SilverStone RM42-502

Darksaber · Jun 21, 2021

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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Frick · Jun 21, 2021

Were the price lower I'd buy this for my desktop. Also I wish you could buy some HDD cages for it.

Juventas · Jun 21, 2021

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".

altermere · Jun 21, 2021

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".

looks like they repurposed early 2000s tower cases with those 80mm rear fans and top-mounted PSU.

CheapMeat · Jun 21, 2021

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.

Caring1 · Jun 22, 2021

Frick said:
I wish you could buy some HDD cages for it.

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".

"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.

agree about the 80mm fans, also the PSU can be side or bottom mount depending on where you place the feet and orientation.

Frick · Jun 22, 2021

Caring1 said:
Buy a hot swap drive bay for the 2 x 5.25 bays.

Nope, need those.

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Processor	Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	MSI X670E Gaming Plus Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
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SilverStone RM42-502

Darksaber

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Frick

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Frick

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