Inter-Tech 88887191 Case IPC Storage 4U-4408, o.PSU, Black, Silver

This case is very mediocre with a few sharp edges, unfinished build and protective plastic film on most panels that needs to be removed sometimes requiring disassembly as well as design flaws like the awkward access to the front fans and them requiring non standard fan screws. The front plastic handles are mostly obscured by a large front flange giving a gap of just under an inch to get your fingers though, so this is ok for helping extracting the unit from its rack but there more there for novelty then useful after that. The plastic caddies from the drives don't feel to well designed with them sometimes binding in the ports and taking a few attempts to insert/remove. The backplane requires two mini sas cables (not supplied). On the positive side this case has huge potential for modification. I was happy to find that the font handles can be removed and placed at the back of the case so it can be reverse mounted in a rack giving full access to the rear connections (a tiny square of metal needs removing on the lid on both sides to have it sit flat). The lid can be opened with just 2 press down clips and is in 2 halfs with only the area above the motherboard can be opened with the front section housing the backplane riveted to the case. In short, this case would be fine around the 100 - 130 pound price range and should be seen more for a prosumer / hobbyist then anything too serious but looks good and plenty of potential for modification.

Decent quality metal however item arrived covered in plastic most of which can't be removed around the edges as it appears the case was put together with the plastic wrap still on. Over priced but does the job. Additionally when it arrived a zip lock bag of accessories was just sitting lose in the case. The bag should have alteast been zip tied to the side or outside the case as there is a risk of something getting broken from that bag slamming around in shipping.

Really well built with awesome features! Only bad point is that one of the LED indicators on one of the drive bays has now faded & doesn't always work but this does effect the functionality at all, overall great case for a short rack!

Boîtier qui fait très bien le travail pour un NAS maison. Il accueille actuellement 6 HDD en 3 pools RAID 1, pour un total d’environ 14 To en RED. Attention avant achat : la backplane interne est en SAS inversé, ce qui m’a obligé à utiliser un câble SAS inversé StarTech (SFF-8087 vers 4× SATA). J’avais d’abord essayé des câbles moins chers, mais ils n’ont jamais fonctionné. Après passage sur du StarTech (plus cher, mais fiable), tout fonctionne parfaitement. La backplane nécessite aussi une double alimentation Molex (et non SATA), ce qui peut être contraignant selon votre alim. Côté montage, l’installation des ventilateurs avant demande de démonter une partie de la façade. Ce n’est pas compliqué, mais pas aussi accessible qu’un boîtier haut de gamme. Enfin, rappel important : ça reste un boîtier 4U en acier/alu pour serveur, donc ne vous attendez pas à la finition d’une tour gaming. L’usinage fait un peu “cheap” sur certains détails, mais pour un usage NAS maison, c’est largement suffisant et efficace. Conclusion : bon boîtier 4U pour NAS/serveur, fiable une fois bien câblé. Il demande juste d’anticiper le SAS inversé et le Molex

Como ya dicen varios comentarios, la conexión con los discos falla de vez en cuando. Si pones un HDD encaja bien, pero a veces ni lo detecta. Además, si los pones en la parte de arriba me encontré que los tornillos del HDD no permiten cerrar la caja... Al poner un SSD le cuesta mucho encajar en el conector, a veces has de hacer varios intentos. Esto es algo que no pasa en soluciones más empresariales como mi servidor de Dell. Al principio me detectaba los discos pero llegó un momento que dejó de dar señales de vida... No la devuelvo porque porque la caja en sí está bien por su precio pero ten en cuenta que estas comprando solo una caja para un pc ATX; olvídate de toda la parte de los discos.

Its a good case, but every single panel is wrapped in plastic and mounted in such a way that the plastic can't be removed from the contact points between the panels. Nor can the panels be taken off since it seems to be riveted or something similar. So I've ended up with random plastic still visible in the corners. Perhaps a mistake on my particular case, I wouldn't know. Everything else is great, good space, comes with good brackets and so on.

There is an extensive review already placed here on this case. I agree with that review. The case looks good but has some serious flaws. The major one is that the disks are not recognized at all. I removed the backplane from its case so I could ensure the disks were making good contact with the PCB, but none of the disks were recognized. I tried all connectors.. none of them worked.... This is an issue I came across on other reviews/sites describing this case. The PCB does not work. As far as I can see, it is a known issue. There are more issues with this case... It can hold big motherboards, but acces to the front to place fans is hard... one has to remove the front completly, but that is an undertaking on its own... furthermore, one has not acces to the area under the diskdrive bays.... so using that area is difficult... So, I do not recommand this case.....

Manca il cavo di collegamento degli hdd alla scheda madre