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product_id: 634977104
title: "RackChoice M-ATX/Mini-ITX 2U Rackmount Depth 21.5\" Server Chassis 6Gbps hotswap 12bays Support ATX PSU with 120mm Fan, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables"
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# 12 hot-swap SATA/SAS bays 6Gbps Supports Micro-ATX & Mini-ITX boards 4x 80mm fans + 120mm PSU fan RackChoice M-ATX/Mini-ITX 2U Rackmount Depth 21.5" Server Chassis 6Gbps hotswap 12bays Support ATX PSU with 120mm Fan, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables

**Brand:** rackchoice
**Price:** $29279
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## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your server game with 12 bays of hot-swap power!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** RackChoice M-ATX/Mini-ITX 2U Rackmount Depth 21.5" Server Chassis 6Gbps hotswap 12bays Support ATX PSU with 120mm Fan, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables by rackchoice
- **How much does it cost?** $29279 with free shipping
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## Best For

- rackchoice enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted rackchoice brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Robust Cooling System:** Four 80mm fans plus a 120mm PSU fan keep your drives cool under heavy workloads.
- • **Universal ATX PSU Support:** Use any standard ATX power supply for easy upgrades and cost savings.
- • **Massive 12-Bay Hot-Swap Storage:** Seamlessly swap drives without downtime, perfect for scaling your data needs.
- • **Compact Yet Powerful Compatibility:** Fits Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards, maximizing performance in a sleek 2U rackmount.
- • **Ready-to-Deploy with Sliding Rails & Cables:** Includes sliding rail kit and Mini SAS to SATA cables for hassle-free installation.

## Overview

The RackChoice 2U rackmount chassis offers a high-density 12-bay hot-swap solution supporting Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards. Built with durable zinc-coated steel, it features robust cooling via four 80mm fans and a 120mm PSU fan, supports standard ATX power supplies, and comes with sliding rails plus Mini SAS to SATA cables for quick setup. Ideal for professionals building scalable, efficient server clusters or NAS systems at a competitive price point.

## Description

Shop RackChoice M-ATX/Mini-ITX 2U Rackmount Depth 21.5" Server Chassis 6Gbps hotswap 12bays Support ATX PSU with 120mm Fan, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables. Free delivery and returns on eligible orders.

Review: In a nutshell; this 2U chassis has some oddities and downsides, but overall it does the job and considering the price, it's a lot cheaper than most 12 bay 2U cases. Pros: - 12 hot-swap drive bays - Comes with four 80mm fans (not quiet, but far from the loudest) - Very solid metal construction, doesn't feel flimsy - Comes with enough screws to install everything, including 12 hard drives - Comes with three 4x SATA to SFF-8087 cables - Comes with rail kit Cons: - Included rail kit is hot garbage. It'll work, after fighting with it for a while. - Power button on the front was stuck, I had to permanently remove two screws from the back of the plastic cover that houses the buttons and USB port in order to let the power button operate normally - Drive caddies/sleds feel cheap. They're built alright, there's just a lot of friction when inserting/removing. - Micro ATX motherboards that have 90-degree SATA ports will be un-usable in this chassis. Build: CPU - Intel Core i7 12700K Motherboard - ASUS Pro WS W680M-ACE SE RAM - Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB Cooler - Noctua NH-L9x65 PSU - EVGA 850 GT NIC - 10Gtek X540-T2 10GbE CNA The biggest con was the SATA port issue. When installed, a micro ATX motherboard sits at about ~5mm from the metal rail where the fans attach to, not leaving enough clearance for the 90-degree SATA ports on my motherboard. It was probably my fault for not researching enough beforehand, but I solved that issue by purchasing a "180 Degree Dual SATA Male to Female Connector". In the end, I had to remove one of the four included fans anyway so that I could access the SlimSAS port on my motherboard. There is a video review of this chassis on Youtube where the reviewer notes that the front USB port does not connect to anything. This is false. The USB header is bundled with the front panel connectors, but it's a 4-pin connector so it could be easily mistaken for something else if you're not paying attention. The front panel has the following: - Green Power LED - Yellow Networking LED - Red HDD LED - Power Button - Reset Button - Single USB 2.0 Port I would have liked to see a USB 3.0 port, however its not a big deal. I also ended up connecting the networking LED to the IPMI locator LED header on my motherboard, as I do not have a network activity LED header on either my motherboard or 10Gb NIC. All in all, I don't regret this purchase. I'm using three of these as I'm building a 3-node Proxmox cluster with them. I originally intended on purchasing the 8 bay variant of this chassis, however it went out of stock when I was ready to purchase. It was only a $50 difference between the 8 bay version and this 12 bay version, so I went ahead and bought three of these. For the price, this chassis is significantly cheaper than the other 12 bay cases out there.
Review: I bought this case as I needed a cheap way to sanitize drives. I own an MSP and we get hundreds of old servers hard drives each year to destroy. We offer shredding but many of our clients want a greener option that doesn't destroy the drive. We've done that on a one-off basis using a regular PC and some drive destruction software that offers certificates of destruction. We bought one of these instead of the eight bay Silverstone case. I would have probably gone with Silverstone except it requires a TFX power supply and I didn't find any that offered the correct number of Molex connectors required. This case accepts a regular ATX power supply which are ubiquitous and cheap. Build quality: This case has a very nice sturdy frame. The tolerances on the drive trays are tight so be prepared to work a little bit to get them back in the first time you pull them out. The trays themselves can be used tool-free as they have bumps on one side of the tray to hold a 3.5" drive in place. For long term use you should plan on using screws, but this deserves a mention for anyone using this case the way we are. The case accepts mATX or smaller motherboards and I happened to have an old one sitting around that I used in this. Backplane: The backplane is hot swap and does its job well. I used a LSI Broadcom SAS 9300-8i 8-port 12Gb/s SATA+SAS PCI-Express 3.0 Low Profile Host Bus Adapter and two 10Gtek Internal Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to Mini SAS SFF-8087 cables to hook up eight of the drive bays. The motherboard I used had six SATA ports, four of which are hot swap so I was able to hook up the bottom four backplane slots using the cables that came with the case. Fans: The fans are loud and move a lot of air. This is not a big deal for us as it lives in our office workroom but if you are using this in your home it could be a concern. I tried using the system before I hooked the fans up and the drive bays got extremely hot. Once I connected the fans I was able to have 12 drives running without it overheating. Rails: They didn't fit my shallow rack so I didn't use them. Bottom line: I might buy another one of these to use a NAS down the road. To me this represents an extremely good value for a 12 bay server chassis.

## Features

- M/B size: Micro-ATX 9.6 x 9.6 / mini-itx 6.7 x 6.7
- Material: Main Chassis- Zinc-Coated Steel
- Drive Bays: 12x 3.5" / 2.5 SATA/SAS 6Gbps hotswap
- Cooling System: 4x 80mm Middle Fan
- Expansion Slots: 4x Low-Profile.PSU: Supports standard ATX power supply with fan on top (120mm).Rail: Include 1set sliding rail.Size: compact depth=545mm,fit for 600mm cabinet.Cable: include 3pcs reversed Mini SAS 36pin(SFF-8087) male to 4xSATA 7pin Female.Include 1x2.5" bay mounting bracket (low profile)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0BTY185DY |
| Best Sellers Rank | 397,845 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 4,040 in Computer Cases |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Manufacturer | RackChoice |
| Product Dimensions | 54.61 x 48.26 x 8.89 cm; 6.94 kg |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** rackchoice
- **Case type:** Unknown
- **Colour:** black
- **Cooling method:** Air
- **Fan size:** 120 Millimetres
- **Material:** ['Zinc-Coated Steel']
- **Model name:** RackChoice 2U
- **Motherboard compatibility:** Micro ATX, Mini ITX
- **Power supply mounting type:** Top Mount
- **Recommended uses for product:** Business environments, data centers, servers

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by O***. on 14 July 2024*

In a nutshell; this 2U chassis has some oddities and downsides, but overall it does the job and considering the price, it's a lot cheaper than most 12 bay 2U cases. Pros: - 12 hot-swap drive bays - Comes with four 80mm fans (not quiet, but far from the loudest) - Very solid metal construction, doesn't feel flimsy - Comes with enough screws to install everything, including 12 hard drives - Comes with three 4x SATA to SFF-8087 cables - Comes with rail kit Cons: - Included rail kit is hot garbage. It'll work, after fighting with it for a while. - Power button on the front was stuck, I had to permanently remove two screws from the back of the plastic cover that houses the buttons and USB port in order to let the power button operate normally - Drive caddies/sleds feel cheap. They're built alright, there's just a lot of friction when inserting/removing. - Micro ATX motherboards that have 90-degree SATA ports will be un-usable in this chassis. Build: CPU - Intel Core i7 12700K Motherboard - ASUS Pro WS W680M-ACE SE RAM - Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB Cooler - Noctua NH-L9x65 PSU - EVGA 850 GT NIC - 10Gtek X540-T2 10GbE CNA The biggest con was the SATA port issue. When installed, a micro ATX motherboard sits at about ~5mm from the metal rail where the fans attach to, not leaving enough clearance for the 90-degree SATA ports on my motherboard. It was probably my fault for not researching enough beforehand, but I solved that issue by purchasing a "180 Degree Dual SATA Male to Female Connector". In the end, I had to remove one of the four included fans anyway so that I could access the SlimSAS port on my motherboard. There is a video review of this chassis on Youtube where the reviewer notes that the front USB port does not connect to anything. This is false. The USB header is bundled with the front panel connectors, but it's a 4-pin connector so it could be easily mistaken for something else if you're not paying attention. The front panel has the following: - Green Power LED - Yellow Networking LED - Red HDD LED - Power Button - Reset Button - Single USB 2.0 Port I would have liked to see a USB 3.0 port, however its not a big deal. I also ended up connecting the networking LED to the IPMI locator LED header on my motherboard, as I do not have a network activity LED header on either my motherboard or 10Gb NIC. All in all, I don't regret this purchase. I'm using three of these as I'm building a 3-node Proxmox cluster with them. I originally intended on purchasing the 8 bay variant of this chassis, however it went out of stock when I was ready to purchase. It was only a $50 difference between the 8 bay version and this 12 bay version, so I went ahead and bought three of these. For the price, this chassis is significantly cheaper than the other 12 bay cases out there.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by R***S on 28 March 2024*

I bought this case as I needed a cheap way to sanitize drives. I own an MSP and we get hundreds of old servers hard drives each year to destroy. We offer shredding but many of our clients want a greener option that doesn't destroy the drive. We've done that on a one-off basis using a regular PC and some drive destruction software that offers certificates of destruction. We bought one of these instead of the eight bay Silverstone case. I would have probably gone with Silverstone except it requires a TFX power supply and I didn't find any that offered the correct number of Molex connectors required. This case accepts a regular ATX power supply which are ubiquitous and cheap. Build quality: This case has a very nice sturdy frame. The tolerances on the drive trays are tight so be prepared to work a little bit to get them back in the first time you pull them out. The trays themselves can be used tool-free as they have bumps on one side of the tray to hold a 3.5" drive in place. For long term use you should plan on using screws, but this deserves a mention for anyone using this case the way we are. The case accepts mATX or smaller motherboards and I happened to have an old one sitting around that I used in this. Backplane: The backplane is hot swap and does its job well. I used a LSI Broadcom SAS 9300-8i 8-port 12Gb/s SATA+SAS PCI-Express 3.0 Low Profile Host Bus Adapter and two 10Gtek Internal Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to Mini SAS SFF-8087 cables to hook up eight of the drive bays. The motherboard I used had six SATA ports, four of which are hot swap so I was able to hook up the bottom four backplane slots using the cables that came with the case. Fans: The fans are loud and move a lot of air. This is not a big deal for us as it lives in our office workroom but if you are using this in your home it could be a concern. I tried using the system before I hooked the fans up and the drive bays got extremely hot. Once I connected the fans I was able to have 12 drives running without it overheating. Rails: They didn't fit my shallow rack so I didn't use them. Bottom line: I might buy another one of these to use a NAS down the road. To me this represents an extremely good value for a 12 bay server chassis.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***S on 7 May 2023*

I have had it for a few weeks now and finally was able to install TrueNas Scale onto this with 8 drives thus far as that is all I can afford. I am a little upset I bought for $50 more than what price is now. I contacted Amazon 7 days after purchase and they would not offer me anything other than return original and purchase another at lower price. Yeah... so I kept it. I have 4x4TB and 4x8TB drives in two pools. There is NO manual on hooking anything electrical up for this case. Zero. Nada. So this neing my first NAS build in a rack form factor (using a back plane) was trial and error. Not much room in this case but that is why I bought it to get rid of my big ATX 12 year old Desktop computer used as a NAS that took up way too much space under my desk. Reliable it was though. Will mount this into my server rack along with a QNap NAS which is slow as my dog if he had no legs. Luckily he still does have all four. I have learned a lot about building NAS in the last year and this case, although overpriced at what I bough should last me 5 or so years. That is what I was looking for along with space saving rackmount. Edit: Kudos to this company refunding me the $50 after seeing this review. That means a lot to me and will probably order from them again if I need another server case. It has been working flawlessly for the last few months and is now sitting in a 15u rack. Thanks again to CICHENG INC. Updated to 4 stars from 3 as the 4 fans are loud. I changed them out to Nocturas at half the decibel level but the trade off is the original fans push much higher volume of air. I monitor the temps and so far they are fine. YMMV.

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