Part is the heat build up. The current one has all the lights because of the fans I have running in it. I also want to do 5-7 drives. I currently have 1.5T of data and I want enough room for expansion as more media is digital. I am also going to use the server as a back for the other machines in the house which would include (right now) the HTPC, home, 2 laptops and posibly a niece who is coming down here for college. I figure we will have one tower in her guest room and she will probably have a laptop.

Also since I will be doing ripping (from old disks in my collection) and video work I will need to have room for a huge video card. That will also add some major heat. When ripping I use to watch the heat fly up. Same with the CPU & GPU usage. The current system has 8 fans. On the server I would like to go to water cooling to cut down on noise but also to improve cooling. Also looks really cool. The case is very low profile so anything outside the H70 probably wouldn't fit.

On the case for hotswap I am drooling over -



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-YT11-133-188



Jim