Rosewill RSV-L4500U Rackmount Server Chassis: 15 3.5” HDD Capacity, 6 Front 120mm & 2 Rear 80mm Fans, USB 3.0 & USB 2.0, Front Panel Lock & Key Review

The case is quite difficult to machine. They give trays for hard drives, but to install them in the case you need to remove the second row of fans. Also, replacing the front row of fans is a lot harder than it should be and requires a good magnetic screwdriver to keep the screws from falling under the hard drive. My case also arrived bent at the back and installing the power supply was very difficult. Setting the I/O screen is also not possible. The case was well packed and the box wasn't…

Bought this enclosure for my home NAS with 15 hard drives connected to an Adaptec raid card. I've looked at some other tower cases but all decent 15 bay HDD cases are more expensive than this one, also most tower cases come fanless which adds to the extra cost. So I thought why not try the server case instead? By price. I thought it was a mediocre case. The build quality appears to be solid. All metals are very thick. The 8 fans work well and are quiet out of the box. Shipping was first class…

Dislikes: - The fans use a Molex power connector. I had to replace all fans with PWM fans. - The cover is removed with 4 screws. It would be nice to have a faster removal method. - On the front there are 1 USB 3.0 and 1 USB 2.0. should only be 2 usb 3.0. Allowed: - Disc caddy. A little tight. Not very easy to remove. hull depth. The depth is much more than required for an ATX board. It could probably be shortened by 6 inches or so. Other things you may need: rail kit, better fans, 5x SATA power

I put the i7-9700K and GTX 1080 in the case and everything worked. I removed the middle fans, put the AIO heatsink in there, and rotated the fans on the back to push the air out. The case wasn't bad to handle given its size, and the many fans it contains seem to move quite a bit of air. The only problem I have is the drive attachment system. The disks are placed in guides with rubber and metal pins that hold the disks in place. At least one needle has popped out on each slide and is awkward to…

Edited: Fans are really dangerous, I've replaced them all. Some modding is needed. Also known as drilling holes in a metal bracket. (PS I hate RGB but it came with a cooler) Why didn't Rosewill make those holes themselves? Cons: If it had no fans at all I would give it 5 stars. I highly recommend replacing any internal fans as they are powered directly from the PSU via an old-school 4-pin 12V connector, which is unsafe. (see other fire review, I don't doubt the other review) Why put such crappy

I started building computers in the 80's and 40 years. External drive bay covers - they don't fit properly and don't snap at all so they move around when you put them back on. There is also no easy or quick way to install a DVD drive. It's not worth removing the entire socket it goes into, so I left it open. This worked well since the covers for the empty slots in the external drive bay wouldn't hold up well anyway, so it would be easy for me to put the drive back in if it ever slipped onto it…