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A 3U case can support full height cards. Anyone have a favorite 3U rackmount PC case? The only I've used and like goes out of stock regularly though.

neilv 4y ago
When I built my most recent home GPU server, it seemed like 3U wasn't tall enough to fit a big GPU upright, given the PCIe power connectors on top of the card, so I went 4U. Though I think you could get a double-wide GPU into a 2U with a PCIe riser cable/card.
- vluft 4y ago
  heck, you'll have difficulty fitting a 4090 in a 4U without special right-angle pcie power connectors
Lammy 4y ago
For 3U/4U I like iStarUSA cases. I went for 4U for the quieter 120mm fans and so it can fit half-hight bays sideways on the front panel. Here's my video encoding workstation in an iStarUSA D-400L-7SE: https://imgur.com/a/YLjDX0e https://imgur.com/a/YLjDX0e
- jdboyd 4y ago
  I just bought a iStarUSA D-300 and I was disappointed that there were no easy mount points for 2.5" SSDs.
  - Lammy 4y ago
    I just mount them to one wall of the case with double-sided adhesive tape lol You can also spring for their matching drive bays http://www.istarusa.com/en/istarusa/product_speclist.php?series=HDDCage&sub=Tray&Factor=2.5 http://www.istarusa.com/en/istarusa/product_speclist.php?ser...
vluft 4y ago
I have a 4u, not a 3u, but sliger has one now that should be pretty good. https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/3u/cx3151a/ https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/3u/cx3151a/ has a riser for doing a modern (heh) sized graphics card.
- metadat 4y ago
  That looks cool, but no HDD backplane.. where do you put the drives?
  - ganoushoreilly 4y ago
    They have variations with cages if you need them. They're great!
- vvanders 4y ago
  Sliger makes good stuff I have their SM550 SFF case and it was really well put together, makes heck of a compact machine.
CommieBobDole 4y ago
Like others here, I usually go 4U. I've been fairly happy with one of these; I like that the whole front is just fans. https://www.rosewill.com/rosewill-rsv-l4500u-black/p/9SIA072GJ92805 https://www.rosewill.com/rosewill-rsv-l4500u-black/p/9SIA072...

neilv 4y ago

When I built my most recent home GPU server, it seemed like 3U wasn't tall enough to fit a big GPU upright, given the PCIe power connectors on top of the card, so I went 4U. Though I think you could get a double-wide GPU into a 2U with a PCIe riser cable/card.

vluft 4y ago
heck, you'll have difficulty fitting a 4090 in a 4U without special right-angle pcie power connectors

Lammy 4y ago

For 3U/4U I like iStarUSA cases. I went for 4U for the quieter 120mm fans and so it can fit half-hight bays sideways on the front panel. Here's my video encoding workstation in an iStarUSA D-400L-7SE: https://imgur.com/a/YLjDX0e https://imgur.com/a/YLjDX0e

jdboyd 4y ago
I just bought a iStarUSA D-300 and I was disappointed that there were no easy mount points for 2.5" SSDs.
- Lammy 4y ago
  I just mount them to one wall of the case with double-sided adhesive tape lol You can also spring for their matching drive bays http://www.istarusa.com/en/istarusa/product_speclist.php?series=HDDCage&sub=Tray&Factor=2.5 http://www.istarusa.com/en/istarusa/product_speclist.php?ser...

vluft 4y ago

I have a 4u, not a 3u, but sliger has one now that should be pretty good. https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/3u/cx3151a/ https://www.sliger.com/products/rackmount/3u/cx3151a/ has a riser for doing a modern (heh) sized graphics card.

metadat 4y ago
That looks cool, but no HDD backplane.. where do you put the drives?
- ganoushoreilly 4y ago
  They have variations with cages if you need them. They're great!
vvanders 4y ago
Sliger makes good stuff I have their SM550 SFF case and it was really well put together, makes heck of a compact machine.

CommieBobDole 4y ago

Like others here, I usually go 4U. I've been fairly happy with one of these; I like that the whole front is just fans. https://www.rosewill.com/rosewill-rsv-l4500u-black/p/9SIA072GJ92805 https://www.rosewill.com/rosewill-rsv-l4500u-black/p/9SIA072...