Originally Posted By: Gordon Scott
Originally Posted By: justanoldmuso
Gordon.

Yep rack mounts are grreat like ive seen in big studios.
These start at 1600 bucks.
I would like one but cant justify the expense for the crazy songs i do…

Most of the high-price rackmounts are servers with multiple disc caddies, dual supplies and so on. It's quite feasible to get a reasonably(!) priced rackmount, though I'll agree they're not cheap as such.

There's a pre-built example here in the UK, which isn't bad value and is designed for quiet: https://g2digital.co.uk/products/rack-pc/2u-nano/

I'll probably build my own, though not definitely.

I offer it merely as a thought, rather than "you should do this".

An idea rather than using a rack case is to use an HTPC ITX case. I did that with my current gaming desktop, and using a Fractal Node 202 case it's about 1mm slimmer than 2 rack units, and I can fit a full-size video card, 2x 2.5in SSD's/HDD's, and the motherboard has two M.2 slots. For a studio rack this can sit on a shelf or on top of another piece of gear. The only trick is making everything fit in an 82mm chassis.

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