[ale] DIY NAS vs Boxed NAS?

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Sat Dec 8 15:28:20 EST 2018


That would work assuming the cases were actually 200 mm wide.  Most are
about 175 mm wide (tower style).

On 2018-12-05 15:00, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> Dremel the side panel?
> 
> Don't tell me you don't have plexiglass there for the RGB lighting.  Gotta have
> that.  Adding a 200mm fan shouldn't be too hard.
> 
>>> They make 200mm fans, and those things are very, very quiet while
>>> moving quite a bit of air.
>>>
>>
>> Well, I know, I have a catalog with fans of all sizes but standard
>> computer cases only support a typical size of 120 mm with some
>> supporting 140 mm.  Cases with mount points (and vents) large enough to
>> support even bigger fans are harder to get. 


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