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Corsair 6500X

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Processor Intel i9 9900K @5GHz w/ Corsair H150i Pro CPU AiO w/Corsair HD120 RBG fan
Motherboard Asus Z390 Maximus XI Code
Cooling 6x120mm Corsair HD120 RBG fans
Memory Corsair Vengeance RBG 2x8GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s) Asus RTX 3080Ti STRIX OC
Storage Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB , 970 EVO 1TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, 10TB Synology DS1621+ RAID5
Display(s) Corsair Xeneon 32" 32UHD144 4K
Case Corsair 570x RBG Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s) Onboard / Corsair Virtuoso XT Wireless RGB
Power Supply Corsair HX850w Platinum Series
Mouse Logitech G604s
Keyboard Corsair K70 Rapidfire
Software Windows 11 x64 Professional
Benchmark Scores Firestrike - 23520 Heaven - 3670
Another Corsair designer case with a solid glass front panel. These things look good, but the airflow inside, man... Been there once, never again.
They have an Airflow version too where the front is mesh instead of tempered glass.

On a side note, i kinda wish you guys got the airflow 6500D version too to compare thermals of both case types.
 
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BR4INIAC

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I'm really liking these dual-chamber cases, especially this one from Corsair in particular, but...
I have recently found myself in need of another new build and as a user of the old cases I find this option virtually unnecessary for specific scenarios.
For example, I'm not a crazy data hoarder (yet haha) but as a lifelong hard working user I have 3 HDDs with all my data I need. If you wonder why on HDD; in the long term without so much read-write demand it is more economical and safer, without forgetting that I have been accumulating my files since before SDDs were cheap or Popular.

So... When I'm looking for new enclosures for my new build that needs 3 HDDs and possibly very soon four, I see these dual chamber enclosures and I love them, but oh surprise!! Only room for two.
Personally I don't need rgb, So much processing power , liquid cooling and stuff like that, I'm not even sure I need a graphics card, so I see an absurd waste of space in that. Even more so considering the price they have, especially with shipping to my country which increases it to double.
At the moment Is there any possibility that more hard drives 3.5" can be installed in this cabinet or another one? Whether it's from the brand or not?
 
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I'm really liking these dual-chamber cases, especially this one from Corsair in particular, but...
I have recently found myself in need of another new build and as a user of the old cases I find this option virtually unnecessary for specific scenarios.
For example, I'm not a crazy data hoarder (yet haha) but as a lifelong hard working user I have 3 HDDs with all my data I need. If you wonder why on HDD; in the long term without so much read-write demand it is more economical and safer, without forgetting that I have been accumulating my files since before SDDs were cheap or Popular.

So... When I'm looking for new enclosures for my new build that needs 3 HDDs and possibly very soon four, I see these dual chamber enclosures and I love them, but oh surprise!! Only room for two.
Personally I don't need rgb, So much processing power , liquid cooling and stuff like that, I'm not even sure I need a graphics card, so I see an absurd waste of space in that. Even more so considering the price they have, especially with shipping to my country which increases it to double.
At the moment Is there any possibility that more hard drives 3.5" can be installed in this cabinet or another one? Whether it's from the brand or not?
If you're thinking about taking up data hoarding as a hobby like I have, I'd suggest an external enclosure instead. There's quite a few of them that can do RAID with multiple drives, so you have a bit of extra assurance in case of HDD failure, they're swappable a lot easier than in a chassis, also not running your hard drives 24/7 is good for their lifespan.
 

BR4INIAC

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If you're thinking about taking up data hoarding as a hobby like I have, I'd suggest an external enclosure instead. There's quite a few of them that can do RAID with multiple drives, so you have a bit of extra assurance in case of HDD failure, they're swappable a lot easier than in a chassis, also not running your hard drives 24/7 is good for their lifespan.
I confirm, what definitely extends the useful life is frequent rest.
Don't worry about that, I just mentioned that I am not a data hoarder although I do consider all possibilities. I'm just looking for the build to have space for the 3 HDDs I currently have with the possibility of adding another one.
For my job, For about 15 years now I have accumulated many things that are useful to me every day and that I like to have on hand in case I need them.
I think that's not enough to say I'm a hoarder, at least a few years ago this wasn't the case haha.
Nowadays it is very hard to find a new case that goes beyond two discs. For those of us who would like to see our systems new and updated, it is practically impossible. We have to stick to basics or slightly older designs so they can handle something like this.
Anyway, I'll keep looking, there must be something out there that I like and that suits my needs, thank you very much.
 
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