This solidly constructed steel chassis has 4 individually lockable hot-swap/removable drive bays suitable for either 2.5in or 3.5in hard drives. A further 2.5" bay is available internally. Full height PCI/PCI-Express cards are supported.

The A7979 is functionally identical to the A7879 apart from a different front panel design.

Bays: 4x 2.5/3.5in SATA HDD/SDD in Lockable Hot-Swap/Removable Caddies; 1x Internal 2.5in drive bay (needs additional power cable).

Cooling: 1x 120mm Rear Fan (quiet).

Front Panel: Power Button; Power LED; Each Drive Caddy has Power and Activity Indicators.

Power supply: Internal 200 Watt AC Adapter with quiet 40mm Fan. UK power cord provided as standard. Power connectors: 1x 20/24pin ATX; 1x 12v P4; 2x Molex (to power the 4x drive bays).

Fitting 5 drives: To power a 2.5in drive (usually as a boot drive) use the provided Female Molex to Male Molex & SATA splitter cable inline with a power connector fitting to one of the SATA backplanes. These Molex connectors are tight - but can be removed with care (tip: remove the bottom 2 HDD trays and unscrew the backplane from the front, remove the backplane and gently wiggle till the connector releases).

Measurements: 200mm (W) x 250mm (H) x 298mm (D) (7.9in x 9.84in x 11.73in).
Volume: 14.9 litres

Supported boards: All Embedded (e.g. Atom, Celeron Bay Trail) Mini-ITX boards with ATX connectors; Socket Mini-ITX boards *only* with suitable low profile heatsink fitted such as Akasa 7106HP or K25 (Retail 35W TDP Intel CPUs come with suitable low profile heatsinks).

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