RFC: Chenbro Chassis (RM214)

[Marc G. Fournier]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Samuel Clements wrote:

>> As far as Chenbro, avoid at all costs. We had nothing but trouble with
>> them. The backplane connections are non-standard (male to female,) and the
>> backplanes frequently lost entire channels due to shoddy quality and
>> failing to follow SCSI specifications. Heat was a constant problem due to
>> a
>> flawed layout, and the fans were pretty much worthless. I wouldn't take
>> another one if someone paid me.
>
>
> We've had really good experiences with the RM225 chassis from chenbro, but
> they do not use backplanes and yes, we do replace the fans with ball-bearing
> ones. This particular chassis is excellent for use if you only need two
> fixed hard drives and/or multiple 3.5 or 5.25 devices. I don't know if it's
> qualified for this particular board or not, but you may want to ask your
> reseller about available PSU's, etc...

The one we are looking at is:

 	http://www.chenbro.com.tw/product/product.jsp?p=3&s=302&pid=22

With Dual-460W power supply ...

Looks good ... 3x80mm fans + 4cm fan on rear panel ...

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