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Recommended Small Server Case (Mini ITX pref)

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7/18/12 at 10:32am
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I'm looking to build a small home business server and wondering if anyone has a suggestion on a case for me. I've been eyeing a couple of the Lian Li cases as they seem compact and low maintenance. I'm estimating at between 4 and 5 drives (1-2 tb each in raid, I haven't decided the size yet). I'm trying to avoid having an ATX case sitting around as I'm running out of room upstairs. I wouldn't mind a hotswap system, but honestly, I don't see myself changing out drives unless one dies. Hot swap just seems to ease installation of drives if you're not running a busy server.

Any suggestions?
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post #2 of 3
7/18/12 at 10:41am
I was using my Lian Li PC-Q25 as a file server for a while [now it holds my beast rig], holds 7 HDD's and is a mITX form factor, and gorgeous looking at that! There are cheaper larger options out there, but none as sleek looking and compact that I'm aware of smile.gif
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Core i5 3570k  ASRock Z77E-ITX Asus GTX 480 Samsung DDR3 1600MHz 
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Seagate Barracuda 500GB Crucial M4 128GB Noctua NH-L12 Windows 7 Pro 64Bit  
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Dell U3011 Microsoft Generic in Black!  SILVERSTONE ST50F-P 500W Lian Li PC-Q25B 
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7/18/12 at 11:38am
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Originally Posted by appleg33k85 View Post

I was using my Lian Li PC-Q25 as a file server for a while [now it holds my beast rig], holds 7 HDD's and is a mITX form factor, and gorgeous looking at that! There are cheaper larger options out there, but none as sleek looking and compact that I'm aware of smile.gif

That's actually the one I was considering getting! nice call :-) There's a couple of other Lian Li's that looked nice, but that one has alot of space + hotswaps and such. Are you using that primarily as a server or actual PC /server?
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