Silverstone RM400 - CEB

Silverstone's RM400 is a higher performance server Chassis designed for the professional environment. It is equipped with three 5.25” drive bays, room for ATX/PS2 or Mini redundant power supplies, and motherboard Support up to ssi-ceb. Front I/O ports are upgraded to USB 3.1 Gen1 specification and two PWM fans (one 120mm and ONE 80mm) are included so keep up with modern computing conveniences. As an overall package Designed for maximizing efficiency, flexibility, and durability, The RM400 is a great choice for professionals or data center engineers looking to build a server. Review: Great case for a server build! - The double-packed box more than withstood the rigors of UPS. There was no damage to the case. The case was more than I expected. The pictures (here and elsewhere) don't do it justice. It is roomy, well built, beefy (not light!) and well finished. The dust filters are not magnetic, but snap in; they should be something that you are careful with. The case isn't a deep monster, but has enough room for a good build. I'm using SAS drives and while the drive connectors extend into the "motherboard area" it hasn't been a problem. That said - I have four 6TB drives. Depending on the number of drives you have and the amount of drive cooling you want, YMMV. I haven't had a chance to resilver an array so I don't know what internal temperatures would be like. But, so far, so good. It will probably take me a couple of weeks to become aquanited with the nuances of the case. The "handles" on the case are sturdy and more than support the weight of the case. I haven't installed rails as my rack hasn't been built yet. The case handles remind me a bit of the old APC UPS units (that kind of sturdy). The case connectors were long enough for my build, but I could see issues with others - depending on motherboard, components and cable routing. In my case everything went together well. There have been complaints about not being able to remove the drive trays or moving parts around but that doesn't seem to be a problem - it may take a few seconds to figure out what to unscrew but it can be done. I don't know if any parts of the clone cases will fit, but I'd be game to try. Overall a nice case. Yeah it was expensive, but I think it was worth it. AND it was in stock. The only nit to pick is the use of the small screws (use a magnetic tipped screwdriver!). I have enough parts to build a second server. If I had the same requirements, I wouldn't hesitate to use the same case. *** UPDATE *** I had to replace hard drives as my sas drive went to the bit dumpster in the sky. I purchased some ironwolf sata drives and found that i can only use two mounting screws to secure the drives. I don't think it is a fault ot teh case, but having deeper hard drive bays would allow for secure mounting of hard drives. And a curse on Seagate for deciding to omit screw holes. So if secure hard drives are your thing... you might want to take that into consideration... Review: Solid case for industrial/commercial users - bought this case to build a media server for running Resolume video processing software in a theater environment. Very solid case. heavy gauge metal, good quality rack mount ears and construction. mounted in a road case and won't worry about it breaking. and great that is it 4U so doesn't take a lot of rack space. Lots of room in the case for mounting any size motherboard that you'd way, I used an full size ATX with a 850W power supply. I didn't mount any 2.5 or 3.5 drives so can't comment on the drive mounting cages since I was using M2 drives The stock fans are single speed, very loud fans, didn't even plan on using them. I replaced them with Arctic PWM high quality 80 and 120mm fans which should last the life of the server. Because this is only 4u, you will need to make sure your CPU cooler will fit in the case. I used a Noctua NH-C14S which fit when mounted in the low-profile single fan config. Or just get a non-overclocking CPU and use the stock fan which would fit with no problems. So nice, I bought a second one to build an identical media server for our other location.