Rosewill THOR NAS PRO - Full Tower

Buy Rosewill THOR NAS Pro - Full Tower Workstation Case | Server Chassis | Supports up to 8 3.5" Hot-Swap 3.5"/2.5" SATA/SAS and 2 2.5" SSD | E-ATX Compatible | 1x 140mm PWM Fan | USB 3.2 Type-C | AI, NAS: Computer Cases - desertcart.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases Review: Great NAS case build option - Solid case for a NAS. The fans are not bad for noise overall. The design on the HDD bays are overall good but I was missing a couple screws (had some spares on hand). Overall the space in the case was good and made the set up easy. I'd recommend this case to anyone because you also remove the drive bays to repurpose this as a case for a gaming computer if needed. The only gripe I have is the card slots need to be permanently removed because they are break away. So if you remove a card, you will just have a hole there. A small word of advice. Make sure your remove the break away slot covers from the case before installing the mobo. I ran into a issue with removing them after having the mobo installed because the mobo was covering enough of the card slot to make it harder to remove the break away metal covering it. Review: Excellent for use as NAS, can house many hard drives! Nice fans too. - Bought to use as a NAS (network attached storage) server. Already installed several drives and it works pretty well for that. You can place two drives in each drive cage, and there are 5 drive cages. Also room for SSDs on the back side of the case too. The drives need to be screwed into the drive cages, but not a big deal since drives tend to last for years so there is no need to move them around too often. The case looks good and the materials/build are nice quality. Fans are PWM, work quietly and keep the drives below about 32 degrees celsius in an upstairs office. The case has cutouts with mesh dust filter on the top and cutouts for airflow on both sides of the case. Right side of case has cutouts for the hard drives, and left side has cutouts for hard drives as well as motherboard/CPU area. This helps with air flow, but the noise is also not too loud. I have the fans set to a normal fan curve in the BIOS so they ramp up as needed in case CPU heats up. Did overnight burn-in test and temperatures didn’t spike. I wish the back panel had more space for cable storage/management, as after placing several hard drives in the case there are SATA cables and power cables galore that need to be stowed. I had to place the case on its side to lay the right (back) panel on to get it to lock and secure. If I had done a much better job with cable management perhaps that wouldn’t have been as challenging. My most important requirement (drive storage) is satisfied so I will not let it bother me too much. The motherboard I used (Gigabyte ATX) has edge-mounted SATA ports that require SATA cables to be plugged in horizontally, from the right side (terrible design) on the right side of the motherboard, so I have very little room to plug in SATA cables and still route the cables through the cutout to the back of the case (to plug in the drives). Not the case’s fault but just something to be aware of. I had to buy some 90 degree right-angle SATA cables to clean up the cable routing and reduce the stress placed on the SATA port connections on the motherboard. Like every case I’ve ever bought, the instructions that came with this one were very minimal. Took a bit of study to figure out how to remove the drive cages so I could install the drives, but the manual is OK. It would be better if it had more details and instruction. Overall very pleased with this case. The only bummer is it went on sale for $10 less about a week after I bought it! I missed that sale but I do think it’s still worth the price I paid. With everything placed in the case it looks very good, sounds quiet and I am confident it will last for years.