SUPERMICRO CSE-743T-645B Black 4U Pedestal Chassis w/ 645W Power Supply 2 External 5.25" Drive Bays

Pros: Second time I bought this case, need I say more. Backplane works with SATA or SAS. Combine it with a Supermicro E-ATX board and all the cabling will go from the outside edges without disruption of air-flow. Strong, heavy, tightly fit case with an excellent back-plane. QUALITY!!

Cons: Third party power supplies do not match up with the bolt pattern.

Pros: * Well Built Case * Good Airflow * 8 drive SATA backplane

Cons: * No included manual. Online manual so-so. Didn't have a lot of information on the hot-swap backplane * With SuperMicro eATX motherboard the fit is a little tight. Keeping the short fan cables out of the way when slipping in the motherboard was a fussy operation. * Has a single cable/connector for connecting front-panel switches and LEDs to SuperMicro motherboards, but it there isn't good documentation on the proper orientation which turned out to be opposite my first guess.

Overall Review: Fans are pretty loud on full-blast. I had to change the BIOS setting on my MB to get it to reduce the speed in normal operation. Even then, its not quiet which is fine if you plan to stick this in an equipment room somewhere. Not as good if you want to use it to house a high-performance workstation. No SATA connectors on the PSU, but backplane takes Molex, so it works out.

Pros: Bought this to house my E-ATX SM board. Everything just "fits" as it should. For everyone who complains about the fan wires being too short, if you had a SM board which this case was designed for, you wouldn't have any issues. Very solid construction; hotswap backplane; air shourd; My Intel BXSTS100A fan/heatsink fits under the shourd; easy to retrieve any component in the case like the CD ROM drive without needing to take apart the entire case

Cons: Non-modular power supply; only a single 8 pin CPU power plug (had to use the 4 pin plug with an adapter to power both CPU's); no SATA power connectors or adapter plugs; SM offers the exhaust fans as options, they should be included.

Pros: Solid case mostly well designed good forced airflow with 4x80mm fans. Lots of room for motherboard and large cards Case stays cool as do the 8 drives i have in it.

Cons: The PSU doesnt use standard mounts.. so as others have said.. watchout if you need more than 645W (I did) The plastic duct doesnt work with the standard Intel 920 heatsink + fan, so thats a dissapointment

Overall Review: noisy, but thats by design, acoustic foam will fix that right up. 8 SATA drive bays are easy to setup and it "all just worked"

Pros: Great case, lots of room. design is top notch.

Cons: Don't be fooled by NewEgg's pictures. I ordered this case in February and it did not come with 2 HOT SWAPPABLE REAR 80MM fans. NewEgg would not provide the fans and said all they could do was to replace the case, but that meant sending the entire case back to NewEgg. This case is VERY heavy.

Overall Review: I've run into this problem before with NewEgg. Overall I think their service is outstanding, but it never fails when I have a *out of the ordinary* problem they fail to come up with a reasonable solution.

Pros: Well designed case layout. Great airflow. High quality construction. High quality materials.

Cons: The width of this case is quite thin, make sure you look at the specs when choosing a cooler. The power supply only has one 8pin ATX connector, my motherboard required two. The power supply is also proprietary to the case design and has no SATA connectors. My LSI MegaRAID 9260-4i was unable to detect drives connected to the SAS\SATA backplane. Plugging in any of the connectors into the backplane is quite awkward.

Overall Review: Overall this case is still amazing, but you have to be aware of the gottchas. If the cons I have mentioned don't apply to you then this case is a definite buy.

Pros: Excellent case. Very durable, has room enough for perhaps a small child :P It's definitely designed for being a great server. I just love it.

Cons: Really, nothing. The only thing, as some other have said, is some of the fan cables aren't very long, but it's not a difficult fix if you know what you're doing there. It's designed for a super micro motherboard which is clear :D and well it's a super micro case so, that's no surprise there.

Overall Review: It's not a "con" but just a thought - the thing is darn heavy when you fill it with all your wonderful technical junk :) However, who... and I mean who moves a server around with great frequency? It would defeat it's purpose really. Also, it's really loud. But that's because there's about 8 fans with the power supply :D

Pros: This case is quite well designed and extremely sturdy. Certainly a number 1 choice for a server that might need to be standing vs rack-mounted. Hot swap bays are easy to use and sturdy. Overall a very high quality pedestal server case.

Cons: Space can be fairly tight when installing large server motherboards. The relatively short 80 mm fan cables are somewhat of a problem if you are trying to connect them to variously positioned motherboard fan connectors.