4U Rackmount Server Chassis with 6 x 5.25 Front Bays + 1 x 3.5 + 4 x 2.5 Bays

This rack mount CPU case is nothing short of great. Outside finish is good. Overall build quality in my opinion 7/10. Inside rails and mounts are on the sharp side. Used small file to smooth edges. I added additional fans for air circulation.

Overall I like the case. It's not very deep, other server cases Ive bought are alot deeper. It's like a standard desktop case but put on it's side. It only has 2 smaller fans in the back where the CPU is. There are no front fans. The drive bays are a bit confusing and they really seem to focus on 5.25 inch bays, and only has a few 3.5/2.5 bays and they are in odd spots in my opinion. Either on the very bottom or the very top of the drive bay. I'd rather the drive bays just focus on 3.5 or 2.5 inch bays. Leave maybe 1 5.25 inch bay. This has like 6 5.25 inch bays. Might be ok if you have that, but I'm not sure who even uses those anymore.Anyways it would be a better product if they had reconfigured the drive bays and had better fan setup.

This case plus the 4bay hot-swap backplane sold by rack choice are the perfect option for a budget NAS build.

Most importantly, the doors are REALLY hard to open. Yes it's unlocked, it's just they have a really secure hold in the closed position and my fingers are big enough that trying to grab the small spot they have to open them is impossible to get enough force to pull it open, I had to add zip ties through a ventilation slot on each door to create handles for when I need to open it. Part of the use of this is disc imaging so the doors will be accessed quite frequently on mine. I may even look at how to remove the doors entirely.Next problem, the cross bar over the motherboard can block graphics cards. With the increasing need for GPUs for AI processing and such, this is a problem. The graphics card I have is not especially tall, but side of the crossbar goes over the PCIe plug, if the plug or the crossbar were in slightly different positions it might fit while touching the card, but I wouldn't try it. Thankfully the structure still seems solid without the crossbar in place.The power LED and the activity LEDs appear to be backwards. When plugged into my motherboard as the case has labeled, the power LED flashes (red) and the activity LED is solid (blue). There are icons on the case however indicating which is power and which is activity so it's annoying that it is backwards. The case also has no instructions to indicate which wire is positive on each, though one has red & white so easy to guess that red is positive, the other has black and green which are both common negative colors resulting in guesswork, thankfully there's only 2 options.Back to the no instructions, it's not a big deal since it's just a case, however knowing what screws are intended for where, warnings about the crossbar being optional or necessary, information about the drive bays for how to configure for what drives, etc; all that information isn't present. Again, with experience most of it you can guess pretty quickly. One drive bay side does have built-in 5.25 to 3.25 reducers, but it looks like a PITA to try to use them, though in fairness that's true of pretty much all 5.25 to 3.25 reducers. For my need, I'm only putting opticals in the bays and the motherboard has NVMes.Overall, it's not a bad case for the money, but it's got some concerns to watch for.

Very good design.

This review is for the RackChoice 4U Rackmount Server Chassis with 6x 5.25+2x3.5 Drive Bays.Let’s start out by calling a spade a spade this is an entry level/no frills rackmount case. While not specifically mentioned this really seems to be targeting the Home Lab/Small Business Crowd who knows what they’re doing and trying to do it on a shoestring budget. It seems like as soon as anything becomes rackable in our industry the costs shoot up sky-high. This offering from RackChoice seems to fall into that more reasonable category for someone looking to build out a FreeNAS setup.What you get in the box:- The 4U Server Chassis is a full depth rack mountable case, with integrated handles on the ears. Already installed are 2x80mm fans (with 4pin molex connectors) as well as 2 USB ports in the front along with LED Power and HDD Lights, along with a reset and power switch. Along with a plastic motherboard mat to avoid electric contact with the unpainted case bottom.- 2xLocking Key for the front it comes locked so don’t lose these! Thankfully the lock can be left unlocked, and you can manually turn the lock to at least “hold” the doors which have integrated filters on them (more on that later)- All the mounting standoffs as well as screws for the motherboard- 2 PCI Slot Covers- 4xCable Tiedowns- CAD Drawings of the case dimensions and clearancesThe Good:- This is reasonably priced for the Home Lab- Rack Mounted- Powder Coating is even and great fit and finish, mostly steel casing except for the handles and some of the door parts- Flexible, I’ve got a mATX board in here, but I’d believe their claims of a full ATX board in here. The cross bar in the back is removable while working on the case. There are also predrilled holes for rails.The Left to Be Desired:Most of these are understandable concessions based on the price point they’re trying to hit:- No cage nuts; I understand that most setups may already have these, but for the home lab setup these might be in short supply, the cost to add the 12 nuts probably would have been negligible.- No rails; again, this is a more premium feature, in fact many home labs won’t have rack that even support rails. On the plus side these holes are pre-drilled and ready for someone who is ready to go.- The Filters on the front are very wonky in my opinion. I can’t figure out how to remove them, but it’ll be awhile before I have to worry about that. My work around will probably be just to use compressed air and blow though them as they’re hooked up.This case has 6x5.25 Drive Bays, it’d be a great build for someone who was looking to build a rack mounted rip station. However, for my purposes I intend to replace these with 3.5” Drive Bay adapters to build out a FreeNAS box. The advertising for this shows a slick hot swap cage. However, it does not appear that RackChoice currently sells this cage. Instead, after a significant amount of searching I was able to find a usable `5.25" to 4x 3.5" SATA SAS Hard Drive HDD Cage Rack Tray Caddy CD-ROM Bay Slot` that was reasonably priced and met my requirements.The fans aren’t much to write home about, most are probably going to be replaced with like Noctua’s in the home setting and for a business the rack room is loud anyway!There is absolutely no documentation beyond the drawings; but at this level you’re expected to know what you’re doing and how to properly place standoffs in the right places.The PCI Slots are still machined in there as you would expect from a budget case, simply use your screwdriver to pry them out, but be careful not to bend the adjacent slot.

Was looking for a good rack mount enclosure for my new Unraid build. This one is perfect. I also grabbed a couple of the 3x hard drive enclosures that mount in front. Such a clean look.Assembly is kind of a pain and the directions are non-existent. But chances are, if you are buying this, you are not a rookie computer builder, so it won't be a problem. Good case for the price!

Pretty flimsy construction if I'm being honest. They say that you can install a 6 drive hdd chassis in the front, yet they provide no link to it. It should be included, but it isn't.