JONSBO N2 Black NAS ITX Case 5+1 Disk Bays Mini Aluminum Case, Built-in 12cm Fan, SFX Power Bite (L150mm Max.), Support 65mm CPU Cooler , Integrated Upper Cover Removable,Black

A**

I use it for TrueNAS with 4x 3.5 inch drives, 1x 2.5 inch SSD boot drive and an M.2 NVMe cache drive on the motherboard. You would think the build process and cable management would be a challenge in this form factor but it was very easy to build in with well designed spaces for cables to be tucked away without hassle. Great design and highly recommended for a DIY NAS solution. Fits nicely behind my TV.

This case is amazing. It’s compact that has a good amount of space when putting together a NAS. The quality of design is great, and the build materials are as well.

This case is great—well-designed, well-machined parts, fairly intuitive assembly. It is small, so make sure your board fits and cables are routed early on. Any mobos with sideways SATA connectors are probably too tight to fit. (I tried to repurpose an old Z170 board first.) I only have two critiques: the instruction manual is a bit limited, and there's a few quirks not explained. The hard drive mounting pieces aren't symmetrical, so make sure they're oriented with the thicker side against the drives. (Look to the handles to see the correct thickness.) Additionally, there is no fan control on the board intended for the exhaust fan in back, so reroute that to a system fan header on your motherboard if you don't want that constantly running at full speed. Beyond that, it's great for up to five drives with one extra SSD, and most ITX NAS boards like a CWWK i3-N305 or similar fit perfectly.

I purchased this PC case for a NAS build with the hopes that I could replace an aging "server" I cobbled together years ago. Reality far surpassed my hopes because to my surprise, this PC case is probably the highest quality case I've ever built with. From the design decisions to the ease-of-installation of components, it was a joy to with within the constraints that this case imposed. I was easily able to install 4x IronWolf Pro HDDs in the bays (it supports a 5th drive but my motherboard does not), and the whole thing fits in the same footprint as my previous CM case and supports almost twice as many HDDs! If I had to fault one thing about it, it's the mesh grill on the exhaust fan; it makes the fan suuuuuper loud compared to other PCs I've built, and it's simply just due to a airflow restricting mesh grill. If you're purchasing this, upgrade the fan with a Noctua (almost a no-brainer) and get 2x non-mesh fan grills for both sides of the fan, or just go without the grills (your choice). Other than that, I would gladly purchase another one of these cases!