Rosewill 4U Server Chassis/Server Case/Rackmount Case, Metal Rack Mount Computer Case with 8 Bays & 4 Fans Pre-Installed (RSV-R4000)

I purchased one of these cases a few weeks ago. I built a Super Mac (Hackintosh) in it. I have an oddball 29U rack that it is in. I'm impressed with the weight and thickness of this beastie.. It's very sturdy. There is nothing cheap or flimsy about this case. It has tons of fans as well. Now let me note a few annoyances about this case. Changing or adding hard drives is a pain in the backside. The drives are in little slide out cages and that's pretty easy but putting the cables on or taking them off is a pain. Inside there is a large cross brace that has three 120mm fans. And the little plastic drive trays that slide in and out of the cages have to be removed from the back of the cages. You really have to remove that whole cross brace full of fans to be able to connect drive power and data cables. The handles of the drive trays are in the way of plugging the cables so it's just easier to remove the cross brace then put it back when done. In the face of each of the two drive cages is a 120mm fan. This helps keep the drives cool. One problem I encountered in my build is that I bought a Corsair Cooling Hydro-Series All-in-One High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler CWCH60 . It has a little radiator just like a car has. It came with a 120mm fan that you connect to the mobo. There is a temperature sensor and a coolant pump in the cooling plate that connects to the mobo. You are ~supposed~ to mount the radiator/fan combo to the back of the case to exhaust hot air out of the back of the case. But this case do not have a 120mm exhaust vent on it, at all. It does have two 80mm fans on the back above the mobo connections plate. There was no way to mount the radiator to the back of the case, at all. What I had to do was rotate the cooling plate 180 degrees so the hose run towards the front of the case. Then I sandwiched the radiator between it's 120mm fan and the center 120mm fan that is on the cross brace. One fan pushes air through the radiator, the other fan pulls air through it. So that's a LOT of fan happening on the CPU cooler. The disadvantage is that it exhausts right in the middle of the case and blows across the mobo.. But that's really not a big deal, the air seems fairly cool and I have had no issues with overheating. So that said, the case is pretty darn nice overall. I like it enough that I've ordered a second case for an NAS (SMB/CIFS/AFP) & LAMP server I'm building. I like that it has not only room for 8 drives via the cages but if you must, there's room for more drives by adding some custom DIY mounts inside. There's no reason why one couldn't mount 12 drives in one of these cases. I could see myself doing that to be honest. Next month I will be buying a third case for another system that is an HTPC. It has an S2 satellite tuner in it and is connected to a bunch of very large C-band dishes. Currently that machine is running in what is probably a 10 year old PC type tower. It's ugly and has cooling issues. Another one of these cases will solve that problem and allow me to put more drives in it, something I've been needing to do for quite some time. Surprisingly enough, these things are not loud at all. With 8 fans in it one would think it would be deafening. It's not. I sit right next to it, less than 18" away from my left ear for 16 hours a day and it doesn't bother me at all. But when you lower the face cover to access the optical drives, it does get a little loud. Also, if your rack has a door, you can't close the door because of the handle protruding from the front. You can remove the handles but then you loose the face because it's hinged via the handles. I don't have a door on my rack so that didn't bother me at all, I left the handles as is. They need to redesign the back of the case to allow for a 120mm fan for those of us that use liquid coolers. Not a show stopper though, I worked around it. The dust filter could be a little better, I see it drawing dust through the filter and collecting on the face drive cage grills. It keeps out large dust and pet hair but not ultra fine dust. I'm going to end up putting a HEPA filter in the front. (cut up a HEPA vacuum cleaner bag) The drive trays could be redesigned to be a little sturdier and perhaps have handles that fold up or down so you can get to the drive power/data connections easier. The face could be redesigned to hinge differently so people can remove the handles if they need for doored cases. The complaints I have with this case are all trivial and easy enough to work around in most cases. Maybe on their next revision they could tweak things up a little. Overall, I love this case, it's the very thing I've needed for years. I bought a second one and will buy a third one in less than a month. I very well may buy a fourth one to keep as a spare for any future machines I may build. And I probably will. Come to think of it, I will probably order a 5th case.. Why not? I totally recommend this case to anyone that wants a nice, very sturdy rack mount case. It's worth every penny. Just be aware there are some minor, trivial issues that may or may not be a show stopper for you. Also, go to Rosewill and look at their photos, they have several photos from different angles that show much better detail that Amazon shows. They also have a PDF of the manual/instructions you can download if you want to research it before you buy it. I don't see how anyone could really complain about this case, I certainly can't. I rate this case at a full tilt FIVE STARS... I would give it six stars if they would send me a dozen of these cases for free.. :D Update: I purchased a third case before the weekend was over, they weren't going to ship until Monday so I went ahead and ordered one more. So I have one in use now and two new ones ordered. I got to thinking that if I snooze, I might lose. I would have myself forever if they discontinued these cases and I couldn't get that third case next month. Now I will be able to migrate all my machines into one rack and everything will look nice and have proper cooling not to mention, room for LOTS of drives. Three of these cases solve a lot of problems I've been bothered by for years. If these cases are still available next month I'm going to purchase two more for a total of five. These things are a bargain and a steal. One word. Awesomesauce! :)

So I'm giving this review 4/5. I've been building PC's for many decades now. This case does the job. It has sufficient room for what I needed it for and the price was great. There is no cd-rom drive (i did not mark a star off for this) so buyer beware (but who uses cd-roms anymore after your OS is installed). However the reason it's getting 4 stars instead of 5 is for a 2 reaons 1) The right most internal drive bay is impossible to remove without a long/tiny screw driver (meaning the shaft is tiny). It's basically right under the lip of the edge so you can't really get your screw driver in there to release the 2 screws. Bad design flaw there 2) The front USB/Power headers were loose. They flopped around and the button controller fell inside. I said "no big deal i'll tighten up the screws" but they were already tight. I had to install some washers to make it sit properly. VERY odd issue. Not sure if ohters had that but another design flaw Other then that. It does the job. Plenty of room inside for your Micro ATX motherboard and a full size power supply. They COULD have made the top case fan cut-outs bigger so it lines up with power supplies better. I think about 80% of the power supply fan made it the other 20% got covered. BUT that's minor (again could have been better designed). Otherwise, a great case. I'd buy it again because the price is right. One thing to note as is the case with mos cases with front handles... you'll have a tough time getting all 4 rack screws in. I usually remove the handles but forgot to so I only installed 2 screws on one side (it sits on top of an APC so it's not a huge deal). But if you want to do it RIGHT you may want to remove the handles (if possible) to allow you to get your screw driver in. Again that's PRETTY TYPICAL with cases with handles on the front so that's not a flaw of this case, no stars marked off for that. Good case as I said except for those 2 minor things (well 1 is minor, the other was a big oversight... the front power buttons that is)

Hello everyone My name is Tod and I am the lead creative here at Pilot Reel Media Studio. Our studio primarily works on local broadcast marketing media and social documentaries. Most of our capture has shifted to 4K in the last year and this has made me consider new options for media handling and storage. During editing sessions much of the capture is maintained in a uncompressed format throughout the entire workflow and is only compressed specifically for the end user or a broadcast requirements. Moving to a 4K workflow has allowed for more options in post. Our editing machines need to have high speed access to these raw files and those files need to be protected so we'll be moving from a direct attached storage to a 10G Network Attached Storage file servers solution. I am also using this as a opportunity to start a vlog series and offer my opinion about some of the products and technology we use here at the studio. The packaging for the case was very good and would probably survive the worst from just about any carrier. This is my second 4U rack mountable case from Rosewill and for this particular build I choose the front loading hot swap able model from Rosewill. This will make changing out failed or failing drives much easier on a system that will get plenty of mileage and I expect drive failure will be a some what frequent occurrence. That and I'm a tight-wad and with the exception of the parity disks most of the array will be cheap white label shucks from western digital. I like this case design and it's size as a 4U making it possible to use taller heat sinks and larger fans. I don't have a server closet so 2U cooling is out as this would be terribly distracting during editing or screenings for clients. I am also moving to VM or Virtual Machines as editing weapons now that server platforms can properly support this utility and this also has the added benefit of reducing the mechanical footprint of editing equipment and increasing electrical efficiency. My experience with that first Rosewill case was that it had excellent cooling and noise characteristics and expect this unit will be as good in spite of having 3 fewer fans which I think may have been over kill on that design. The case also support extra large older enterprise server boards which are available on the cheap and are incredibly durable while being still viable as work stations for 4K content. My first server build is actually doing triple duty at my home as a PLEX and iTunes media server, protected high speed storage and VM platform. That build sports dual 8 core xeons and runs 295w and core temps never get above 51c until a VM is active, while under full load during tasks such as trancoding work the highest temps I've seen were in the mid to upper 70c range and at 450 to 550 watts, a real testament to the basic but well executed design by Rosewill. My initial impressions of this RSV-L4412 case are that the basic construction quality is good, however the lid was a bit off causing cross threading of one of the lid screws during construction. I was able to correct the threading but it is understandable why at this price point errors of this nature could occur. The fans are of reasonable quality but can be changed to higher quality low noise fans quite easily if that is important for your particular build. This build will get that upgrade right away. The stock fans are low enough rpm and don't really produce a lot of noise so you could be forgiven for letting them die a slow death before swapping them out as I am with my system at home. Rosewill does offer 2U options and if you have dedicated server closet that may be of interest if sound is not an issue. This server will be in our editing room so the 4U is the better option for me. The extra height of the case will allow for taller heat sinks for the CPU's and larger diameter fan which wont contribute much to the ambient sound in the room a real must for maintaining concentration during long editing sessions or client screenings. Rosewill does provide a reasonable accessory assortment with this case and depending on your motherboards hard drive connections you could have all you need to properly make all connection to the drive modules, you will however need to consider a solution for powering the 6 molex power connectors for these modules. I found adapters for less than $3 each on Amazon. I'll leave a link in the video description below. The front I/O is a bit dated as the USB connections are USB 2.0 however the panel does provide LED activity lights for 2 network connections. The case is modular and offered in at least 3 configuration so customizing it is a easy option and Rosewill sells all the different drive modules separately making it possible to set your case up to meet your specific needs. Each drive has it's own drive activity light and you are provided with all the screws to mount your drives to the hot swap caddies. A very durable looking filter is mounted in the front door panel it has however been my experience that the area around the lock does allow some unfiltered air to pass through and you may want to come up with a solution to fix this minor issue. The drive caddies are constructed of plastic but the contact surfaces look like they can handle years of service. So in conclusion I find the Rosewill RSV-L4412 case of good quality overall and from a price point perspective a great choice for someone seeking a performance over all other considerations.

Edit** look for Logisys CS4803BK - same exact case under a different brand, usually cheaper** Case has a lot of good features, and some minor issues. 1 - roomy, loaded the case with a micro atx server mb (x8sil-f) fits is good mb has a lot of room. great airflow across the board and the memory. 2- middle fan bay, there are cutouts for the fan wirring, and there is about a 1/2 inch clearance between the top panel. I was able to insert a 120mm all in one water cooler Thermaltake water 2.0 cooler with not problem mounted to the middle fan intake. The case is long so you might need to get a new psu if it has short cables for the front fans or power extenders. The front filter is very restrictive due to the plastic holder with small round holes. fans ran louder because of it so i removed the filter and will clean system when necessary. system came with 6 120m fans however i replaced all fan with gtyphoons anyway. case has rubber feet on bottom so it can be placed on a table if necessary, fits nicely in a rack. cons 1 - screws for the top panel of the case are kinda small, to maintain a flush appearance, they strip easily so be caseful if you need to screw down the top panel. 2 - Fan / hd cage - had an issue with the fan cage trying to put it back in once removed. the two to the left removed fine with no issue and were reinserted with no issue. The one closes to the usb ports, clanged on part of the case, tried replacing all of the metal holders however it did not make a difference. had to bend a part of the case to get the hd cage to reinsert properly. Update 3-2015 i have 2 of these casea and they are great for what i need. Case is very close to perfect if you know what you want to do. system 1 - dual processor supermicro 8xdt6 mb, rosewill 4 drive hot swap sata cage, icy dock MB455SPF-B, dual thermaltake water2.0 coolers ( mounted to the holes in the side panel - removed fan partition to mount.) server rails still fit with this mod. case has a ton of room to fit this, so now with the w/c setup it runs very very quiet. first 2 pictures of completed build attached. Second build Gaming machine - drive cages removed, top drive cage removed ( screws), tripple radiator push pull config installed( drill mount to bottom drive support), and wc resevior and pump installed ( drilled mount holes) . will use free standing drive mount to hold hdds. processor + video card wc loop. - last 4 pictures Update 3-2018 Modded case to support 120mm aio coolers on the side. Freed up a lot of room of case interior. Case can be mounted vertically like a normal person case and the depth give room for a lot of drives

Nice cube for holding 4 drives, decent fan, could have done with out the standard molex, connectors as they can be tricky some times. You will have to screw in the hard drives to get a good seat otherwise it's hit and miss whether or not you get a good connection. Perhaps Rosewill can design a tool-less caddy for the next go around. Again, good value, recommended. okay, I have been working with these for a few months now so I can tell a more complete story. Facts, I bought 5 of these, 3 came with a chassis I bought. of the 5 I bought, 2 were bad, and were bad because Rosewill's Quality Assurance didn't do their job. If you buy this you must do two things, be prepared to send it back for another, you might get 2 bad in a row, like I said, their quality inspection process is questionable. You must be prepared to take the rear fan off, and inspect the backplane for yourself (remove the board and the fan), you might also want a spare hard drive. I RECCOMEND everyone inspecting every unit they get. I just can't get over the fact that I had two bad units with obvious soldering issues. If you put in nice hard drives in to this and it's broken (shorting out) you could lose a hard drive, I did, make sure you test every slot with a throw away drive. Like I said, be prepared to test and return these things, After everything is said and done, the caddy engagement is a little spotty, but it works a lot better than the icy dock 4 in 3 that I got, but it still could use some work. The chassis is nice, the fans work pretty good, the connectors at the back are nice, and placed economically. I like this product, but I don't like the horrible quality inspection that didn't catch the two bad units I got. 33% Failure rate, is not good. The failures I had could have been easily identified by actually testing or inspecting the board, but they weren't. Amazon did a great job throwing me some new units as a replacement, I can say I am satisfied overall, but Rosewill needs to pay attention to their QA people. I work in a manufacture setting doing boards/electrical work, I know bad work when I see it, this stuff should have been caught, it was bad. PS even if board contacts are going to the same place, it doesn't mean they can have a solder bridge :( :( :( Please get control of the MFR process.

Finding the right case for my project has been a real challenge. I have been looking through google and amazon for quite a few months and haven't settled on the right combination yet. I haven't actually tried this case yet....as in actual operation! Although, i want to make some comments. Firstly... i have not been paid or compensated to make these comments, not to say i wouldn't like to be. They are my actual opinions and views. When looking thru chassis & cases i wanted to make my chassis as compact as possible, since i am putting this in a 72 inch white cabinet... "TRIPP LITE 42U Rack Enclosure Server Cabinet (all white) Doors and Sides are screen/vented, 3000-lb Cap SR42UW" in case you want to see what i am talking about... I want this to be a two tone system, and looks is important. So when looking thru cases, most of the cases looked chincy, plastic like, in the pictures. So it was hard to make my choice. So i basically took a gamble when i ordered this case. I am using a large e-ATX motherboard... A Gigabyte MW70-3S0 (Intel C612) Dual CPU Workstation Motherboard. This is a really big motherboard, with two CPUs. And, I have large convection radiator's with fan on top of each CPU... a total of almost 7 inches from the bottom of the motherboard to top of the fan. So this also was a major consideration when choosing a case. Come to find out, the CPU fan just clears the top of the chassis. I have really liked the looks of the Rosewill Chassis for some time (from looking at the amazon pictures) but couldn't find one that would fit the e-ATX motherboard with enough height to fit the CPU cooler. Then, I ran across this case which said it would fit this size of motherboard. Another consideration, there was room for good air flow capability. So i decided to order this, even though I thought it would be chincy. Even though I thought the case would be too small, and flimsy... I ordered this on a gamble as i said. My experience so far. This is what is good about this chassis/case: 1) The chassis was at my door step in three days from the time I ordered it till I brought it into my house. I was very surprised upon seeing this big box. Well my interest was surly peeked. The case is double boxed (box inside a box). This is very good, in that it prevents the case from getting bent, or damaged. Very thoughtful of the company. 2) When I opened the box, wow, the chassis is so big, and beautiful from the outside. Not chincy looking at all, rather very classy and elegant. The pictures really don't do this chassis justice at all. From looking at the pictures, it doesn't really relate the actual size of this chassis. The actual chassis measures 17"wide x 7" height x 26"deep with the side-wings brings it out to 19" wide. The entire chassis is sturdy galvanized metal throughout. It would be nice if it were all aluminum as far as weight is concerned. But that would bring the cost of the case up to more than double i suppose. There is one plastic part... it is a panel that holds in a foam filter in the folding cover. 3) For what you are getting...an all steel case... this is one of the best-values in server cases I have seen (at $90 at the time of this purchase). The chassis is all galvanized so it won't be rusting any time soon. It has an additional bar across the center-inside-top of the case to add rigidity I suspect, and possibly hold down the graphics cards for moving the chassis around... and gives a handle to use when moving the case around during the build. Unfortunately, the bar has to be removed before installing any full-size graphics cards. 4) Lots of extra room inside the case. This makes for good air flow. 5) I am putting SSD hard drives by Intel, which installs directly into a port on the motherboard, same as would a graphics card. I am installing this "Intel P3600 SERIES SSD 1.3-Inch Solid State Drive SSDPEDME400G401". This is because this computer will be used for CAD. I am a machinist, and inventor and I really like to designand build things. So speed is really important to me. I am putting two of these SSD drives next to each other, and will use a "Raid 1" to Mirror the Operating System drives for reliability, and for speed. These drives have Read/Write Speeds upwards of 2500 to 3000 Mb/sec transfer speeds compared to 400/500 Read/Write speeds for standard SSD drives. This is a really big difference. And so I hope this will help this computer build operate much faster... in that I am starting out with Duel 6 core CPUs, with 3.50 mhz speed. I am considering starting out with a 6 core CPU as a matter of cost, to save money getting this computer built, and have a significant upgrade-path later as I save money for the real deal. This motherboard will hold 2 x 22 core processors. But right now at a cost of about $7000 each. So later, I am hoping the cost of the CPUs to come down. Anyway, I am figuring this chassis/case will be my last chassis purchase for my CAD computer, as it is so roomy and durable. Problems I ran into with this build: 1) This bar across the top middle of the case wouldn't fit with my big 1500 watt Digital Corsair power supply. So I had to remove it. Anyway, the case is so strong, it won't make a big problem to just leave it off. 2) This is not really a problem in this case... all the screws for removal of the top lid are countersunk, there all flush with the case. You can hardly see them. For me... I would prefer if the screws were large-enough to remove by hand, without tools. So it would be good if the company would include some extra screws that can easily be turned with your thumb and for finger. Just a suggestion. 3) All of the fans have standard 4 pin power cables to connect the fans to the motherboard. I wanted to put a power-speed controller by Nzxt into 2 of the open-hard-drive-slots. And, this device requires 3 wire connections on all 5 fans. So this is not really a problem with the case, rather a condition requiring replacement of all the fans " if " I wanted to install this fan controller. Just something to consider if you are going to install something like this to control the speed of all your fans. 4) There is a filter in the front lid which has holes in the inside plastic cover which fixes the foam filter. If you desire faster air-flow, you might consider installing larger-capacity fans which are really fast, which develop a lot of pressure to over-come this filter restriction. I myself will be using the air filter. Wherein, having a fan speed controller would be advisable to balance noise, air pressure, and air flow, ultimatly for temperature control. So, all in all, this is a really nice case if you want a roomy build. It's very sturdy, and quite elegant. Need I say more. I will probably get another one in the near future I think this will make a good combination for building another CAD computer to sell. And, I will be using this build as a show-piece. I will post-some high-quality pictures of my build, after I check out the air-flow. I am not putting any water-cooled elements in this build, in that this motherboard/Intel CPU combination cannot be clocked as I understand. So, I don't think it will be necessary. I don't think this case is roomy enough for a grand-water cooled system anyway. It's not a show-off chassis as its a server-style case, and has no viewing-windows. Regards.

I picked up the 2U/5 Drive version to put in a new home server to run things like Syncthing, Nextcloud, a handful of dedicated game servers off of. Never had a home server before but I couldn't wait to live in brilliant self-hosted heaven. I wanted it full like my gramps after Thanksgiving dinner. Micro ATX mobo! Full-size ATX PSU! 5 x 3.5 drives in a 2U case? NOT ENOUGH! I put an IcyDock cage in the 5.25 slot so I've got 4x1TB ssds as well as 4x10TB WD reds in the other slots. This said she could handle it, so I threw everything I had at it. So I piled all my loot to start this build, and like a kid on Christmas, I tore everything open and went to town. Slapped my Ryzen 2700X into it's forever home (oh lawd), snapped in the 4x16gb sticks of ddr4 ram (so fresshh), installed the air cooler as a testament to the massive amount of things I could fit in the case. It was glorious. I went to install the drives and....got slapped in the face with a cold dose of fail. When using a micro ATX mobo, the included cooler is too far to the front of the case to be able to screw the right two drive cages in. It was then I realized I wasn't God. I picked my pride up off the ground, dusted it off and ordered a low-profile cooler. After what felt like a time period sufficient enough for stars to be born and die again, I had my new cooler and was ready to own the world. After cramming the drive cages down over the ram and 24-pin power (It's uncomfortably tight, like a pair of skinny jeans from my emo-phase back in college, see picture), I had installed the case's newest tenant. It fit like a glove. The right-most drive perched on the ledge of the cooler, lazily judging me like my cat from the back of my recliner. I hooked everything up, crammed all the cables in where I could, laughing in the face of cable management. Sensually pushed that power button for the first time and this thing was LOUD. Like, literally a jet engine full of bees had a love child with every piece of clothing from the 80's. Not cool! The two fans in the front of the case are cheap and noisy, mine might have had bad bearings. So after another visit to my sugar daddy, Noctua, I was ready to try again. Slapped that power button and......nothing. Twinkling lights and silence purer than the industrially-bottled artesianal water from some spring in in far away lands. I had done it, I was in Valhalla with my master PC race brethren. Even packed to the max, I didn't have to drop it like it's hot. No thermal throttling, whisper quiet. Even with Nextcloud, Syncthing and 20 or so dedicated servers all running simultaneously. We did it! Anyways, thanks for listening to my story, time to head back to the shire. I'll sum it up here: PROS: - Price - Massive amount of hardware you can pack into this thing (5+ drives, microATX mobo, full ATX PSU, 4 low-profile pcie cards) - Case itself feels solid CONS: - Using a micro ATX board introduced a slew of problems with the drive cages on the right side. - Odd order for installing drive cages, you'll need a pretty long screw drive for some - Hardware is a bit cheap, I had to replace internal screws after installing and uninstalling drives 23563456 times What I'd suggest: - Use an SFX PSU. That extra bit of space will help with cable routing and thermals - Use a low-profile CPU cooler if you're filling all the drive slots (37mm roughly) - Make sure your PSU is modular, internal space is at a premium - Replace the stock fans with Noctua versions, or something quieter (2x 80mm) - Use something like a Icydock cage to put a bunch of 2.5 drives into the 5.25 drive space along with a pcie sata expander - Use an M.2 drive if your mobo allows

This case is very well made. I wanted to rack mount my PC and this worked out very well! It did need some modifications though. I am using a dual fan corsair closed loop liquid cooling kit for my processor. The screw holes on the mid chassis fan panel will only line up with one set of screw holes as it wasn't designed for radiators. I would imagine that it could support a 3 fan radiator, but you'd probably only be able to use the middle fan mounting screws. With the radiator installed, the mid chassis fan mount in the RVS-L4000 is just a little too close to the motherboard if you have a large video card. I installed a Asus STRIX-GTX1070-8G-GAMING video card and needed to drill a new set of holes about a quarter to half an inch back to give it enough room for the radiator, fans and video card. If you are not using a radiator, then you shouldn't have any issues at all. I swapped out the fans that came with the case for some 120MM cooler master 20db fans and it is much quieter than the 1U server I'm using for pfsense. I do not know how loud the original fans were, as I never spun them up. If you are using a different set of fans up front, I would recommend also buying some 4pin fan cable extenders, as it is a pretty good distance from the front fans to where ever your system fan pin out are located on your board. There is a support bar that run across the top of the case behind the mid chassis fan panel. I found that I was able to mount my 3 SSDs on that. They get plenty of airflow, not that they need much at all, and are close to the Sata ports on the board. It does take a bit of time and patience as I do not think that is what the bar was intended for. Overall, I am very happy with the amount of room that I have in this box. I am using a generic L-bracket style rails which are just to little lips that you slide the chassis onto. The chassis takes up a full 4 RUs, so using the shelf style rails makes it a very snug fit if going under other hardware as the ledges eat up a very tiny amount of the RU as well. I may pick up the Rosewill rails at a different time.

This is a very nice box with sufficient room inside but it is also fairly compact so it fits in a shallower rack. It is well done, robust, thick metal, comes with all needed hardware.

Rosewill is known for making cheap, yet good cases. This case is a good example of that. It's perfect for a Micro-ATX motherboard and fits a regular ATX power supply. It has a fan hold on top of the case to allow your PSU access to fresh air. Inside the case is tight, but everything does fit. The case is strong, showing no signs of flex while being mounted to my server rack. It has room for 4 hard drives, which may allow you to use it for NAS, depending on your needs.

If you get this on sale, this is a FANTASTIC case, except the fans. They are junk. Pure junk. I will be replacing them eventually. This case is heavy. Easy wire management, excuse my horrible picture of my horrible wire management. I was in a rush. You will have all the room you need to work, the centre fan stack comes out with the removal of a screw allowing you to run wires as you wish. AGAIN, use caution on the fans, nearly shorted out my MOBO when I turned it on, because one of the connections wasn't properly seated into the white plastic housing. As in, one wire was loose and free for the power. This could have been a very expensive disaster. For the price, you wonder where corners were cut. It was the wiring and fans. Get rid of them. If you buy, ENSURE YOU CHECK all the plastic housing for the fans power. Again, nearly lost my MOBO because of a short and spark when I turned it on. The HDD cages work excellent. My old tower case 12 HDD's were running between 35-45 degrees. This has dropped down to between 25-38 degrees, give or take how large the HDD is. 8TB's are running hotter than 3TB for example. Airflow is good in those cages, and will be better after I change fans. I don't rack mount, so I can't speak to it. Mine is placed in the TV cabinet, with about 8 inches of clearance above.

Its not a perfect one. But not a bad one either. Pros: - No bends or dents on metal as it comes from usa. (Packing was 5 star) - Perfect suite for Micro ATX or smaller if HDD metal supports are used - A normal PSU would fit in perfectly - Large number of 3 types screws are included. Good quality screws. - Stand off threads are built-in on chassis Cons: - Setup was not very easy in the end when putting all screws back. But with some adjustment of screws here and there, it can work ok - Initial 1 fan was not working. But when I loosened a screw on chassis which was under that fan, it was working. - The fan’s power connectors are cheap quality that the pins came out - Mounting bolts and screws are not included

I purchased this for a plex server because I needed the 6+ harddrive bays for lots of storage. Not many upright options on the market at this price so I decided to do a rack mount. Very happy. It’s not a fancy, RGB case but it’s super functional. Not extremely heavy, I actually have it mounted horizontally to the wall. Comes with 2 120mm fans in the harddrive bays, one 80mm rear fan. Fans are not the best quality but they work for my purpose. Has a key lock which is convenient. Screws are terrible, I replaced most of them with higher quality screws after stripping many of the stock ones during install. Big enough for a full sized graphics card (I have a 1080TI) and lots of PCI bays. Since most of us don’t use optical you can easily buy or 3d print mounts to fill the two disc drive bays with more drives, I have 9 hard drives installed. If you want something that works this is not a bad case. Be gentle with the screws and you’ll really enjoy this product.