I would use both! I have been dreaming of using the 24 bay unit for YEARS. I love it!
I have a small server that could use that slim ODD and the 2 SSD’s.
Love the Icy Dock products. I have several of their 6 and 8 SAS/SATA tough armor series. Best addon investment!
I’m interested in the IcyDock 2x2.5 to 5.25" adapter. I’d add some hotswap 2.5" drives to my NAS to add a ZFS Metadata Special Device.
Would love to win this. Need to upgrade my NAS. It is all spinning rust and uses 380 watts, none stop. Like having a space heater running all the time that is loud. I would build a smaller, quitter, more power efficient NAS with this. Stay classy everyone.
Hell yeah, one of these and it’d be the last push to switch my Ryzen system to a big-ass HAF case with 5 accessory bays
I’d love to win the smaller one so I can use it for my home server! Thank you as this will help me use my old 4790k and extend its life!
Would uthe smaller unit it to add my Retro game collection. More Content for my Mister FPGA.
The 24 bay unit is overkill for me. Maybe I would use it for a Repository mirror
I want both!
I would love to build a new storage system around the IcyDock SATA Backplane Cage. I have storage going back 20+ yrs, yes I am seasoned 
I am interested in the the three bay, 24 SSD.
I plan on upgrading my Ryzen 7 3700X to 5700 (or 7700X depending on cost/performance and 5700 sales) and use the 3700X for a low end server. I’ll have to buy a new case and some SSDs to fill them up.
The plan would be to run a virtual server and explore docker, SQL and web server on this server.
I REALLY would love the 24 bay model for my FrankenNAS build here on the forum.
One side is populated as such
But the other side is empty.
This is an ongoing project to use as my PLEX server and a Seedbox of all the things.
I just would really like that one, let another winner have the other model
Thanks for the giveaway and I am interested in both
I would enter, but I already use some IDY Dock products. They are nice. But at the moment I don’t really need any more 
I have some pictures up of my existing build in the “Official post your PC guts thread”
Good luck to the winner!
Would want the monster one, for a setup similar to below.
Q: I have some the icydock on an Asus WRX, 4 drives are hooked up to the chipset SATA and the other 4 to the U.2 (also comes from chipset). The RAIDExpert array works fine, but when activity occurs, only disks hooked up to the SATA header blinks, the ones hooked up to U.2 header (via U.2 to 4 x sata cable) just solid leds.
Any idea why?
Yes, this would be great fro my home Server plans.
I would love the 24 bay monster 2.5" adapter. I’d put it in my old PC(currently my gf’s desktop) I’m going to build her a new system soon. Will take the old Ryzen first gen and make it my Freenas PrimaryFilestore/Plex/VMhost and use my existing freenas server for offsite archiving.
I am interested in both. I am working on building out my first true homelab and an older gaming chassis would be the perfect home for either bay. Ideally, the old case would be the home for 24 bay monster. The 2 bay would be great for a pair of OS drives.
Either way, they would be helping YATS (yet another truenas server) come to life.
I could us either or both! I still rock my old Corsair Obsidian 650d which while I love the size, it’s a bit long in the tooth with IO and the plexiglass window, HOWEVER, I could easily cram that chonky beast in there with it’s 4 - 5.25 inch bays! I’d move my current NAS offsite and pair them. as you can see I already have dangling HDD’s in this rig.
Additionally, I just set my mother up with a new setup for her teaching rig and am inheriting the old one. The slim one would be put toward a proper router for the house and family.
Either would be put to good use with pics in tow. They have very interesting somewhat niche items and I’d be happy to share a build. I only have about 8 - 2.5 inchers’ at the moment to populate it, but that can be rectified.
Thank you,
I could always use them to expand my NAS because one can never have too much storage.
I’m planning to build a HEDT or Server for the following applications:
These both will be amazing accessories to support the needs of fast and large storage needed by hypervisors and I’ll be saving a lot of time and money which can be factored in for other components without compromising the quality.
