Buying enclosure for BYON

[polyglob]

Hello all,

I've been looking around, including the sticky thread in this forum, for an enclosure to BMON. I've seen U-NAS, Chenbro , Fractal Design, Lian Li.

Any bro or sis doing BYON at this time? Which enclosure are you using?

 

[xkiller213]

if i were to build one now i would use the LianLi PC-Q25... 5 hotswap bays + 2 non hotswap... last time would use Node 304 (6x non hotswap)...

 

[FanFreak]

just finished a BYON.
Using U-Nas 4 bay.

will be upgrading the internal fan to a higher speed later

 

[xkiller213]

just finished a BYON.
Using U-Nas 4 bay.

will be upgrading the internal fan to a higher speed later

just wondering, how much u paid for it?

 

[polyglob]

just finished a BYON.
Using U-Nas 4 bay.

From where and how much did you buy this?

u-nas.com says out of stock.

 

[Gyunikuchan]

U can also buy cases with 5.25" slots and slot in hdd cages...
I'm using a $85 Aerocool Strike-X case with 7 bays atm. (Expandable to 13 bays)
This case is kinda noisy tho as it's very airy.

The cages might be more costly, but can give u better scalability by allowing u to expand as the need arise, and can be replaced more easily.
Might be a better investment in the long run.

 

[FanFreak]

From where and how much did you buy this?

u-nas.com says out of stock.

got it for RMB510 from taobao.
There are more 2 sellers in taobao on this casing.
during vacationing in SZ, grab it and bring it back.
Somebody from BYON sticky is offering $160 for it.

The build is better than coolermaster or even silverstone casing.
Be careful on the HSF height limitation.
it only allow 40mm clearance.
Maybe intel stock cooler not able to make it

 

[polyglob]

got it for RMB510 from taobao.
There are more 2 sellers in taobao on this casing.
during vacationing in SZ, grab it and bring it back.
Somebody from BYON sticky is offering $160 for it.

The build is better than coolermaster or even silverstone casing.
Be careful on the HSF height limitation.
it only allow 40mm clearance.
Maybe intel stock cooler not able to make it

Thanks bro.

For parts, I will try to follow those known-to-fit as found on the web.