My NAS system was previously in the Define R5 case, which was too big.
After another one of the drives started to have reallocated sectors, I decided to downsize to an m-itx case.
I had considered the Fractal Node 304, but the D14 cooler will not be able to fit with 3.5" hdds installed and not all of the drives are oriented the same way.
I'm currently using a Noctua D14 cooler, A SFX PSU, a 5.25 bay fan controller, and using 5 drives in total. 3 in a RAIDZ1 configuration, and 2 in mirrored mode as backup. I'll be dropping the SFX PSU and the 2 mirrored backup drives.
The Elite 120 meets these requirements.
The D14 fits.
The power brick rests inside the case.
After another one of the drives started to have reallocated sectors, I decided to downsize to an m-itx case.
I had considered the Fractal Node 304, but the D14 cooler will not be able to fit with 3.5" hdds installed and not all of the drives are oriented the same way.
I'm currently using a Noctua D14 cooler, A SFX PSU, a 5.25 bay fan controller, and using 5 drives in total. 3 in a RAIDZ1 configuration, and 2 in mirrored mode as backup. I'll be dropping the SFX PSU and the 2 mirrored backup drives.
The Elite 120 meets these requirements.
The D14 fits.
The power brick rests inside the case.