- Aluminum Front Panel/ SECC Chassis Micro ATX Desktop
- USB / Audio / IEEE 1394 Front Ports
- 1 x 7"(could be converted to 5.25’’ drive bay) 1 x 5.25" External 5.25" Drive Bays
- 2 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays
Portable Server..
08/18/2008
This review is from: Thermaltake VF1000BWS Black Aluminum Front Panel/ SECC Chassis Micro ATX Desktop Computer Case
Pros:
Exactly the size I was looking for in a portable server.
Loved the handle
Cons:
Arrived with a broken CD Door
Useless 7" top bay
Cheap front CD Door Mechanism. * I bought this case knowing I wasn't going to keep the front faceplate anyhow *
Overall Review:
A great server mod…
I replaced the front panel with my own custom aluminum panel. The new face fits a three SATA backplane I purchased on Newegg along a power switch. Additionally I had to make some modifications to the drive trays to support the larger backplane. The modifications was easy and there was plenty of room available for the mod. I also replaced the ultra quite rear 60mm fans with louder 6000rpm RPM version to improve cooling significantly.
The case now has 3 hot swappable SATA drives attached to a Highpoint 3510 raid controller running Raid 5. Burst rate is over 1100mb/s with an average sustain speed of 220mb/s. I’m currently using a q9450 CPU and 4GB of 1333mhz ram all running stable on Windows 2003 Server.
The server was designed to import, downsize and host 50,000-100,000 photos for 32 kiosk viewing stations. Often we have 3-4 memory cards importing at once. This server has significantly outperformed our older Dell PowerEdge 2800’s and is extremel
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- Luke T.
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Verified Owner
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Owned For:
1 week to 1 month
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