Need a mid-tower server case

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JJ Johnson

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I'm looking for a mid-tower sized case with about seven or eight 5 1/2" bays. I'd like to be able to use two 5-in-3 hot swap SATA drive bays, such as those made by Supermicro. Additionally, I need a bay for an optical drive.

Supermicro 5-in3 SATA drive bay

One case that I'm looking at is the Cooler Master Centurion 590. Does anyone know if it would accomodate the SATA drive bays without a need for modification?

Cooler Master Centurion 590

Any other similar cases to recommend? I definitely don't want a full tower and no tricked out cases with windows, lights, whistles, bells or other eye candy.
 
There's also the Antec 900, Aerocool Masstige, and I believe NZXT makes a similar case as well. I'd go with the Coolermaster anyways though; it's a quality case and should suit your purposes perfectly. You won't have any problems fitting in those adapters since the case is specifically designed to accomodate that type of thing (and it actually comes with a single 4-in-3 adapter).
 
I just got my CM 590 and the SuperMicro drive cages. Looks like I've got some dremmeling to do. Each drive bay in the 590 has four tabs that are bent in from the surrounding metal that are used to guide/hold the 5 1/2" devices into place. The SuperMicro 5-in-3 drive cage requires that the space be free of any guides, so that means I need to remove 8 tabs per cage. The metal tabs are thick enought that I don't think there's any way I can just bend them back.
 
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