This is an ATX form factor 'server' case. I guess it's called a 'server' case because it so large. It measures 29" tall (with the wheels installed), 18" deep, and 9" wide. The steel is heavy gauge and free of sharp edges. It has a locking bay door, hinged/removable side covers (with two screws each), and 300 Watt power supply. Behind the smoke plastic bezel are speed, power, and 6 device LEDs.
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As you can tell, I really like this case. It is a truly upgradeable case. Many computers claim to be 'upgradeable'. However, most computer cases don't come with enough space, large enough power supply, or adequate provisions for additional air flow/cooling. This case does. As you can see, this case has provisions for three additional fans on the back.
Opening the bay door reveals ten 5.25" bays. The top bay already has a 5.25" to 3.5" bay converter with integrated power and reset buttons.
After we remove the 5.25" bay face-plates, we find a cooled internal 5.25" to 3.5" dual bay converter with 2-wire fan and a box of parts.
The box of parts has instructions on the lid showing us how to set the speed LED. Inside the box we find an additional 2-wire fan, four roller castor wheels, 6 empty adapter slot covers, a bag of screws for mounting the motherboard and bay devices (fine thread and course), and the ATX form factor back insert.
After we remove the side cover we see the venerable PC speaker,
and additional fan mounting locations. The basic idea is to pull in cool air from the front, blow it over the devices inside the case, and pull the heated air out the back. Therefore we remove the front fan punch-out.
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There are two types of fans. The 2-wire fan has the standard 4-pin pass-through connector. The 3-wire fan has a miniature 3-pin motherboard connector. The three wire fans are used with motherboards that can monitor a case fan's Revolutions Per Minute (RPM). We will install a 3-wire fan in the front and 2-wire fans in the back. These fans have embossed arrow symbols telling us fan blade rotation direction and air flow direction on one of their sides.
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I have chosen to install the cooled bay converter in the bottom internal 5.25" bay. After purchasing an additional two 2-wire fans and a 3-wire fan, we install, the 3-wire fan in the front, and three 3-wire fans in the rear. The fan in the front pulls air into the case, and the three rear fans plus power supply fan push air out the back. The front fan sits behind the front plastic bezel. It gets it's air through slots in the bottom of the plastic bezel. It is a good idea to put small foam filters in these slots.
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This looks very unbalanced, one fan pulling in air and four pushing out. Fear not, I have a plan. We will be using Bay Coolers, note the foam filter.
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The intended use of the Bay Cooler is with a hard drive as shown.
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However, you can use Bay Coolers by themselves with nothing behind them. I will install four Bay Coolers between these external bay devices; CD-ROM, CD Writer, ZIP drive, LS120 Drive, and PCMCIA adapter. In the tenth slot will be a DVD ROM, I will put this next to the PCMCIA adapter.
The finished product is quite well cooled, I will sleep comfortably knowing that all my devices will live long error free lives.
