Rosewill 4u Server Chassis Rackmount ATX Case

Rosewill 4U Server Chassis Rackmount ATX Case contains 8 internal 3.5′′ HDD bays plus 3 extra 5.25′′ devices and better cooling design

For most DIYers, the key to a good rackmount case is price, quality and the number of HDDs that can fit inside.

Rosewill 4U Server Chassis offers this:

• 4U server case features 8 internal 3.5″ HDD bays plus 3 additional 5.25″ devices;
• Superior cooling design can carry up to 2 120mm front cooling fans in the front and an additional 2 80mm cooling fans in the rear (all fans included in packaging);
• 7 PCI expansion slots and compatible with ATX and CEB motherboards;
• The front panel of the rackmount case includes one USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports;
• Built in lock adds layer of security to your case and server room;

The Rosewill rackmount cases use 1mm thickness steel for the case construction

There are several bits of aluminum around the case as well.

Two USB 2.0 ports, power and restart buttons.

The Rosewill 4U Server Chassis Rackmount ATX Case uses up to E-ITX sized motherboards and allows for up to seven expansion cards on the back.

Motherboard Compatibility: ATX, Micro ATX, ITX, Mini-ITX, SSI-CEB The server chassis weighs just over 23 pounds

The Rosewill Chassis also ships with a nice accessory package.

Each drive sled gets a SATA cable and two sets of screws, one for 3.5" drives and one for 2.5" drives.

It also features a set of keys for the front door and a few other bits for changing the front drive-bay configuration.

The accessory package includes the paper user manual, screws for installing a motherboard and drives into the case, and additional rails for 5.25" components.

The case also ships with 12 SATA cables for the included HDD cages.

The front locking cover is the same on all of Rosewill's 4U rackmount cases.

The front door provides security for the drives as well as the power and reset buttons.

Air Filtration

The door also adds air filtration to the case.

Air comes in through the front, passes over the HDDs, and then moves to the back of the chassis to cool the CPU and PCIe cards.

The filter keeps dust out of the system and is removable for cleaning.

Two USB ports sit in the middle between the power and restart buttons.

Four LEDs in the middle show system power, HDD and network activity.

Electrically, the cages only support SATA drives and are not compatible with SAS drives.

Amount of Space for Air

It can be seen that the amount of space for air to pass over the drives and into the system.

The sleds work with both 2.5" and 3.5" drives.

The back of the chassis looks like any other steel ATX case on the market.

Two 80mm fans exhaust air from the system.

Three 120mm fans keep the drives cool and pull air into the motherboard area.

Two 80mm fans exhaust air from the case. All of the fans are included.

An aluminum crossbar across the top is to keep the case sturdy.

The motherboard area gives us a lot of room to build a system.

The drive cages have four SATA data connectors and two Molex 4-pin power connectors.

These are removable should you with to use different drive cages or run optical disk media players.

It is impossible to find another case with this many features.