Need a 4U case recommendation

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

Given the cost for a good 4U case, should I just get a Rosewill or Sliger 4U case?

Ive been looking at the sliger ones like the CX4150a, CX4170a, and CX4150i. Or the CX4150e, CX4170i, CX4200i.

As well as the Rosewill RSV-R4000U, RSV-R4100U, RSV-R4200U, RSV-L4000U, and RSV-L4500U.

I do not want to spend $400 on a case though. It will need rails. It is going in a 4-post rack.

I will be putting a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master ATX board in there with a Noctua NH-D12L ~147mm cooler. I don’t need a bunch of drive bays as this will be a All-Flash server but having 1 or 2 5.25" bays would be handy for adding an Icydock or similar hotswap bay.

 

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

bump

 

[Chrispy_]

I don't think there's a way to avoid spending $400. Homebrew DIY build cases and server racks are a pretty tiny niche, and you're narrowing that niche further by restricting your choice to US-only brands. The only reason consumer ATX/E-ATX cases are cheap are economies of scale. A $200 rack-mountable E-ATX case is unlikely to be anywhere near the same quality as a $200 desktop tower. The first Sliger I looked at from your list is $239 bare, you'll need to buy rails and internal frames - probably bringing the total to over $400 including shipping.

I buy Silverstone or Supermicro in the rare occasions when I need to rackmount standard ATX consumer hardware, and I cannot comment on Rosewill or Sliger as they don't typically leave the US and are therefore irrelevant to the global market. Those are typically £250/€300 for a pretty basic chassis that includes almost nothing, not even rack rails.

 

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

I don't think there's a way to avoid spending $400. Homebrew DIY build cases and server racks are a pretty tiny niche, and you're narrowing that niche further by restricting your choice to US-only brands. The only reason consumer ATX/E-ATX cases are cheap are economies of scale. A $200 rack-mountable E-ATX case is unlikely to be anywhere near the same quality as a $200 desktop tower. The first Sliger I looked at from your list is $239 bare, you'll need to buy rails and internal frames - probably bringing the total to over $400 including shipping.

I buy Silverstone or Supermicro in the rare occasions when I need to rackmount standard ATX consumer hardware, and I cannot comment on Rosewill or Sliger as they don't typically leave the US and are therefore irrelevant to the global market. Those are typically £250/€300 for a pretty basic chassis that includes almost nothing, not even rack rails.

I don't need a rack. I already have a rack. It's a 4 post rack. All i need is the case. SuperMicro 4U cases that are NOT limited to custom SuperMicro form factor boards start at either $800 (bare) or more.
I'm building a game server. I have all the parts minus the case.
I'm fine spending $400 on a case + rails. Not fine dropping $400 on a bare case

Rails from Sliger are $100. Rails from Rosewill are ~$50.

 

[Chrispy_]

I don't need a rack. I already have a rack. It's a 4 post rack. All i need is the case. SuperMicro 4U cases that are NOT limited to custom SuperMicro form factor boards start at either $800 (bare) or more.
I'm building a game server. I have all the parts minus the case.
I'm fine spending $400 on a case + rails. Not fine dropping $400 on a bare case

Rails from Sliger are $100. Rails from Rosewill are ~$50.

When I said frames, I meant internal frames for the 4U cases to adapt to various card/motherboard layouts, not a rackmount frame (or cabinet, as I normally call them).

The Sliger stuff looks the most modern but costs add up quickly with brackets, rails and other things you're likely to need.
All of the affordable Rosewill stuff looks like 15-year old traditional storage-server hardware with a focus on drive bays.

Look for a 4U mining case. I always used Veddha open frames, but the Inter-tech 4W2 was always a popular, affordable mining rack - and they're better suited to a modern PC in terms of cooling, oversize GPU support, and are typically geared up for ATX PSUs.