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SFF Rack mout Cases

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SilentDoh!

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Does any one know where I can find a small rackmount case? I am looking for a 3U 19" wide case that is no more than 15" deep ideally 10 or 12 inches would be fine. I am building an Ipcop box for home and I want to bolt it into my server rack.

I have a K8NGM2 motherboard which measures 9.5" X 9.5" the only other things that will be in this case are two network cards and possible a laptop hard drive or a thumb drive for the OS.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
 
The flatter case is nice but I don't know if tthe Pico psu is going to be big enough for the board and CPU I am running.
 
The closest thing I've found would be a Norco 230

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219032


I use it for a lot of things, I've got 4 of them.

Empty:
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Built: (mATX 9.6 x 9.6 + 4 SFF expansion slots + Full ATX PSU)
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Some on my rack:
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I noticed that the case on Newegg is a 2U does that height allow you to use regular height PCI cards or do you have to get shorter ones so they doesn't stick out of the case?
I didn't know that Silverstone made rack mount ears for their boxes that is cool. I was thinking that I would have to get a 3u height case because I already have my cards and I din't want to have to buy shorter ones.

Very nice tell us about your setup here what do you have running?
 
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Yeah, unfortunately the 2U requires smaller cards, which I didn't have any before hand so it was ok for me.


SBS 2008 (learning)
Server 2008 w/ Hyper-V (learning)
Server 2003 (Call of Duty 4 server) (also this is the one in the pictures)
WHS for well... storage


The Norco 430, is 4U, little large, but same depth.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219029

looks like they took the case and just stacked another on top.

looks like the only ones it the low depth like you'd want.


orrrr.... just get a 3U shelf and a mATX case and set it on there
 
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