wytnyt Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 im collecting parts to rebuild my media server and would welcome any idea on a good compilation of parts here are my ideas so far already ordered a carbide 500r case also a corsair ax750 PSU as its enough power for this and is fully modular im going with corsair h100 fans for case fans since i have an additional Link ill be cooling with a h100 ill be using an i7 2600 processor[from old server] board will be a ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 since it has 8 sata connectors so ill only need 1 internal sata controller card heres the roadblock i need 10 drive bays ,4 of these i want them to be mounted but powered up as needed i found only 1 4 bay drive cage[fills 3 51/4 bays] with an on/off power but looks too cheesy to use--ideas welcomed any idea or changes are appreciated for a better build T I A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooCoded Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 What you need are these adapters my friend... http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Universal-Mounting-Bracket-BRACKET/dp/B0001UZQWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 thx but im wanting the option to power up the drives as ill only need to add additional data at times and cant see wearing em out by keeping them running all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooCoded Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 thx but im wanting the option to power up the drives as ill only need to add additional data at times and cant see wearing em out by keeping them running all the time Can the 4 bay drive cage you found be modded in a way as to fit inside the case behind the front bezel? Post a link to the cage let me have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 the ones i found do fit inside,4hdd in 3x 5.25 but i found none with a power on demand feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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