Mini-ITX Case that would take ~6 SATA Hard Drives

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Thinking about maybe building my own NAS. I would go with Raid 5, and would like maybe about 6 SATA drives:

There a mini atx case that can hold this many drives (Non-Rack ideally)
What sort of power will I need?
Any way this won't be pretty loud?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '10 at 20:29

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Have you seen Lian Li's PC-Q08?

answered Apr 28 '10 at 20:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '10 at 13:20

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I doubt it's what you're looking for, but most Mini-ITX boards will fit in a standard ATX case.
Most HD's pull around 10w+ each, so an normal Mini-ITX powersupply probably isn't going to cut it.

answered Apr 28 '10 at 13:20

Chris S

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 13:26

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Even through some time has passed and you most likely already have a case I would recommend a Fractal Design Array R2 which I use for my Network Storage. It takes up to 6 3.5" devices and 1 2.5" device and just looks awesome.

answered Sep 02 '11 at 13:26

Hikaru-Shindo

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 28 '10 at 13:22

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If you can do with 4: Chenbro ES34069. I've never seen a mini-ITX chassis hold more than 4.

Edit: I stand corrected. The Fractal case in the comment above looks awesome.

answered Apr 28 '10 at 13:22

churnd

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 13:44

If you are using picoPSU or similar, I recommend using low-power drives. Their performance is within striking distance from their 7200rpm counterparts, and their noise levels and power requirements are more modest. If you look at [table on this article], you can easily find LP drives that take 6.5W or less when seeking, compared to around 10W of 7200rpm drives.

Mini-ITX Case that would take ~6 SATA Hard Drives

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