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You can get 10 SATA ports for $40 with a PCI-E card on Amazon. That's in addition to up to 6 the motherboard would have.
by lostmsu 4y ago
You can get 10 SATA ports for $40 with a PCI-E card on Amazon. That's in addition to up to 6 the motherboard would have.
- zaroth 4y agoAnd the hard drives go where? But yeah, $3k would more than fund such a server.
- Dylan16807 4y agoAmazon has a 5 drive rack for $25. You can also get dual-drive USB adapters for $20.
- lostmsu 4y agoDefine 7 has 14 drive bays.
- firstlink 4y agoAnd the crazy thing is it's not even designed specifically for storage, it just kind of has that space. Good for big GPUs. I have a define 7 for my gaming pc with 0 HDDs installed (M.2 only)! It's a great case anyhow. I very nearly bought a second one to replace an actual designed-for-NAS case which only has room for 8 HDD; the only reason I didn't is because that older Fractal Design case still works fine. It lives in the living room in the open without shame, and the Design 7 would look even better.
- sneak 4y agoYou can buy a server for $700 or so that has 36 sata bays, ports, and PSU for all of it. I have two in my house. They are loud AF.
- lostmsu 4y ago> They are loud AF. That probably is the real problem. Although you could plop them in some separated utility space like a garage.