![]() That’s not to say that the case is not well vented, because it certainly is. We might find that as an issue when we heat it up during testing. You’ll want to note that the easiest intake path is from the lower 1/3 along the front, while the fans ship in the “high” position where the hottest components will likely reside in the case. The motherboard side will accommodate a 120mm exhaust, while the drive cage side can have up to a 140mm exhaust. IMO, spring for the extra fan and go push / pull in that chamber if you run fat stacks of drives.īoth chambers are configurable to run with up to two 120mm front intake fans (four total). The included fan is configured as exhaust only, so an additional front fan seems helpful if you plan to stack up the disks in this chamber. The disks hang vertically after mounting, and with air flow designed to move front to back between the drives, there is a reasonable chance that cooling will work. The cages are well finished, metal and substantial. On the power supply and drive side of the Node 804, the drive cages are easily removed after removing the ever-present thumbscrews. A triple-slot style GPU would be possible, but the space becomes tight at that point. ![]() Maximum GPU length is 320mm minus the width of whatever is installed in the front lower fan opening. In short, adding radiators to any internal location where they can fit – 120’s, 240’s even a 280mm rad – will necessitate removal or moving of certain components like drive cages, sacrificing serviceability or limiting options like the length of a GPU. YMMV depending on cooling configuration and PCI-E cards check the case build guide to research your ambitions. The floor of the motherboard side of the case has mounting holes for 2 additional 3.5” or 2.5” drives for a total capacity of 12 internal drive locations not bad at all. In addition to the support for up to a micro-ATX sized motherboard, the Node 804 easily provides for up to 8 3.5” HDD’s in the right hand chamber, in addition to the aforementioned two 2.5” drives. It was easily fixed the adhesive was still tacky enough to just press it back where it belonged. While working with the front panel, I ran into one minor quality issue when the power / activity LED separated from its home on the edge of the panel. Rear: 120mm Radiators (either compartment).Top: 1 x 240mm (over motherboard compartment) and 1 x 240mm / 280mm radiators (over drive compartment).Fan Controller: 1 x fan controller for up to 3 fans (included).Available Top: 4 x 120mm / 140mm fan locations.Rear: 2 x hydraulic bearing 120mm Silent Series R2 fan, 1200RPM speed (included).Front: 1 x hydraulic bearing 120mm Silent Series R2 fan, 1200RPM speed (included). ![]() Power Supply Compatibility: ATX PSUs up to 260mm deep.Front Interface: 2 x USB 3.0, Audio I/O, Power.Motherboard compatibility: Micro ATX, Mini ITX.2 x extra positions for either 3.5″ or 2.5″ drives. ![]() The NK 4.0 build, after all, could be done on the cheap so initial capital was low risk! Of course once I caught the bug I went all in (mostly on shuccbois) from the get-go. My wallet will never forgive me… or you.Īfter doing some reading and watching build videos by JDM I was inspired to try my hand at building my own server. One Google search string later landed me here at and about 3 minutes after that in the Discord. I’m not especially PC savvy and definitely not server savvy but when this guy suggested I pick up a SAS card and flash it IT because that’s how it needs to be set up to work with things like Unraid I pondered, “Unraid what now?” Poking around Reddit I started talking to a guy who told me about HBAs and the concept of SAS cards. In essence I needed more drives than my motherboard could handle natively. Not only did I need to host Plex media but I needed media drives to store sound effects libraries to feed various digital audio workstation platforms. When I did a full overhaul of my PC I also looked in to how to better accommodate extra storage for my ever expanding media needs. The motherboard had been slowly killing off SATA ports. I’d been using my gaming PC to run a Plex server for the past year until finally a few months back it finally decided it was time to retire.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |