SUPERMICRO CSE-721TQ-250B Black Mini-Tower Server Case 250W Flex ATX Multi-output Bronze Power Supply

Pros: very quiet compact size hot swap drive bays

Cons: if using a non-supermicro mini-itx addition cable (not included) is needed for the front panel connector to the mb. All you need is to order front control cable 16pin split (Part number CBL-0084L) once i had the cable and figured out my MB pinouts everything is up and running fine.

Overall Review: the documentation should state clearly this case is designed for supermicro only but you can use others with the addional cable... from SM support... "Thank you for contacting Supermicro tech support. Theoretically any Mini ITX motherboard should work with SC721TQ-250B. Since our chassis is designed around our motherboards, we cannot guarantee or recommend.' This the same answer I received from others on newegg aswell

Pros: A small unit built with good quality. adding RAM without unscrew the motherboad is little difficult but still doable. it hasn't caused overheat with 4 WD RED installed so far.

Cons: The usb cable doesn't connect to SuperMicro board. the front USB port won't work, unless you pay additional to buy adapter/cables from SuperMicro again

Pros: Supermicro quality is good, description is accurate.

Cons: You CAN use this with a non-Supermicro motherboard however you will need a motherboard header adapter. Supermicro makes the part it is: CBL-0084L The cable used a 3-Pin power connecter however you can unpin it and move the pin to work on the standard 2 pin motherboard power connector.

Overall Review: Makes any build look professional and has hot-swap bays. Perfect for small form factor NVR using the new 1151 Chips.

Pros: - I put a CSE-PTJBOD-CB2 in here to make it into a 4 disk external SAS JBOD. Works perfectly for my use case. - High quality backplane with SES-2, make sure you get a supermicro sas cable with sideband to take advantage of it. - High quality build and drive trays.

Cons: - Even though I'm not using the USB ports, SuperMicro really needs to upgrade them to USB 3.0. I wouldn't be happy with the USB 2.0 ports if I had a real motherboard inside this chassis.

Overall Review: - The case would be amazing if the low profile bracket was somehow changed to normal size. This would be perfect for a home media center computer with 4 disks and a GPU in the PCI bracket.

Pros: Good case for a small server. Identical to iXsystems FreeNAS Mini Case.

Cons: Not manual included. Front USB ports are USB 2.0

Pros: Very easy to work with a build quality is excellent. There's only a single fan but it's well-located, quiet, and keeps the drives cool even under load - I haven't seen anything over 32C yet. Backplane accepts 4 regular SATA cables and ports them directly to the hotswap bays so if your board supports regular SATA drives then it'll work. Includes 4 full hotswap drive caddies with the lightpipes needed to bring the disk activity lights to the front, rather than the fillers that many manufacturers supply (I'm looking at you, HP and Dell).

Cons: Ships with a front panel ribbon cable that fits Supermicro boards only, not the individual connectors that most motherboards require. You'll probably need to source Supermicro part numbers CBL-0068L or CBL-0084L to split the 16-pin front-panel connector into individual connectors suitable for most motherboards. Not expensive but a little annoying. Only about 7cm clearance between the board socket and the bottom of the drive bays - stock CPU coolers work fine but if you need a fancy tall cooler, look elsewhere. This case is best suited to a PC NAS that doesn't require a high-end CPU. I run a Core i3 with stock cooler and there's plenty of clearance. An i3 will easily outperform a QNAP or Synology if you set it up properly.

Overall Review: Probably the smallest full PC NAS case available, includes 4 drive caddies and all hotswap hardware pre-installed. Easy to work with, well-built; significantly smaller than a Fractal Node 304, but the front-panel cable is an annoyance. Has a side bay for a 2.5" drive and a top bay for either a 2.5" drive or a slimline optical drive so you can have 4×3.5" drives+2.5" drive + slim optical *OR* 4×3.5" drives and 2×2.5" drives.

Overall Review: Very well built, very very quiet, arrived in two days. Would highly recommend.

Overall Review: This was excellent for my needs. You need to read carefully the specs before jumping to buy it though. It needs a proprietary front panel cable, for reset, power on, etc. It has a good fan, not very noisy and powerful enough. You can slide the motherboard tray to easily access ports/jumpers/etc. The case is generally good quality, good cuts and overall good materials. The HDD trays are well built without the problems other manufactures have. This goes back to reading the spec. This case is small, so please check carefully what clearance you have before buying. I did my homework and I knew all of these before buying it, including what heatsink the CPU will have, how big it it will be, etc.