Help me find a case

[Topcat]

Ok guys, I need some help finding a particular case..... I bought one like this new about 4 years ago from casedepot.com. It cost me about $1300.00 shipped with redundant PSU's. Sadly, they no longer carry it, and I dont know who makes it, or a model number. I want another one to build another server setup to mirror the ones I have running, since I already have the cores for it sitting new in boxes for backup purposes.

Anyway, if someone could help me locate an identical case to the one below, I'd be appreciative!! It can be new or used. If a used one is located, thats cool, just so its not all beat to hell. I'd prefer a black one (yes, they do make white ones), but I can paint a white one if thats all that can be found. The thing that makes this case so unique, it hold TWO motherboards.













Thanks!!

[willawake]

Re: Help me find a case

tall order alert!

you should be going rackmount

heres one similar http://www.calpc.com/catalog/large_server.html

[Topcat]

Re: Help me find a case

Unfortunately, rackmounts aren't feasible for my setup. I could live with that one in the link, of course there was no price..... Hopefully I'll have some luck finding an identical mate to the one I've got.

[willawake]

Re: Help me find a case

looks a lot like the 1620.
Black color available



http://www.amtrade.com/computer/file...enclosures.htm

yeah the ms-1620 it is
http://www.33comix.com/hefs/ms1620.html





looks like it was made by http://www.comix.com.tw but not listed on their site anymore.

[stretch0069]

Re: Help me find a case

doh...you had it already

[willawake]

Re: Help me find a case

yeh like 2 hours ago. i am teh winnar!

still expensive as hell though. my office 37U rack cabinet cost around $700, then about $350 each 4u atx

Unfortunately, rackmounts aren't feasible for my setup.

explanation?

[stretch0069]

Re: Help me find a case

yeah..if you wanted rack mount, I'm sure I could get you good info on where to get some cheap. Stuff like that usually goes cheap at gov't auctions.

[zepper]

Re: Help me find a case

I was thinikng you could bolt a couple of Codegen S101s together - less than $300. shipped from Newegg or Dealsonic.

.bh.

[zepper]

Re: Help me find a case

Also check at http://www.Bowsystem.com, http://www.yycase.com (YeongYang) or Chenbro.

.bh.

[Topcat]

Re: Help me find a case

looks a lot like the 1620.
Black color available



http://www.amtrade.com/computer/file...enclosures.htm

That be the one. It is indeed the 1620. I contacted them and they confirmed it. Woken from the dead thread I know.... I'll order one soon.

[stretch0069]

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Woken from the dead thread I know.... I'll order one soon.

jeez...the ghost of post past.....

?????


i'm funny....actually was thinking of a different "case".

[willawake]

Re: Help me find a case

we know what "soon" means

[Topcat]

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^
Shuddup Willie..... It'll be within the next 6 months. I'm eliminating some standalone servers and a couple other useless ones, and building the mate to the big black beast I have here already... No hurry on this one... The showdown on the other hand....

The big announcement is coming soon on that, everything has been prepared, up and running.

[stretch0069]

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we know what "soon" means

[willawake]

Re: Help me find a case

It'll be within the next 6 months.

soon has finally been defined

[pentium]

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That is a huge case!
It makes me want to re think my idea of making my setup modular.
Are those two motherboards linked in some way?

[gonzo0815]

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Probably not, as this would make some custom boards mandatory, wich i am not shure if this makes any sense in the cheap standard server range.

[willawake]

Re: Help me find a case

Are those two motherboards linked in some way?

nope

[Topcat]

Re: Help me find a case

There are several backplane options available for them for SCSI and so on, but these are 2 independent servers in 1 tower. It's the biggest you can get short of a rackmount. Plenty of room to expand! As expensive as this case was, it was money well spent, which is why I want another, I have more servers now than I did then.

[pentium]

Re: Help me find a case

I guess it was how you said it.
To me it sounded like you had a two-node cluster server.
Does it keep the computer room warm on the coldest of nights?