--- product_id: 556287805 title: "2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5\" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables" brand: "rackchoice" price: "$U44079" currency: UYU in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.uy/products/556287805-2u-server-case-6gbps-hot-swap-8-x3-5-bays store_origin: UY region: Uruguay --- # 4x 80mm PWM quiet cooling fans 8 hot-swap bays, SAS/SATA 6Gbps 2U rackmount, 21.5" depth 2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables **Brand:** rackchoice **Price:** $U44079 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Elevate your server game with RackChoice: Power, speed & silence in one sleek 2U chassis! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables by rackchoice - **How much does it cost?** $U44079 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.uy](https://www.desertcart.uy/products/556287805-2u-server-case-6gbps-hot-swap-8-x3-5-bays) ## Best For - rackchoice enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted rackchoice brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Seamless Integration:** Supports Micro-ATX & Mini-ITX boards with standard ATX PSU compatibility - β€’ **Cable Clutter Eliminated:** Mini SAS SFF-8087 to SATA cables included for clean, efficient connectivity - β€’ **Maximize Storage Efficiency:** 8 hot-swap 3.5" bays + 2x 2.5" SSD slots for ultimate data flexibility - β€’ **Optimized Cooling & Silence:** Four PWM-controlled 80mm fans keep your server cool and whisper-quiet - β€’ **Tool-less Sliding Rail System:** Included 20" rails for effortless rack installation and maintenance ## Overview The RackChoice 2U Server Case is a robust, 21.5" deep rackmount chassis designed for professional-grade NAS or server builds. It supports Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards, standard ATX power supplies, and features 8 hot-swappable 3.5" bays plus additional 2.5" SSD slots. Equipped with four quiet PWM fans and a tool-less sliding rail system, it ensures efficient cooling and easy rack installation. Included mini SAS to SATA cables reduce cable clutter, making it a top choice for streamlined, high-performance server setups. ## Description Product description Review: With some guidance, this can be a very good rack mount NAS chassis - I purchased this 2U 8-bay chassis on January 22 and finally got everything installed and mounted today. Several lessons were learned along the way. If you're in the market for an 8-bay 2U chassis, this can be a very good choice if you pay attention to the following: 1. Do not install desktop hard drives because they will not be recognized and they will not be powered up. Only install NAS hard drives. I'm using eight Seagate Exos Enterprise hard drives. 2. The backplane uses two mini-SAS SFF-8087 connectors instead of SATA connectors. This is actually wonderful because each connector supports 4 SATA ports, which reduces cable clutter since only 2 mini-SAS cables are needed. The unit comes with two SFF-8087 cables, each of which terminates in 4 SATA female ports. 3. If your motherboard has SATA ports at the back of the board that are connected at a right-angle rather than facing up towards the sky, then those ports are NOT USABLE because they are too close to the chassis fans. This did not matter to me because I chose to install a Syba 8-Port SATA card that uses two mini-SAS SFF-8087 connectors (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B07NFRXQHC). We will need to buy our own SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables. I chose a pair of right-angle cables (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B08C2GN2KF) but straight-angle will work as well. Hence, only 2 cables with a single connector on each side are needed to connect 8 drives. 4. I'm using a micro-ATX motherboard (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B0BZTB87BY). After installing 8 or 9 risers, the motherboard installed easily and lined up perfectly with the cutout of rear IO panel. Although we can use full-size ATX power supplies, I chose a BeQuiet 600W SFX power supply (mounted upside down so the PSU fan will exhaust through vent holes at the top of the chassis; https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B07ZTW7TSW). This particular power supply (a) has a SFX to ATX mounting bracket that is necessary, and (b) has a molex cable that is long enough to reach the molex ports on the back plane. I initially tried a different power supply (Lian Li SFX) that failed in both departments. 5. The 4 built-in chassis fans are surprisingly quiet. They are 4-pin PWM fans that I've connected to fan headers on the motherboard. The fans can also be connected to 4 fan headers on the backplane, but the backplane will run them at full throttle all the time (backplane will not regulate fan speed). I had this unit sitting on a table about 2-3 feet from my ears for 3 weeks with no disturbing noise at all -- and I'm quite sensitive to fan noise. 6. Because this unit is mounted in a rack and there's no keyboard, mouse or monitor locally attached, I purchased a Geekworm X650 (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B0C4TPNF7J) along with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B0CLVV545C) to plug into the Geekworm. This provides full remote KVM capability through any web browser. Geekworm X650 runs PiKVM V3. I opted to install the operating system on an eMMC module that came on the Compute Module 4. Now I can start, stop, reboot, and interact with the rack mounted chassis from anywhere in the house or the planet! 7. Obviously we cannot install a liquid cooler for the CPU. I chose the Noctua low-profile NH-L9i-17xx air cooler (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B09HCHYMJM) for my Intel i5-13500 that has a 65W TDP rating (https://www.desertcart.com/dp/B0BQ6CFDCX). Not only is it quiet, it does a great job of keeping thermals under control (28-30C idle temperate with chassis cover closed). With this Noctua cooler, there is enough space *between* radiator fan and chassis cover to allow built-in fans to blow that air to the rear. 8. Rack Rails. Let's talk about them rails... This was the only frustrating part of the experience, but as you can see from the photos, the rails finally went in! First, we can lengthen the rail guides as shown in the first photo. This allows the rail guides to be mounted to the interior or exterior of the rack (interior would be better). Next, when sliding the chassis onto the rails, the chassis hit against the upper and lower lips of the rail guides and failed to go in. It seemed as if the rail guides were just a tiny bit too close to each other, but with the help of a friend (who is a professional installer), we managed to pull each rail guide slightly outward with our hands (away from the rack), which was sufficient to recess the chassis fully into the rack. The final result is shown in photo 3. I'm really quite happy with the final result: 1. Build quality of the chassis is excellent 2. Every component I wanted to install got installed quite easily 3. Chassis cover is perforated in one corner for the power supply fan vent 4. Fans are quiet (I was afraid that cheap noisy fans would be included, but we got some good fans) 5. Backplane uses mini-SAS SFF-8087, which saves cables and cable clutter 6. Airflow is quite good as long as a low profile CPU fan is installed 7. There is space near the front for two 2.5” SATA SSDs, which I’ve occupied with two 1TB SSDs I’m running TrueNAS Scale on this system with 8 Seagate Exos hard drives in RAIDZ2 and two mirrored 1TB SSDs. TrueNAS Scale has been running flawlessly for over 3 weeks. Review: Decent rack equipment - Pretty good. Rail install is not anywhere as easy as Dell, but that's a titan in the server space. Out of literally every other DIY option, this is much better. Still room for improvement. It's a bit snug and the rails could use a button lock so only one chassis gets tugged out at a time, but maybe I need to play with it a little more. Hope these guys stick around. ## Features - M/B size: Micro-ATX 9.6 x 9.6 / mini-itx 6.7 x 6.7 - Drivebay: Supports eight hotswap 2.5"/3.5" SAS/SATA HDD/SSD+1x Slim ODD+ 2x2.5" - Cooling System: 4 x 80mm PWM Fan - PSU: Supports standard ATX power supply with fan on side (80mm) - Rail: Include 1set 20" sliding rail step 1οΌ‰Install the inner rails onto the chassis. sep 2) Install the outer rails onto the rack. step 3) Slide the chassis (with inner rails attached) into the outer rails on the rack. - Case type: 2U server chassis depth=545mm (not include handle),fit in 600mm cabinet - Cable: include 2pcs reversed Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4xSATA 7pin Female - Include 1pcs 2x2.5" bay mounting bracket (can use on low profile slot) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0C95JRCG8 | | Best Sellers Rank | #771 in Computer Cases | | Brand | rackchoice | | Color | black | | Compatible Devices | Server | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 24 Reviews | | Enclosure Material | Metal | | Is Assembly Required | No | | Item Dimensions D x W x H | 21.5"D x 19"W x 3.5"H | | Item Weight | 13.2 Pounds | | Manufacturer | rackchoice | | Material | Metal | | Mfr Part Number | 208RM-6GB | | Model Number | 208RM-6GB | | Mounting Type | Rack Mount | | Product Dimensions | 21.5"D x 19"W x 3.5"H | | Size | depth 545mm support 600mm depth cabinet | | UPC | 787996911878 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** rackchoice - **Color:** black - **Material:** Metal - **Product Dimensions:** 21.5"D x 19"W x 3.5"H - **Size:** depth 545mm support 600mm depth cabinet ## Images ![2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61DsTM2CtdL.jpg) ![2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51uAYlzpxmL.jpg) ![2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/717gcruDUhL.jpg) ![2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61HBXkL3QiL.jpg) ![2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710Vn7kjfyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ With some guidance, this can be a very good rack mount NAS chassis *by C***Y on February 18, 2024* I purchased this 2U 8-bay chassis on January 22 and finally got everything installed and mounted today. Several lessons were learned along the way. If you're in the market for an 8-bay 2U chassis, this can be a very good choice if you pay attention to the following: 1. Do not install desktop hard drives because they will not be recognized and they will not be powered up. Only install NAS hard drives. I'm using eight Seagate Exos Enterprise hard drives. 2. The backplane uses two mini-SAS SFF-8087 connectors instead of SATA connectors. This is actually wonderful because each connector supports 4 SATA ports, which reduces cable clutter since only 2 mini-SAS cables are needed. The unit comes with two SFF-8087 cables, each of which terminates in 4 SATA female ports. 3. If your motherboard has SATA ports at the back of the board that are connected at a right-angle rather than facing up towards the sky, then those ports are NOT USABLE because they are too close to the chassis fans. This did not matter to me because I chose to install a Syba 8-Port SATA card that uses two mini-SAS SFF-8087 connectors (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NFRXQHC). We will need to buy our own SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables. I chose a pair of right-angle cables (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C2GN2KF) but straight-angle will work as well. Hence, only 2 cables with a single connector on each side are needed to connect 8 drives. 4. I'm using a micro-ATX motherboard (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZTB87BY). After installing 8 or 9 risers, the motherboard installed easily and lined up perfectly with the cutout of rear IO panel. Although we can use full-size ATX power supplies, I chose a BeQuiet 600W SFX power supply (mounted upside down so the PSU fan will exhaust through vent holes at the top of the chassis; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZTW7TSW). This particular power supply (a) has a SFX to ATX mounting bracket that is necessary, and (b) has a molex cable that is long enough to reach the molex ports on the back plane. I initially tried a different power supply (Lian Li SFX) that failed in both departments. 5. The 4 built-in chassis fans are surprisingly quiet. They are 4-pin PWM fans that I've connected to fan headers on the motherboard. The fans can also be connected to 4 fan headers on the backplane, but the backplane will run them at full throttle all the time (backplane will not regulate fan speed). I had this unit sitting on a table about 2-3 feet from my ears for 3 weeks with no disturbing noise at all -- and I'm quite sensitive to fan noise. 6. Because this unit is mounted in a rack and there's no keyboard, mouse or monitor locally attached, I purchased a Geekworm X650 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4TPNF7J) along with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLVV545C) to plug into the Geekworm. This provides full remote KVM capability through any web browser. Geekworm X650 runs PiKVM V3. I opted to install the operating system on an eMMC module that came on the Compute Module 4. Now I can start, stop, reboot, and interact with the rack mounted chassis from anywhere in the house or the planet! 7. Obviously we cannot install a liquid cooler for the CPU. I chose the Noctua low-profile NH-L9i-17xx air cooler (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HCHYMJM) for my Intel i5-13500 that has a 65W TDP rating (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ6CFDCX). Not only is it quiet, it does a great job of keeping thermals under control (28-30C idle temperate with chassis cover closed). With this Noctua cooler, there is enough space *between* radiator fan and chassis cover to allow built-in fans to blow that air to the rear. 8. Rack Rails. Let's talk about them rails... This was the only frustrating part of the experience, but as you can see from the photos, the rails finally went in! First, we can lengthen the rail guides as shown in the first photo. This allows the rail guides to be mounted to the interior or exterior of the rack (interior would be better). Next, when sliding the chassis onto the rails, the chassis hit against the upper and lower lips of the rail guides and failed to go in. It seemed as if the rail guides were just a tiny bit too close to each other, but with the help of a friend (who is a professional installer), we managed to pull each rail guide slightly outward with our hands (away from the rack), which was sufficient to recess the chassis fully into the rack. The final result is shown in photo 3. I'm really quite happy with the final result: 1. Build quality of the chassis is excellent 2. Every component I wanted to install got installed quite easily 3. Chassis cover is perforated in one corner for the power supply fan vent 4. Fans are quiet (I was afraid that cheap noisy fans would be included, but we got some good fans) 5. Backplane uses mini-SAS SFF-8087, which saves cables and cable clutter 6. Airflow is quite good as long as a low profile CPU fan is installed 7. There is space near the front for two 2.5” SATA SSDs, which I’ve occupied with two 1TB SSDs I’m running TrueNAS Scale on this system with 8 Seagate Exos hard drives in RAIDZ2 and two mirrored 1TB SSDs. TrueNAS Scale has been running flawlessly for over 3 weeks. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent rack equipment *by J***. on May 3, 2026* Pretty good. Rail install is not anywhere as easy as Dell, but that's a titan in the server space. Out of literally every other DIY option, this is much better. Still room for improvement. It's a bit snug and the rails could use a button lock so only one chassis gets tugged out at a time, but maybe I need to play with it a little more. Hope these guys stick around. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome Product *by D***. on October 21, 2025* No idea what people are talking about when it comes to the rail hardware. The rail hardware is just fine if you "don't" over tighten. The screws are stainless steel so if you crank it down, yes it will sctrip the screw threads. You only need to make it snug to connect the rails to the server rack you are using. as for the Drive trays, I've not experienced any issues they slide in and remove decently. There will be a slight snug fit but this is needed to make sure the SAS/SATA drives align properly with the backplane. if you pay attention to how the hardware works, no issues will be had. this case is 100% satisfactory as a great way to add a NAS to any network or a system with redundant storage with a decent motherboard that supports raid or with a raid controller. ## Frequently Bought Together - RackChoice 2U Server case 6Gbps hot swap 8 x3.5 Bays M-ATX/Mini-ITX Depth 21.5" Support ATX PSU, Include Sliding Rail and Minisas to SATA Cables - Noctua NF-A8 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (80mm, Brown) - Noctua NH-L9x65, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler (65mm, Brown) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.uy/products/556287805-2u-server-case-6gbps-hot-swap-8-x3-5-bays](https://www.desertcart.uy/products/556287805-2u-server-case-6gbps-hot-swap-8-x3-5-bays) --- *Product available on Desertcart Uruguay* *Store origin: UY* *Last updated: 2026-05-31*