I have both.
Server cases are better.
But they cost more.
The room size means a lot.
The bigger the room the less need for server cases.
Hot massive cards like server cases.
I have a new shelf set up
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|case 1. case 3|
|case 2. L7 case 4|
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|case 5. case 7|
|case 6 L7 case 8|
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|case 9. case 11|
|case 10 L7 case 12|
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|case 13. case 15|
|case 14 L7 case 16|
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foot foot
it does lower maintenance a bit since no case is buried in stack of three or four.
the shelf setup is 90 inches wide and 24 inches deep
three of them allow for
48 cases and 12 L7 Ltc miners
use about 140kwatts for this mine.
when done it will be 270 inches long 24 inches deep and 72 inches tall.
or 22.5 feet by 2 feet by 6 feet
or 7 meters by .6 meter by 1.8 meter note 📝 i rounded to meters in my head i could be off a bit.
Topic: Server cases vs open air frames - page 2. (Read 387 times)
in my opinion the server cases are more beautiful on an aesthetic level but the open cases are much more practical if you have to change / replace some pieces
If we talk about server cases, they require additional maintenance. It is enough to blow air through video cards in open cases, and in closed cases it is necessary to clean or wash the dust filters. Closed cases are much more expensive, so the issue of aesthetics is not always relevant. 
in my opinion the server cases are more beautiful on an aesthetic level but the open cases are much more practical if you have to change / replace some pieces
Server case cools GPUs better than open frame cases also open frame cases are less cheaper than server cases, if you are using AMD GPU or 3090 that are very hot in temp it's better to use a server case for such cards mind you server cases are too overpriced.
I am using open cases the most,even in a riserless motherboard which I got recently where heat is a bit more than in a motherboard that works with risers because here cards stand next to each other adding to the heat.The temperatures are acceptable for me with my weakest card the Rtx 2060 12 GB being a maximum of 55 degree celsius and cards like Rx 6800 Xt,Rtx 3060 ti and Rx 5700 Xt are all under 50 degree celsius or at a maximum of 50 degree when the room temperature is 15-18 degree celsius.
In the end different environments require different setup and cooling and there is no golden rule that this x is better than this y.
In the end different environments require different setup and cooling and there is no golden rule that this x is better than this y.
All depends on your mining room. I have an 100m² room for my 200 GPU´s, so i don´t need any closed cases. We have only 2x 40cm exhaust fans for summer. They start if the room temperature go above 25C slowly and with not making any noise. This 2 fans are enough to bring down room temperature for about 5 - 10C. And in my opinion this is the most important think - bring the warm air out of the room.
We build our own open cases - i work as a design engineer in a sheet metal processing company.
We build our own open cases - i work as a design engineer in a sheet metal processing company.
Are server cases for mining worth it over open airframes? Which one are you usingng and which one is your favorite please tell us why, the only issue I have with server cases is the noise of the fans what about you?.
The cheapest solution is an open case. It can be used for video cards RTX 3050-3070 and analogues, and for RTX 3080-3090 you need to use closed cases, because they provide good cooling.I don't see the point in using the RX 580 in a closed case. It is very expensive.
Server cases can be too noisy because to many cooling fan installed on them, if you have more than two of them around I use open air frame for all my rigs because I can easily remove GPUs or face any troubleshooting compare to server cases that requires opening the case apart.
Are server cases for mining worth it over open airframes? Which one are you usingng and which one is your favorite please tell us why, the only issue I have with server cases is the noise of the fans what about you?.
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