wish this case on my worst enemy" was the comment. 'Nuff said.
Are there any other space-friendly options, i.e. NOT full ATX tower cases which of course will do the job but take up far too much space ?