LIGISTX
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I am thinking of getting a Fractal Define R5 case, but it only "supports" 8 HDD's. I have spare 5.25 to 3.5 inch adapters so its not an "issue" space wise, I am just questioning the cooling abilities of the drives, especially the top most drive that will be up in the DVD drive cage area. I will have two front 140mm fans and either 1 or 2 140 exhaust, not sure how I want to deal with exhaust yet. But the question is, any idea how much RPM I will have to be spinning the intakes at to adequately cool the drives, and would I need a 40 mm fan or something up top just to get air to move around up there on the top most drive? I will hopefully be putting this server in a closet, but that being said, I don't want it to be stupid loud. The drives will not be hit hard, its just a personal build, not a heavily workload type situation, but I know the drives will get warm.
Just wondering what others have experienced, as well as opinions, or possibly other case choices (don't want a rack, want a PC case most likely).
Just wondering what others have experienced, as well as opinions, or possibly other case choices (don't want a rack, want a PC case most likely).