Thermaltake Tower 900, this is 153L chassis:
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Pretty sure I've had cars smaller than that thing!
You can put 34 S4's, 10 Ncase m1's, or 7 Cerebrus in there. Heck, you can probably put a full watercooled system in there AND STILL fit 1 or 2 S4s if you want.Thermaltake Tower 900, this is 153L chassis:
The first time I saw pics of the TT Tower 900 I thought they started making 3D printers ._.
That would actually be a pretty cool idea for a mod. Put a full system inside, and also a 3D printer. Something like an Ultimaker 2 would easily fit if the GPU was installed in a lower slot on the board.
Dear god. I would've been fine with it if that was just an old case he had laying around, but no. This was actually a very conscious decision:
Choosing a case
This is usually the easy part. I’m pretty easy to please when it comes to cases. If it were still easy to find beige cases, I’d probably still be buying them today. Since I can’t do that, a simple black case is usually my preference.
Since I was already planning on using a mini-ITX motherboard, I started out focusing on small cases. The Cooler Master Elite 130 and Cooler Master Elite 110 were both at the top of my list. They’ve both small, reasonably priced cases with just enough room for all the components I was using. They’re also big enough to fit a standard ATX power supply, and that makes shopping a little easier.
This would have been a fine way to go, but I decided it would be best to have room to add more hard drives later. My friend Brian has used the SilverStone DS380B case in at least one of his do-it-yourself NAS builds. It is an awesome case, but I decided to be a cheapskate and use a simpler case. I ended up buying the Antec One.
I’m very pleased with the Antec One case. Much more pleased than I had expected. It has five 3.5” drive bays, so I can easily add three more drives. If that’s not enough, I can always 3D print some adapters to mount hard drives in the three 5.25” drive bays. I doubt it would ever come to that.
The tool-less 3.5” drive bays are mounted transversely, so you don’t have to worry about bumping into other components when removing or inserting drives. This was one of the features I always wished my desktop computer’s NZXT Source 210 case had.
The Antec One case also has a pair of 2.5” drive bays. The second 2.5” drive bay is my only complaint about this case. Instead of being a normal drive bay that you slide the drive into, it is instead a set of four screw holes on the floor of the case. I was able to connect the cables to the second SSD in that “bay,” but I don’t like the way the cables press on the floor of the case.
So not wanting to spend (much) money on the case is probably the reason why he went with that large case. Many people here don't see the PC case (or any other component for that matter) as an annoying thing you have to pay money for, but an essential component. Often times, the same way of thinking this guy did on his website leads people to cheap PSUs. To each his own, although he basically bought something that's as powerful as my Core i3 NUC (also server duty) but with potentially more space for storage.
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Very good point, very good analogy. We often forget that others just aren't thinking the same way we do. Though I think he could've gone even cheaper.
We must help them to see the error in their ways.
Yeah that's what I was thinking about as well, but has quite limited space for 3.5" drives. Still, 53$ is not "being cheap" with the case as he put it.
Someone should build a mini datacenter in that thing with racked ITX boards.
One could build a huge cluster made of Single-Board-Computer boards (RPi, odroid, etc)
Ideal of you want to be able to install a few more HDDs.Thermaltake Core W200: 218 Liters
Thermaltake Core W200: 218 Liters
At least it fits two systems, so it's just 109L per PC.
Isn't this almost a carbon copy of the Case Labs Magnum Double Wide?
wonder what would the computing density be like if pi zeroes are used...
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