Just bought a Supermicro CSE-835TQ-R800B chassis for $299 + $69.92 shipping. Unit is new-in-the-box, with rails and all standard SKU accessories.
The seller also lists these on eBay, but shipping is much higher there, for some reason, and eBay charges State sales tax.
Seller is TECHYPARTS:
Supermicro's product page:
This is a discontinued model, but they're still available new in the wild: wiredzone.com sells the identical unit -- drop-shipped from Supermicro -- for $735. So this seems like a great deal to me; a new chassis at less than half the street price.
I'm not usually a fan of Supermicro's TQ-style chassis, but this case's 8-port backplane mates perfectly with the 8 ports of the LSI SAS2308 HBA built-in to my X10SL7-F motherboard. I've also mounted a BluRay/DVD drive in one of the 5 1/4" bays for ripping videos, another plus.
The seller also lists these on eBay, but shipping is much higher there, for some reason, and eBay charges State sales tax.
Seller is TECHYPARTS:
NEW Supermicro CSE-835TQ-R800B 3U Server Chassis 2x800W PSU 8-Port HDD Backplane
Supermicro CSE-835TQ-R800B 3U Server Chassis with 800W PSU and 8-Port HDD Backplane
www.techyparts.com
Supermicro's product page:
This is a discontinued model, but they're still available new in the wild: wiredzone.com sells the identical unit -- drop-shipped from Supermicro -- for $735. So this seems like a great deal to me; a new chassis at less than half the street price.
I'm not usually a fan of Supermicro's TQ-style chassis, but this case's 8-port backplane mates perfectly with the 8 ports of the LSI SAS2308 HBA built-in to my X10SL7-F motherboard. I've also mounted a BluRay/DVD drive in one of the 5 1/4" bays for ripping videos, another plus.