In deep with the Sliger CX4712 Server 4U NAS Case

What is your preferred chassis? How does this stack up?

Tiberian Sun music!

Those drives having zero vibration dampening is a major design flaw.

Are the rails in this video the general model or the promark? thanks!

Came for the breakdown/review...subbed for the RA music

What server rack and rails are you using?

I’m looking at a star tech open rack but apparently because of the dimensions/spacing post to post the sliger rails don’t fit (star tech spacing is 450mm, where as the sliger rails require 450.85mm)

Great video! Currently between this and the HL15; I'm probably leaning towards the HL15 as it'll be my first (and primary) rack mount but I could see myself getting this as a secondary rack mount case.

I've had this case for about 6 months now. It looks like they may have changed the rails a bit from when I purchased. My rails don't actually fit in my rack, but it's a pretty cheap rack, so that might be why. Still pretty annoying that I have a rack mount chassis finally and I can't actually service it in the rack. And it's an incredible bummer that they don't even have an option for a filter on the front. What a mess the lack of a filter screen creates. I can't say I noticed any noise from the hard drives vibrating. But that's what the server closet is for.

I like the case but my only gripe is I would have to give up idrac to use it. Also worth noting that the motherboard tray tends to get easier to take out once it has been done a few times. I am not sure if it is residue from the manufacturing process that makes it tough or their tolerances are so good that the metal has to wear down a little to loosen up the fit.

They should also work on their clearances. You shouldn't have to whip out a hammer to slide the tray off!

I only give this case a 6/10. Added a custom printed TPE drive sleeve to solve the rattling. Btw, killed 3 in 3 months, Seagate toasted my warranty on my remaining 7 drives. Even with 10 drives, you will struggle to saturate a 10 G connection. The issue is you can't plug a SAS Drive into the front. I didn't buy with intention for that but wanted to let others know. It's a great budget case, but its not perfect. That said, the fact you can do 10 drives and a 360 AIO is amazing. They need to add rubber grommets and an optional SAS backplane to be the end all be it all for a 4U AIO 10 drives in a server case.

does the power come through those breakout cables or do you have to connect a wire to the back of it to power it?

that tiberian sun sound track !!!

I'm about to order one of these for my proxmox server (which will be running a truenas VM, thus wanting the disk bays). I've worked with some other Sliger cases in the past and they have all been really nice to work in so I'm looking forward to it. The one thing I'd really like to see is a proper backplane, even if that added another $100 to the price.

The lack of drive fasteners with rubberized dampeneing material make this an absolute no-go for anyone concerned with vibration issues. Also, I'd personally like to see more fans, especially in the front to keep the drives cool. This death trap is a drive killer. Such a shame, because the rest wasn't too shabby. Although, it's very cheaply made with very little consideration given for sharp edges and smooth operation of joints. It's like the el cheapo crap you find on Ali Express. It's really not a very nice chassis.

I think some of the Rosewill 4U cases offer a lot more than this chassis especially when it comes to more drive mounts.

Red alert music!

Caddy-less is definitely cheaper, and the cooling is better - but you need those 4 studs & screwdriver. There are neater solutions. Vibration is not a big issue with 'only' 4 or 8 drives .... once you have 24+, 60 or 100 in a 4U that's different

I have this case but one of the passthrough to hdd is busted and I need to fix it.

But other than that I’m very happy. Only thing I’d like to see as an option in the future is a backplane that maybe just plugs into those passthroughs for a little less cable clutter and making it easier to also have more plugs for SSD cages

Well done!

This is a fine rack mount workstation chassis. It would be great for a high-performance workstation to host an open source LLM. In fact, when I start gathering parts for mine, its going in this Sliger chassis. I do however have one issue. With a file server use case in mind, 4U is too much vertical space for a box that only holds ten drives. My InterTECH 4420 has TWENTY 3.5-inch drive bays and was the same price as this Sliger. Remember I'm not knocking Sliger. THEY MAKE GREAT RACKMOUNT WORKSTATION CHASSIS, and I'm about to buy this one. It just misses the mark as a 4U server chassis.

AYY EYE OUH

it needs a nice amd beast inside !

I’m a huge fan of Sliger. I have my desktop rack mounted in a 4200e as well as a virtualization server in a 4150a.

Interesting case. May be worth picking up when I need to add more storage.