New UCTRONICS PI Rack

Nice! I like the full enclosure, can you can add extra fans to exhaust the enclosure?

I have the rack pictured below with 4xPi4(8G) with POE hats, looks nice, but even open air is not enough for cooling in my server cabinet, there is no passthru from front to rear, so it just recirculates warm/hot air in the cabinet. I have to use a big fan blowing from behind to keep things cool. And no SSD mount on this one.

That’s was my concern as the case looks sealed. They said you can still fit fans on them but idk if it has any open venting or not. I plan to order one and if it’s closed up I’ll drill out some gold to get air moving within the rack. I have fans for the whole rack as well that will keep it circulating. Shall see.

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Not very feasible if you don't own the Pi's already though

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Yea they are pricy now if you can find them. I got some a little while back and just been waiting until I finish up the rack to play with them. I want to use ssd’s to boot from and some extra storage but still learning stuff.

Yea at the price you'd pay for the 4 Pi's plus that rack mount, you can get a pretty damn good server instead.

Of course it'll be more power hungry and louder then the Pi's, but it's going in a rack anyway

NOLAGT - Hope that's an older picture!!! Unless you still haven't put all the screws in from your last update!!

But Uctronics has another 5 pi model on their website, looks to allow for even more ventilation and the larger OLED displays (like my older rack). Can't find it anywhere but on their website. I have dealt with them directly for things like updated POE hats and displays, pretty responsive.



A bit more expensive, but I think I will upgrade this fall. product link