JONSBO N3 Mini-ITX NAS PC Chassis, ITX Computer Case, 8HHD+1-SSDD isk Bays NAS Mini Aluminum with Steel Plate Case, Built-in 2x10cm Fan, Power Support: SFX105mm, Support 130mm CPU Cooler

I need a relatively mid server to as a data backup repository and to power my media server, some tech in my home, plus a few services that I use professionally. Was running off a self-contained NAS for a few years and honestly it just isn't scaling well and we needed more drive bays. Using this case, I built a new server with a high end ITX mobo and a real processor. SO much better! This has some amazing features. The backplane that connects the HDDs works great with the bays. My ONLY complaint is the dang 4-pin molex power connectors on that backplane. Those are old and unnecessary. I had to get adapters so I didn't have to add yet another power cable from my PSU (especially with such tight space inside). Anyway, the trays work great. The rubber screw gromit system is simple and firm. I like it a lot. Only could have been better if it was toolless maybe, though I don't think the 4 screws per drive are bad. There is plenty of space for everything I needed. Love the amount of tiedown points. Cable management was really satisfying. My only other complaint is the top section being secured by 4 hex screws. I feel like now that the system is done and running it won't have to be accessed all that often I guess? Either way I had some anxiety trying to figure out when I finally wanted to close it up. Overall I think this unit is solidly built. Cooling has been totally adequate under load so far as long as you tune the fans well. No complaints about noise either. The included fans are totally fine. Footprint is compact enough to keep tucked away, though cool looking enough to show off to your tech friends.

I'm slightly obsessed with this odd case... I was in the market for many years for a storage dense atx or matx or itx case, I was actually very much trying to find a well build older atx case like an antec that had the old school front hdd mount stack that was commen befor we all went and becase obsessed with putting radiators everywhere and started building graphics cards that are longer than some of our more commen mid tower are long lol, but I apparently have zero luck when it comes to realizing what I need befor there is already a wide demand and I could find an nice antec or equivalent used atx case on the market even as a antiquated full or partial build or I could find any that were appropriately showing the inside of the case, and I'd been eye balling this jonsbo for a while, basicly since it became avalible on Amazon, and yes I had held off for a while because the price, I just assumed it was ur typical pressed sheet metal cheap build that couldn't be water cooled and couldn't bairly be air cooled but has 8x 3.5in bays so we haf to charge and arm an a leg for it... and to be fair to the target market here yes that is what this is so expensive, just go look around at the options and youl see what I'm saying... BUT no this is not just cheap stamped metal it is thick aluminum, I'm sure it's still mostly press formed but wow is it well built, these guys have put together a very compelling product here and knowing what I know now I actually realy love the price for what you get here... just to maybe prove how not full of it I am, I just picked up another one of these just cuz lol, the first one was built out as a very odd build becase I'm insane lol, I put in a am4 asrock pro b550 with a ryzen 7 5700x3d(had a 3600 in it as a temp waiting for this cheaper 5800x3d that was announced last year) and 32gb of ddr4 at 3800mhz and a 4tb m.2 pcie 4.0 nvme ssd for file caching and a simple 500gb sata ssd for the linux install and I put in a dual m.2 pcie 4.0 risser that also passes threw 8x pcie 4.0 lanes to a physical 16x slot and turns a full hight pcie slot into a half height slot(the mounting screws point need to be modified to make this work tho as I found out here, I had no idea after 20years of experience on custem consumer and commercial systems building and servicing that the screw point for the low profile bracket is actualy located on the opposite side as it is on the taller bracket, lol, I can see how I missed that, as why tf would anyone "need" to put a low profile bracket into a full hight slot...) and in that now half hight pcie 4.0 8lane slot I have a low profile rtx 4060 8gb card from gigabyte and on the 2 m.2 slots I have one populated with a m.2 marvel AQC107 10GBps ethernet adapter that works amazingly and in the other slot I haf a m.2 to 6x sata ports adapter to supplement the 4 ports I have on this motherboard, what I did is take 4 of these ports to 4 of my 16tb segate exos helium filled enterprise HDDs and 4 of the ports on this m.2 adapter to the other 4 same drives becase I wanted to build out a array and give myself the best chance of "load balancing" across controler, yes it works fantasticly and the other 2 sata ports on the m.2 are occupied by a esata to sata i/o adapter so I can easly plug in esata devices as needed and the other is used for my target operating system drive, I needed to be able to use pcie bifurcation 8x4x4 and with this board and core I can easly do that, and when that setting isn't set I don't get a booting system so it's kind of self incriminating when it dosnt eventually present itself to the network after remote power up, no kvm necessary lol, I also put in a 850watt true sfx(you can't use sfxl in this case, like I belive you can with the 5bay version, trust me u tried) that systems works so well, I also absolutely do not want my hdd bay fans running at 12v full speed all the time so I paired them with an adapter and ran the non pwm fans to a motherboard fan header so I can controle those via linux depending on the reported temperature of the hdds, and I also added in 2 80mm high quality pwm fans for exhaust and also tucked in another small pwm fan over the m.2 10GB nic to keep it cool, this system works so well I'm absolutely gitty lol, it's not even that powerfull compared to any of my large water cooled gaming rigs BUT I can remote into this "server" from a cheap quad core celeron based few watt mini pc that I also put 10gb nit into and BOOM I'm looking at an aggressively competive linux gaming system without any of noise or heat anywhere near me lol, I build a nice "poor man's swith" into a cheap hp usf system with a quad port 10GBps ethernet adapter also from the marvel product line, I belive its a new in box dell nic I got of ebay for way to cheap and works good enough that I went a purchased another from the seller becase they work much better than all the x540-t2 or t4 or even tbe newer x550 nic iv been testing over the last couple months, and then I was thinking... "I like this case so much, I also have another 8x 8tb HDDs from seagate(I think the are terrascale drives that run fantasticlyrics fast compared to other budget white label drives from them) I also now have a spare cheap sfx non modular psu on hand and I have this spare b450 asrock fatality board that I just pulled from another itx 4bay server that was also equipped with 32gb of ddr4 and has a ryzen 7 4750GE 35watt chip and low profile cooler, and I can get another of those m.2 rissers(why thay are so cheap is beyond me, I only paid $17 each for these for 2 of them now) and the 6ports sata m.2 adapter was only about $30 seriously... so ya I'm going to build another system in this case that is a bit less crazy that will focus on low power consumption and always on functions and will replace or supplement my cheap poor man's 10Gig switch and will also have a substantial amount of local storage but just the basic Vega graphics of that core which is fine becase I will probably run alpine on this "swich/archival target" with only local ssh access and no remote desktop and I will be tuning down everything except the nics to be low power with he help of underclocking and spinning down drives and tunning down fsns... ya I think iv made my point... lol... it's a solid case option, perfect for the homelab or nas, iv also had a flood of my enterprise clients requesting I build them a storage solution in this case so I will likely be aqureing a substantial percentage of the supply of these and who knows how long this maybe limited product will be on the market so if you catch it on sale for the $200 or less regular price point shaped just get it, you wount like how challenging it is to build a complex system in but you will feel away once your done and admiring your wierd acsentric pc lol

Bought this to build a NAS running Unraid since an 8 bay NAS from Synology was far more expensive than just building my own. It is a small for factor case so if you're not used to building in ITX cases it can be a bit cramped, but more than doable. The manual isn't very helpful when installing the PSU so pay attention to how and when you route the power cable. The only downside of this case I have found are the stock fans. They are super loud so if you have this case on your desk, or in an area in your house you'll hear the fans all the time. The stock fans are 100mm according to Jonsbo. I was able to replace them with a pair of Noctua 92mm fans. They mount just fine and the included fan grills work as well. Using the low noise adapters that come with the Noctua fans they are barely audible. Chances are your HDDs are louder. Max temps I see on the drives are never past 28c, which is ideal! Love this case and as of now if really seems to be best and smallest form factor case that also supports 8 HDDs AND a spot for an SSD cache. Loving the setup and my wallet is happy I went this route instead of the Synology setup I was looking at.

Finding a SFF case for a DIY NAS isn’t as easy as I thought it’d be when I decided to build my own instead of buying something like a Synology. There are really only a few options and this one was by far the most aesthetic, in my opinion. That said, it took way more planning than any build I’ve attempted in the past. ITX is not ideal for large storage options due to limited SATA ports as well as a single PCI-E slot on the vast majority of ITX motherboards. Because of this, you really need to plan your build around your priorities and be willing to make some sacrifices. For example, I had to really hunt for a motherboard that had onboard 10GBE as well as enough SATA ports for 8 drives to run at full capacity without sacrificing the NVME or PCI-E slots. I found exactly 1 lol. Regardless, once you do nail down your plans, this is a great case that allows you to slam a decently sized GPU and CPU cooler in it without too much hassle (RTX 3050 and Noctua NH-U9S is what I’m running with room to spare). That said, I’m knocking a star off for 2 reasons: 1) I *hate* the rubber handles on the HDD drives. They’re sloppy and loose and make it an absolute chore to get your drives out 2) The PSU you can use is very restrictive. I went with a Corsair SF750 only after realizing the SF850 (which is cheaper and more readily available) was a few mm too long. This is because it’s mounted very oddly in the case that forces you to run an extension cable out the back rather than plugging in directly to the PSU. Consequently, this means you can’t access the power switch directly when the case is buttoned up. It’s pretty annoying when first building and testing but not as bad once you’re ready to set it and forget it. All and all I do recommend this to anyone looking for a good looking SFF NAS. Just be ready for its quirks.

I’m very happy with my purchase. This case was a nice upgrade from my Fractal Node 304 case which I’ve had for many years. Much easier to access and replace failed drives due to it dedicated drive bay compartment. It has a capacity to accommodate 8 drives so I can expand my array in the future. It sturdy and has a smaller footprint than the Fractal Node 304. My only complaint which other reviewers have mentioned is the stock fans are noisy. Compared to the Fractal Node, they are like mini industrial fans. Overtime you get used to it and it becomes white noise in the background. But initially the noise is very noticeable

Awesome for a NAS build. A bit harder to build in than your typical case, but well worth it for the final outcome. A bit loud with the stock fans, but they can be replaced without too much hassle. Even with only the stock fans, it keeps all hdds at reasonable temps. The one improvement I would like to see in future generations is a better "holder" for the individual hdds, instead of the rubber grommets used to slide the drives in.

Frustratingly nearly perfect for a DIY homelab build. Slightly big to account for the amount of drives, but getting a similar, smaller prebuilt is gonna cost you, and leave a lot of performance on the table if you want to do anything besides a NAS. That said, if you just want file storage I think this is overkill, and the math for purchasing a pre build gets more attractive unless you really scrape around for some good deals on hardware in the Goldilocks zone of age vs performance. Have to do your research to make sure everything fits both the case itself and your use case, but if you do it’s great. Great airflow design for thermals, but my one nitpick is that this thing is LOUD. I read this in reviews before purchasing, so I thought I would prepare by replacing stock fans with Noctuas, but what I didn’t realize is that the HDD case fans connect to the included backplane, instead of the motherboard, and default to FULL SPEED at all times. No PWM, just straight gas. Even with Noctuas that is a huge amount of noise. I’m currently waiting on a fan controller to connect all case fans to the motherboard instead, which should hopefully solve this issue, but it’s just more time and money spent on an already long and expensive build. Second nitpick is again backplane related, it takes two MOLEX connections and a SATA power cable, and is located far away from the PSU. I managed to connect the SATA and one MOLEX, but couldn’t reach the second MOLEX connection, and don’t know how anyone realistically could. So again I ordered a part to fix it. MOLEX extender came in today, gonna try to get it working after I write this. Not expensive or a deal breaker, but another small PIA keeping me from making progress for a few days. Last nitpick is related to the two above. This is a budget focused Chinese product. I’m maybe the most positively biased of anyone I know about Chinese manufacturing, so don’t take this the wrong way, but especially in regards to documentation this is very rough around the edges. It gives you a pretty basic manual that really just shows you the basic steps of building a computer with a diagram of the case in the background. It’ll tell you which screws to use, and the right order to put it together, and that’s about it. If this were a simpler case I don’t think I would care, but it’s not. The included backplane and HDD bay is what separates this from any other case, and it gives no clear instructions or really any details about it besides how to plug it in. When troubleshooting the MOLEX connections I came across forums of people debating why the SATA power connection is there in the first place, to no real conclusion. I don’t love the idea of having a black box PCB in my computer, and I really don’t like having to go out of my way spending more time and money to get it working without any guidance from the manufacturer. At this point it should be clear that the type of build this case is right for requires a DIY attitude, a moderate level of technical experience, and a lot of patience, time, and research. I’m disappointed by how little effort went into communication from the manufacturer. This is a fairly unique product, but for its category there isn’t much beating it on price or quality. If they had put a little more polish into it this would be a 5 star review, but as it is this is hard to recommend without a lot of caveats. But to be nice, I do think the build quality and (most of) the design is really nice especially for the price point and the hang ups are mostly manageable by the kind of person who would want this case in the first place. Just do your research!

This is very compact case to hold 8 HDs in the bay, another HD next to the motherboard and another SSD next to the motherboard. Running UnRaid with 10 disks including cash SSD and 2 parity disks. Very quite, even though it is in the basement. Easy to work with. No sharp edges, comes with tons of screws. Everything fits very nicely.

Excellent boîtier, utilisé pour monter un nas unraid, avec 8 hdd et 3 M2. Il est petit mais très bien conçu, place importante pour le câble management

Package arrived undamaged and contained all the items identified on the product page. TLDR: Loving this NAS, larger form-factor but easier to populate with good components. Lots of air circulation and it has room for 8 drives! This journey started because I needed to replace an older NAS that has been out of support and security updates for quite some time. It still worked for my needs but thought it was time. I initially went to a pre-configured NAS box that all I had to do was install the drives and be done but I had so many problems just getting the NAS up and running I returned that POS and decided to build one myself. I priced out all the parts and with having some older components already I ended up saving money and getting a much better system in the end. The box is a larger form factor for a NAS so you may want to take a close look at the dimensions to make sure you're ok with it. I am happy it is as big as it is because it's easier for me to get all the components in it I want. There is lots of room for an ITX board, SFX PSU and you still have slots for 2 cards. There are 2 fans in the lower section where all the drives are and there is space for two more fans in the upper section. I haven't added any fans to the upper section yet, it is surrounded on 3 sides with louvered vents so it stays pretty cool for now. I don't see needed those two fans right now but i like having the option. The existing two fans are a bit loud but not unbearable, my home heating air vents are louder so it's not an issue for me. It will eventually go in a server room anyway. The drive bays were a bit of a surprise, the plugs are hot-swappable, which is great, but I have found I rarely have to sap them so I haven't really needed this function, but you add these rubber grommets to the screw hole on each hdd (4 in total) and those grommets fit into a metal groove top and bottom of the drive bay. Its a little awkward pushing the drive in all the way and has more friction than I am use to but it does work and the benefit is those rubber grommets serve as shock absorbers. So since I rarely ever swap drives I think this will work ok, I just hope those rubber grommets don't deteriorate and cause the drive to become unbalanced. Not much going on for the front display, just a power button, power light and drive light where you've added a drive. I only have 4 in it right now but love that this is an 8 drive case and overall (not included the parts I already had) cost me quite a bit less than the other pre-configured unit would have cost me. Very happy.

Caja perfecta para NAS. Vino un poco arañada y no fui capaz de que me realizaran el cambio pero en si el producto funciona perfecto

Die Verarbeitung ist grundsolide und alles ist gut entgratet. Insgesamt auch gut durchdacht. Allerdings gibt es die eine oder andere zweifelhafte Designentscheidung: - Die Montage des Netzteils erfordert einen extrem langen Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher (Phillips) - mindestens 16 cm Schaftlänge, mehr ist besser. Selbst in meiner doch recht umfangreichen Schraubendreherkollektion fand sich kein passender. - Die obere Gehäuseschale wird mit Inbus-Schrauben (aka Allen key - nicht wie in einer Rezension hier behauptet Torx) befestigt, der ganze Rest mit Phillips-Schrauben. Ein entsprechender Schlüssel liegt allerdings bei. - Die Frontplatte vor den Festplatten wird magnetisch gehalten. Das funktioniert zwar recht gut, erschwert allerdings etwas das Lagern der überzähligen Festplattengriffe im Festplattenraum, da diese gerne gegen die Front drücken. - Die Festplatten werden mit Gummiführungen gehalten. Das funktioniert sogar extrem gut - allerdings frage ich mich, wie viele Festplattenwechsel die mitmachen. Höchstwahrscheinlich mehr als jemals erforderlich, aber ein paar mehr Ersatzführungen wären trotzdem nicht verkehrt gewesen. Die Lüfter sind zwar alles andere als leise, aber auch nicht so furchtbar laut, wie hier einige Rezensionen vermuten lassen (allerdings definitiv nichts für den Wohn- oder Schlafbereich). Da 92 mm Standardmaß (nicht 80 mm wie in der Artikelbeschreibung) aber gut austauschbar. Insgesamt immer noch das vermutlich beste ITX-Gehäuse mit 8 Festplatten-Bays auf dem Markt. Würde gerne 4,5 von 5 Sternen vergeben, aber das geht ja leider nicht ;-)

El producto es excelente para armar tu NAS. El interior viene bien protegido. El único inconveniente suele ser el tiempo de envío, en mi caso fue de 2 meses.