4U Server Cabinet Case - Rackmount Server Chassis with 7 PCI Slots, Lockable with Key

The case does everything one could want in a general computer case; it encloses computer components. There are no frills in a cheap case, but that's why one would purchase a case like this one. The case is made of surprisingly thin steel, and that initially seemed like a bad thing, but it does make the case light and yet it still seems to be reasonably sturdy. In the end, it seems to be more of a feature than a quality issue.This fits a standard 19" rack.A couple of items are of note:1) The case sports two plastic handles. These are clearly for use if you're using sliding rails. They are not sufficiently sturdy to use them to lift the case.2) The fan that comes with the case is single-speed and very cheap. Replace it with a Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM (ASIN B07C5VG64V) fan to quiet the server and allow for fan control. Also, the fan mount contains a thin dust filter, but no sort of grill to keep the dust filter out of the fan blades. Adding a grill between the dust filter and the fan is a good idea.After getting this case installed in my rack and living with it for a bit, there are a couple of things that are wrong with it:1) The aforementioned filter that was threatening to be sucked into the fan? There's no good way to clean it. To access the filter, you need to remove the fan. To remove the fan, you need to remove the drive bay in front of it. To remove that bay, you pretty much need to remove the whole drive mount assembly from the front of the case. Just something of which to be aware.2) This *is* a rack mount case. There are two ways it can be mounted, either fixed using the flanges on the front of the case or via sliding rails. Sliding rails are convenient and the case does have threaded holes along the sides for sliding rails, so I went that way. Some reasonable rails to match this case are the Rosewill rails (ASIN B0D9NL6WJW). There are nicer rails out there, but these are relatively cheap and work well. At least the rails would have worked well if the holes for sliding rails were drilled to match a standard 1U, 2U, etc. Rather, the holes are aligned vertically at the midpoint of the case, meaning that the holes fall at the bottom of 2U from the top. That makes mounting the case using the existing holes require a 1/2U gap at the top. So, new holes are your friend! If you don't already have them, NEIKO 02639A 6-Inch Automatic Center Punch (ASIN B08KGF7ZFQ), Metric Tap & Drill Bit Set, 2Pcs M4 (ASIN B0F291HS9Q), and Piutouyar M3-M12 Adjustable Tap Wrench Handle (ASIN B09F312N5R). Measure the new holes to fall 1/2U below the existing holes, punch, drill, and tap. That'll fix the alignment within your rack.2a) I'm not sure if this is particular to those Rosewill sliding rails or if this would happen with any rails, but only the front two holes can be used. When I put screws in the rear rail holes, something was hitting when I tried to push the case in. After removing those rear screws, everything worked perfectly.

Fits components well and is a very good value for the price. Only issue is that the handles on the front are plastic and one side cracked, but I glued it back together.

The value on this thing is amazing. Yes it's cheaply made. Yes it comes without the high end options. It's amazing for the price though. It is 100% fully functional and usable out of the box. It fit on the rack perfectly and everything fit inside great. It's all metal, so I expect years and years of use from it. At this price point, I was expecting to find alterations needed.

Unit does not mount properly in a rack. Cooling is incredibly poor with provided fan. Build quality is worrying as the front panel has fallen apart in a short amount of time.

The internal 3.5” drive bays have wires routed through them, and the screw locations are rather inconvenient without removing the whole thing (and the wire route complicates that). The cross brace falls right in the path of the CPU cooler and had to be removed permanently. I opted to remove the 3.5” mounting cage entirely and use the 2 5.25” bays with a 3 bay hotswap. I also removed the locking door to improve the airflow for the hotswap. The flaws are tolerable for my purposes, and the value is pretty good. I just wish it didn’t have so many useless components.

This case isn’t bad.Plastic handles that are rear screw mounted, 3-4 sizes of screws come in 1 bag with the stand offs, a hidden twist tie on the power adapter for the front 120mm fan where others have said the cable was too short, and the front mounting slots for screws are under the handles.The reinforcing bar that you remove to install your motherboard would cover a medium to tall cooler, 3.5inch bays do have 7 slots but one slot is taken up by the wiring front the front IO so an add fits but a full 3.5” drive would not.The case isn’t heavy, has great balance, paint job feels thick enough to not be scratched easily, rear IO shield being there by default was a nice touch. More full size fan slots (unpopulated) would have been nice.So for the price, it looks nice in a rack, wasn’t hard to build in, but again only for the price.

The overall build quality of the case is decent and it serves its purpose well. However, the inclusion of a locking mechanism feels somewhat redundant, as there are no actual locking pins to secure it. As a result, the case can still be easily opened with a simple twist of the lock. That said, it remains a solid choice for a budget computer case

Amazing quality and just fits and works. Could use more fan mounts but other than that great case to build in and didn't have to break anything to get it together