desertcart.com: Rosewill 4U Server Chassis Case|Supports up to 4
GPUs|8 Hot-Swap 3.5"/2.5" SATA/SAS up to 12Gbps|E-ATX
Compatible|3x 12038 Hot-Swap Fans,2 Rear 8038 Fans|USB 3.2
Type-C|With Rail Kit-RSV-AI01 : Electronics
Review: Nice looking case, bad rack solution - The case seems
decent. I have yet to get my equipment moved over (waiting on
power), but I don't see anything glaring that would give me pause
to think there's going to be an issue. What I will say is that
the rails it comes packaged with are absolute garbage. They do
not align with the standard RU and must be offset by one hole.
Depending on the rack, that may make the rails unusable. I opted
to go with a chassis that was offset 1/3 of an RU in both
directions and give up the extra 1U of blanking panel below and a
gap above the chassis. Setting the chassis in the rails, they
deflect immediately. Again, I've not moved anything over yet, so
it's a completely empty case. The rails are not able to hold the
weight of the case when empty. The left rail failed halfway
through pushing the server into the rack and got stuck. I had to
open the side of the rack and beat the rail with a hammer to get
it to seat on the bearings long enough to unrack. Advice? Trash
the rails the second you open the box and go with a set of
universals. Sure the server won't roll out smoothly, but at least
you'll be able to get it out of the rack. I would wait until this
goes on sale before picking it up. For the price, it feels like
there are just a few too many corners cut for being "datacenter"
gear and in that regard it's hard to call it a good value.
Review: False advertising, flawed design in Rosewill RSV-AI01;
defective power button, thermal failure - The Rosewill RSV-AI01
specs say a 145mm max CPU cooler height when not using the GPU
bracket. My Arctic Freezer 4U-M is 145mm high exactly, but it
doesn't come close to fitting due to a critical design flaw on
this case. In order to provide the 11 PCI-E slot outlets, the PSU
is placed on a little shelf above the motherboard. For an SSI-EEB
motherboard, this puts the PSU almost directly above the CPU,
severely limiting cooling options in order to stay under the low
shelf. Basically, you have to liquid cool. Now, where to place
the radiator? There are no mounting holes anywhere to be seen,
and because of the 8 hot swap drive bays, there's little room to
work with. In fact, one is tempted to place the radiator in the
space an expansion card would go on those extra PCI-E slots!
Clearly this design was not thought through. The marketing photos
did not make this clear to me, and I wonder if it was an
intentional deceit. The only real way to run this case would be
to do custom watercooling with a 2U radiator placed above the
drive bays. Or drill your own radiator mounting holes into the
hot swap fan enclosure. Or place the radiator in the extra PCI-E
slots which were the raison d'etre of the case to begin with.
UPDATE I ended up moving to water cooling, and twist-tying the
radiator to the hotswap fans. Meanwhile, the power button on the
case was defective, so I can only start the thing by using the
reset button as a power switch. Given that you're forced into
water cooling, the case ends not being deep enough. Now my PSU
cables are obstructing the airflow enough that I'm getting
warnings from my network card which doesn't have its own active
cooling. I'm basically planning on moving this system to a Sliger
case with 28" depth when I get the chance. Anyway, you get what
you pay for, but sometimes not even that.
