3U short depth enclosure with 8x 2.5" drive bays

[Patrick]

I am not sure why exactly, but I saw this one on ebay today: Chenbro RC31710 3U 10 Bays Deep=18.5" w / ZIPPY 500W -Fit 12"X13"MB- OEM Chassis

I know we get people from time to time looking for short depth chassis. It comes with the Zippy PSU but I have no idea how hard it would be to change. From the pictures, if you could change that out, this could possibly be an option for those looking for a short depth but taller chassis. At $199 that is not bad at all.

 

[PigLover]

One photo shows redundant PSU, but the second photo of the rear shows single PSU. Description lists single PSU only.

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[pricklypunter]

It's only SAS/ SATA II compatible also, although it may run at 6Gbps if wiring is kept short etc, plus a lot of the Chenbro backplanes are swappable with a bit of fiddling. Either way, I reckon it would make a great Plex/ Emby server platform

 

[Patrick]

One photo shows redundant PSU, but the second photo of the rear shows single PSU. Description lists single PSU only.

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Good catch. Updated.

 

[Paul Bommel]

Cooling 4 x 6038mm PWN fans in the Front

6m fans?

 

[pricklypunter]

6m fans?

Yup, they only need to do 75rpm, keeps the noise down

 

[Jon Massey]

Yup, they only need to do 75rpm, keeps the noise down

And the noise they do make is that lovely "fwomp fwomp fwomp" one

 

[weust]

Now if only 2.5" big TB drives weren't so expensive :-(
Looks like a case I might want one day, though.

 

[Patrick]

Now if only 2.5" big TB drives weren't so expensive :-(
Looks like a case I might want one day, though.

Not that bad really: Seagate 4TB 2.5" SATA drives for 61% off by shucking externals

 

[weust]

Forgot about those. Here in The Netherlands the cheapest external drive is 140 Euro.
That is a Maxtor drive, funny enough. Which is Seagate.
No doubt the same drive though.