Supermicro CSE-835TQ-R800B case, new for $299 + shipping

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Spearfoot

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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.
 

Spearfoot

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The 'STH Effect' must be in full force? There were 11 of these available when I bought mine. Now there's only one.
 
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Spearfoot

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So it looks like that one unit is still available - does anyone know if we will take a 2 x 5/14 bay -> 3 x 3.5 drive cage (like the
SilverStone Technology RL-FS303B ) ?
Supermicro sells 8 x 2.5" racks that fit into the two 5.25" bays:


No way to know for certain without trying it, of course. But the 5.25" bays are standard-sized bays and Supermicro sells the rack above that fits into them. So the SilverStone unit ought to work, too.
 

groove

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Thanks for the link. The question is whether there are some metal tabs that separate the bays - if there are then it won't take these rack.
If someone who has this unit can please check and/or post some pictures - I would really appreciate it.
 

Spearfoot

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Thanks for the link. The question is whether there are some metal tabs that separate the bays - if there are then it won't take these rack.
If someone who has this unit can please check and/or post some pictures - I would really appreciate it.
There are tabs between they bays. I don't know if they're removable. You might ask Supermicro tech support to find out for certain.

cse835-bay-view.jpg
 

groove

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Thanks a ton. That's a bummer - It most likely won't take the cages - will check with SM to be sure before I pull the trigger on this.
 

Spearfoot

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Thanks a ton. That's a bummer - It most likely won't take the cages - will check with SM to be sure before I pull the trigger on this.
You're welcome.

Given that Supermicro sells a cage that works in the 2 x 5.25" bay, my guess is that the Silverstone cage will fit as well. But I could be wrong, and it certainly won't hurt to ask Supermicro. :)

Good luck!
 

Spearfoot

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It works perfectly fine in an 835. Sorry for the crappy photo.
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Do you recall having any difficulties with the small tabs in the 2 x 5.25" bay? Are the tabs removable? Or did your 8 x 2.5" cage have slots to slide over them?

@groove is concerned that a Silverstone cage won't slide into the 2 x 5.25" bay because of the tabs (in my photo above).