Rosewill 4U Server Chassis/Server Case/Rackmount Case, Metal Rack Mount Computer Case with 8 Bays & 4 Fans Pre-Installed (RSV-R4000)

I purchased one of these cases a few weeks ago. I built a Super Mac (Hackintosh) in it. I have an oddball 29U rack that it is in.I'm impressed with the weight and thickness of this beastie.. It's very sturdy.There is nothing cheap or flimsy about this case. It has tons of fans as well.Now let me note a few annoyances about this case.Changing or adding hard drives is a pain in the backside. The drives are in little slide out cages and that's pretty easy but putting the cables on or taking them off is a pain.Inside there is a large cross brace that has three 120mm fans. And the little plastic drive trays that slide in and out of the cages have to be removed from the back of the cages.You really have to remove that whole cross brace full of fans to be able to connect drive power and data cables. The handles of the drive trays are in the way of plugging the cables so it's just easier to remove the cross brace then put it back when done.In the face of each of the two drive cages is a 120mm fan. This helps keep the drives cool.One problem I encountered in my build is that I bought a Corsair Cooling Hydro-Series All-in-One High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler CWCH60. It has a little radiator just like a car has. It came with a 120mm fan that you connect to the mobo. There is a temperature sensor and a coolant pump in the cooling plate that connects to the mobo.You are ~supposed~ to mount the radiator/fan combo to the back of the case to exhaust hot air out of the back of the case. But this case do not have a 120mm exhaust vent on it, at all. It does have two 80mm fans on the back above the mobo connections plate.There was no way to mount the radiator to the back of the case, at all.What I had to do was rotate the cooling plate 180 degrees so the hose run towards the front of the case. Then I sandwiched the radiator between it's 120mm fan and the center 120mm fan that is on the cross brace. One fan pushes air through the radiator, the other fan pulls air through it. So that's a LOT of fan happening on the CPU cooler. The disadvantage is that it exhausts right in the middle of the case and blows across the mobo.. But that's really not a big deal, the air seems fairly cool and I have had no issues with overheating.So that said, the case is pretty darn nice overall. I like it enough that I've ordered a second case for an NAS (SMB/CIFS/AFP) & LAMP server I'm building. I like that it has not only room for 8 drives via the cages but if you must, there's room for more drives by adding some custom DIY mounts inside. There's no reason why one couldn't mount 12 drives in one of these cases. I could see myself doing that to be honest.Next month I will be buying a third case for another system that is an HTPC. It has an S2 satellite tuner in it and is connected to a bunch of very large C-band dishes. Currently that machine is running in what is probably a 10 year old PC type tower. It's ugly and has cooling issues.Another one of these cases will solve that problem and allow me to put more drives in it, something I've been needing to do for quite some time.Surprisingly enough, these things are not loud at all. With 8 fans in it one would think it would be deafening. It's not. I sit right next to it, less than 18" away from my left ear for 16 hours a day and it doesn't bother me at all.But when you lower the face cover to access the optical drives, it does get a little loud.Also, if your rack has a door, you can't close the door because of the handle protruding from the front. You can remove the handles but then you loose the face because it's hinged via the handles.I don't have a door on my rack so that didn't bother me at all, I left the handles as is.They need to redesign the back of the case to allow for a 120mm fan for those of us that use liquid coolers. Not a show stopper though, I worked around it.The dust filter could be a little better, I see it drawing dust through the filter and collecting on the face drive cage grills. It keeps out large dust and pet hair but not ultra fine dust. I'm going to end up putting a HEPA filter in the front. (cut up a HEPA vacuum cleaner bag)The drive trays could be redesigned to be a little sturdier and perhaps have handles that fold up or down so you can get to the drive power/data connections easier.The face could be redesigned to hinge differently so people can remove the handles if they need for doored cases.The complaints I have with this case are all trivial and easy enough to work around in most cases. Maybe on their next revision they could tweak things up a little.Overall, I love this case, it's the very thing I've needed for years. I bought a second one and will buy a third one in less than a month. I very well may buy a fourth one to keep as a spare for any future machines I may build. And I probably will.Come to think of it, I will probably order a 5th case.. Why not?I totally recommend this case to anyone that wants a nice, very sturdy rack mount case. It's worth every penny. Just be aware there are some minor, trivial issues that may or may not be a show stopper for you.Also, go to Rosewill and look at their photos, they have several photos from different angles that show much better detail that Amazon shows. They also have a PDF of the manual/instructions you can download if you want to research it before you buy it.I don't see how anyone could really complain about this case, I certainly can't.I rate this case at a full tilt FIVE STARS... I would give it six stars if they would send me a dozen of these cases for free.. :DUpdate: I purchased a third case before the weekend was over, they weren't going to ship until Monday so I went ahead and ordered one more. So I have one in use now and two new ones ordered. I got to thinking that if I snooze, I might lose. I would have myself forever if they discontinued these cases and I couldn't get that third case next month. Now I will be able to migrate all my machines into one rack and everything will look nice and have proper cooling not to mention, room for LOTS of drives. Three of these cases solve a lot of problems I've been bothered by for years.If these cases are still available next month I'm going to purchase two more for a total of five. These things are a bargain and a steal.One word. Awesomesauce! :)

I picked up the 2U/5 Drive version to put in a new home server to run things like Syncthing, Nextcloud, a handful of dedicated game servers off of. Never had a home server before but I couldn't wait to live in brilliant self-hosted heaven. I wanted it full like my gramps after Thanksgiving dinner. Micro ATX mobo! Full-size ATX PSU! 5 x 3.5 drives in a 2U case? NOT ENOUGH! I put an IcyDock cage in the 5.25 slot so I've got 4x1TB ssds as well as 4x10TB WD reds in the other slots. This said she could handle it, so I threw everything I had at it.So I piled all my loot to start this build, and like a kid on Christmas, I tore everything open and went to town. Slapped my Ryzen 2700X into it's forever home (oh lawd), snapped in the 4x16gb sticks of ddr4 ram (so fresshh), installed the air cooler as a testament to the massive amount of things I could fit in the case. It was glorious. I went to install the drives and....got slapped in the face with a cold dose of fail.When using a micro ATX mobo, the included cooler is too far to the front of the case to be able to screw the right two drive cages in. It was then I realized I wasn't God. I picked my pride up off the ground, dusted it off and ordered a low-profile cooler. After what felt like a time period sufficient enough for stars to be born and die again, I had my new cooler and was ready to own the world. After cramming the drive cages down over the ram and 24-pin power (It's uncomfortably tight, like a pair of skinny jeans from my emo-phase back in college, see picture), I had installed the case's newest tenant. It fit like a glove. The right-most drive perched on the ledge of the cooler, lazily judging me like my cat from the back of my recliner. I hooked everything up, crammed all the cables in where I could, laughing in the face of cable management. Sensually pushed that power button for the first time and this thing was LOUD. Like, literally a jet engine full of bees had a love child with every piece of clothing from the 80's. Not cool! The two fans in the front of the case are cheap and noisy, mine might have had bad bearings. So after another visit to my sugar daddy, Noctua, I was ready to try again. Slapped that power button and......nothing. Twinkling lights and silence purer than the industrially-bottled artesianal water from some spring in in far away lands. I had done it, I was in Valhalla with my master PC race brethren. Even packed to the max, I didn't have to drop it like it's hot. No thermal throttling, whisper quiet. Even with Nextcloud, Syncthing and 20 or so dedicated servers all running simultaneously. We did it!Anyways, thanks for listening to my story, time to head back to the shire. I'll sum it up here:PROS:- Price- Massive amount of hardware you can pack into this thing (5+ drives, microATX mobo, full ATX PSU, 4 low-profile pcie cards)- Case itself feels solidCONS:- Using a micro ATX board introduced a slew of problems with the drive cages on the right side.- Odd order for installing drive cages, you'll need a pretty long screw drive for some- Hardware is a bit cheap, I had to replace internal screws after installing and uninstalling drives 23563456 timesWhat I'd suggest:- Use an SFX PSU. That extra bit of space will help with cable routing and thermals- Use a low-profile CPU cooler if you're filling all the drive slots (37mm roughly)- Make sure your PSU is modular, internal space is at a premium- Replace the stock fans with Noctua versions, or something quieter (2x 80mm)- Use something like a Icydock cage to put a bunch of 2.5 drives into the 5.25 drive space along with a pcie sata expander- Use an M.2 drive if your mobo allows