Summary and Conclusion:
Overall the RM41416B is pretty awesome, the abundant space for drives and your motherboard makes for a very large case though this space is well used with many placements for drives. Another awesome feature of the case is the air flow the numerous included fans provide a constant air flow out the back of the case keeping the entire system cool. Unfortunately these positives are outweighed by the poor instructions concerning the numerous brackets that are included and used for mounting the power supply properly. One way I would recommend improving this case would be to simply provide clearer instructions and potentially simplify the overall build experience… perhaps taking a note from the desktop market in which simplicity and tool less design seem to be standard operating procedure. Overall I would recommend this case to anyone who has a bit of time to set up the server and has a strong desire for a massive amount of storage.
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I don’t quite get it…what was actually reviewed here? Honestly, it feels more like a generic description of the case than anything else. There’s no measurement of temperatures, sound levels, how the system worked loaded out let alone how it handled drives being hot swapped out or not.
All the pictures look like stock photos from Chenbro, not ones taken by the site. What are the specs of the hardware loaded out in pic3? What hardware was tested in the system? Any issues found during install? Seriously…what was TESTED? What was REVIEWED?
You talked about the power supply being optional but only show pictures with it. If you did test it what was its efficiency? power draw? voltage/amps on various rails? You talk about all the cabling being extra for the hotswap bays but show cabling in the system. Well…what was tested then?
This wasn’t a review. It was a PR piece
Chris,
I agree, there should have been more testing. Although it may seem like a “PR piece”, as you put it, it was not designed to be this way. As the managing editor, I honestly appreciate comments like this one, as It shows us what you are looking for in the review.
As for the power supply, It is almost impossible to test the efficiency of a power supply without specialized equipment that costs upwards of $100,000. anyone who tells you otherwise is either misinformed or lying. We test power supplies to ensure that they are within ATX standards.
The fact that you thought badly enough about this review to comment on it is a sign that we need to take a better look at how we review certain items.
Dan
Managing Editor