SilverStone Metal RM42-502 4U Rackmount Server Chassis With Liquid Cooling Compatibility, SST-RM42-502, Grey

I love how much space is inside of this case. They really made the most of the 4U height, and while right now my system is pretty basic, I know I could use this case as my system grows and expands over the years. Only problem I've had with it so far is that rails are nearly impossible to find. And especially for shorter depth racks (mine is roughly 18"). I'm using a 2U inverted shelf as a stop gap until I can find something more suitable. Any way, going to be keeping this one a long time!

I've had this in use for a few months now. If you don't have an extreme setup or anything, this will do nicely. My older editing rig that I wanted to test this case out with is listed below. I wasn't sure how this was going to work -- would the airflow be good? Would everything fit? How noisy would a 'basic' server case be (clanking, rattling, etc)? So far, I'm very pleasantly surprised at how simple this change over was. Reading the comments, it made it seem like it would be more trial and error, which I didn't experience anything other than a straight forward drop in. With the rack in my closet, I never realized how quiet my computer room could have been many years prior to this. Wish I did this a long time ago. Way more expensive than going a simple desktop case but well worth it. When editing or gaming in this case, my temps are not any worse than with my high flow desktop cube case I had (Corsair 540). I typically stay ~55-58c during video rendering and during gaming the gpu is ~60c with a mild fan curve. Even in the closet, the stock fan curve was louder than I wanted but kept temps down in the low 50's. So I figured the trade-off of >10c for much quieter sound was worth it. So if you're worried about this case not having all the fans you've become accustomed to with gaming cases, don't fret. A good AIO cooler (the Arctic II is excellent and fits great in this case!) and two Noctua 80mm fans on the rear keep the flow decent with minimal sound. Components i7 6850k (oc'd to 4ghz) x99 Titanium ATX mobo R9 Fury 4 x SSD's Arctic II 240 Cooler I ended up not using the gpu bracket or hdd cage. I just stuffed my 4 ssd's in the area for 5.25 devices since I'll never use that for anything. Cable management is easy but not as much of a requirement for something that will be tucked away. Sure, you still want it clean and easy to work on as well as keeping the restriction of airflow down, with that in mind, it's nothing to get the cables out of the way. The case is solid and sturdy. When put in the rack with the lid, no rattles from the case whatsoever. With the front lockable door open or closed, it made no difference in my temps, so I just keep it closed. Love the usb-c port on the front! Mild cons: It's pricey. Can't find good quality sliding rails to work with it. Will be moving my other 2 computers into these cases over time.

I'd feel safer locking my valuables in this thing compared to an Amazon basics safe.

This is a modern industrial/workstation/gamer/dvr/daw 4U case. You will not be disappointed. I bought two. It's a perfect blend of old school and new school design. For example, it has two 5.25 drive bays and supports 280 mm coolers (and unofficially 360 mm if removing the 5.25 drive bays). Attached to the 5.25 drive bays, you can mount two 2.5 inch drives. It has up to three com port knock outs. I always appreciate at least one. You can easily route/modify this particular area to attach other peripheral connectors, in my case, the daughter card to the RME RayDAT card. You can use a dremel for this. Make sure you vacuum the case very well to remove any metal shavings. My next modification will be to route the full area above the pcie slots to hang up to two more daughter cards. The case is on the lighter-weight side, but sturdy, BTW. One other note: it appears the entire back panel can be removed if you unscrew it. Though I didn't try this.

Very, very satisfied with the materials involved. Whole thing feels sturdy as a rock and I had no qualms mounting it in my rack. Components felt very secure, and it's definitely worth the money. Don't interpret my following complaints as anything other than relatively minor. Two complaints: 1. The graphics card retention system is absolutely worthless. I don't mean "bad", I mean "worthless". It works by having several lever arms that you can position on the various holes on the bracket. The issue is the fact that there is no fine-tuning the placement. Either the holes just happen to line up perfectly for the lever to support a card, or they don't line up whatsoever. There is no adjusting other than by moving the lever arm about an inch, so you really have no ability to support the card. The shocking thing is that if you look at their own pictures, the arms are clearly not supporting the cards either because it doesn't line up correctly either. I have no idea why they designed in it this way, but it just doesn't work at all. I could be horribly mistaken in how you're supposed to use it, but I really don't think I am. 2. Smaller complaint. Technically, this worked as advertised, but I couldn't help but still be disappointed. As far as drive mounting goes, you get (1x 2.5" drive mount), and then you get two drive mounts that can either work with 5.25" drives (AKA: optical) or with 3.5" drives (AKA: Hard Drive). My disappointment is twofold. One, I had to forgo my blu-ray drive because I wanted (a very small number of) hard drives instead. I really think they could have made more space for drives. Two, they support either 2x5.25", 1x3.5"+1x5.25", or 2x3.5". You can easily fit three 3.5" hard drives in that space (if you choose not to use a 5.25" drive), but the mounting holes only support two 3.5" drives. I ended up buying this kit to fit three 3.5" HDD's in there and it worked great. (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032UUGF4/)