I'm contemplating doing a rebuild of my plex server and would like to simplify my storage solution. Any recommendations for a case that includes a hot-swap backplane for 10-12 HDDs? It can be big and ugly but I'd like to keep it under $200 if possible. Also I'll need an internal SATA expansion card too so a recommendation there would be appreciated (6 port).

Current hardware:

The plan is to have the 8TB drives in a mergerfs + snapraid pool. I would also consider selling the CPU, mobo and GPU and switching to Intel QSV solution too which might be easier.

Edit1: Silverstone CS380B looks perfect but prices have gone waaayyy up. Was less than $140 a few years ago.

Edit2: Found a couple of others meeting the size and HDD slots requirements but without the backplane which is not such a huge deal as they have good cable management.

  1. Phanteks Enthoo Pro PH-ES614P, $140 on Amz but its been much lower. 6x 3.5" HDD bays and 3x 5.25" bays so 3-5 more drives with various adapters.

  2. Fractal Node 804, same as above in that it has no backplane but it looks like there's tons of room in there and supports 10x 3.5" without any extra hardware.

Edit2: Just in case anyone finds this, I ended up with a great and economical solution that is working well.