> there are plenty of small PC cases that can hold 4 3.5" drives and a motherboard. Can you recommend one? In a quick newegg search [1], I see the Fractal Desi

> there are plenty of small PC cases that can hold 4 3.5" drives and a motherboard. Can you recommend one? In a quick newegg search [1], I see the Fractal Design Node 304 for $90 + whatever a PSU costs. Anything cheaper? I also see a 3-bay COOLER MASTER Elite 110 for $50. I've been writing NVR software [2] and am trying to put together hardware recommendations for a small, inexpensive machine. * The ultra low budget option is a Raspberry Pi + a 2-bay USB SATA dock. It works surprisingly well most of the time, but cheap USB-attached storage is a little sketchy. I've had corruption a couple times and suspect the dock. * I'd like something a step or two up that has the drives in the main case. The Helios64 looks attractive but I'd like to see what comparable x86_64-based options there are. The MicroServer you mentioned looks interesting also - not as pretty as the Helios64, not hot-swappable, a little pricier, but a lot more powerful. edit: this page [3] lists some nice cases also. More bays than I'm looking for but nice anyway. [1] https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007583%20600030561%20600030562%20600545970%20600030563&Order=PRICE https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007583%20600030561%20600030... [2] https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr [3] https://butterwhat.com/2019/06/16/brians-top-three-diy-nas-cases-as-of-2019.html https://butterwhat.com/2019/06/16/brians-top-three-diy-nas-c...