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SilverStone RM42-502

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The SilverStone RM42-502 is a 4U server rack chassis for building a potent dual-socket system for heavy workloads or rendering jobs. As such, it is sturdy as well as functional at its core. Even so, you are able to transform the chassis into a full SSI-EEB and SSI-CEB compatible tower case.

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Were the price lower I'd buy this for my desktop. Also I wish you could buy some HDD cages for it.
 
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I'm amused that they market this as a "high-end server chassis" but it has front panel audio and the specs list the external bays as "optical drives".
 
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Juventas said:
I'm amused that they market this as a "high-end server chassis" but it has front panel audio and the specs list the external bays as "optical drives".
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looks like they repurposed early 2000s tower cases with those 80mm rear fans and top-mounted PSU.
 
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4U chassis like these make for awesome builds unless you want a more glass/open setup for RGBness. I'm using Rosewill 4U cases but I'd definitely go for Silverstone too.
 
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Frick said:
I wish you could buy some HDD cages for it.
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Buy a hot swap drive bay for the 2 x 5.25 bays.
Juventas said:
I'm amused that they market this as a "high-end server chassis" but it has front panel audio and the specs list the external bays as "optical drives".
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"optical" is a suggested use for those bays.
CyberPunkling said:
looks like they repurposed early 2000s tower cases with those 80mm rear fans and top-mounted PSU.
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agree about the 80mm fans, also the PSU can be side or bottom mount depending on where you place the feet and orientation.
 
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