Recommendations on Case with multiple drive access bays

[ikonia]

guys,

I was looking at getting a coolermaster stacker due to the large ammound of accessable 5.25 bays on the front. A few people have warned me against them, not being a case/modder buff, are there any other options that will allow around 7 - 10 5.25 bays accessed easy at the front ?

thanks

[Clunk]

One of these perhaps?

[dave87]

Mountain Mods UFO, or as Clunk suggested the Lian Li.

What reasons were given to go away from the Stacker? A few people I know have had it and loved it, one bloke only changed because he bought a Lian Li V2000...

[ikonia]

clunks looks interesting if not a tad pricy, and also seems to suffer from poor cooling unless you lose some of the drive bays (which I could as I wouldn't need them all) and put fans in.

I've been given the reason of poor cooling on the stacker, the ali frame is prone to bad vibrations

[ikonia]

those mountain mod cases look excellent lots of bays and easy to put fans in the front.

Seems hard to find in the UK, I may make a post to see if anyone else wants one or two to try to get the shipping down and split the import if any taxes.

[Clunk]

over-clock.co.uk stock the mountain mods, works out about the same as importing one, if i remember right, but when I last looked, the dollar wasnt as weak

p.s. there was also a thread started a while ago in the modding section by Butcher about the mountain mods one, theres a few pics as well.

[ikonia]

big thanks for the informaiton !

[Clunk]

No worries , what is it that you need all the drive bays for?

[ikonia]

large collection of disks

[Clunk]

just 3.5" hard disks?

if so, have you considered a Lian-Li V2000/2100.

Holds 12 in the bottom and then theres quite a few 5.25 bays to put them in as well. Worth a look.

[ikonia]

the disks sit in a chassis that takes up 5.25 bays, hence the need for the 5.25 bays

[dave87]

In which case the Mountain Mods case would be perfect for you - pretty roomy too

[Clunk]

I almost bought a mountain mods, but I saw one of the aluminium ones in the flesh and it was rough as!, The powder coated ones look pretty stunning though

[CrazyMonkey]

I know the Thermaltake Armour has alot of drive bays. Looks lovely to me also. But thats coming from an owner

[herulach]

I have zero issues with my stacker. Near silent as you like. ANd it doesnt have an ali frame, so whoever told you that was talking out their backside. I imagine with all the bays full itd be pretty noisy, but youd have 1x120mm fan per 4 hdds, so not a huge cooling issue methinks. Also, if you can get the windowed panel, its a lot quiter than the non windowed one.

[ikonia]

yours is the first positive review I've had.