Hey there! I have an X99 platform with an i7-6950x with an EVGA Supernova G2 1300W PSU with Windows as my secondary PC or main “server” for game servers, NAS, etc.
This PC has 25 WD/HGST hard drives and 6 SATA SSDs with SnapRAID, using two Dell H310 Perc cards and a crappy 4 bay USB docker.
And here’s where the jank and my problems start; currently these drives are located in 4 slot interior expansion bays all wall mounted around a regular PC case that’s also wall mounted. But I can’t only use 0.5m 8087>4xSATA breakout cables so I have a couple using 1 meter long Delock cables.
Over the years I got Current Pending Sector Count errors on a couple of drives that were resolved with replacing those SATA cables. But now after a move I got even more and even Uncorrectable Sector Count even on short SATA cables. 5-6 drives daisy-chained per molex/sata is also not ideal but I would think that would affect all the drives on a chain not just one.
Long story short I’m looking for a well ventillated case to house all these drives that I can move my existing PC into. I don’t really want a big and loud server or a new NAS, just using my existing setup with better cabling.
What options do I have other than 3D printing a whole new case with the current setup in mind?