Hi,
I am looking to buy a cabinet that can hold 12 3.5" hard drives and can fit 240mm AIO preferably on top. I have my eyes on Ant Esports Vanguard and waiting for it to go on some kind of sale.
I would appreciate if someone can suggest some other alternatives as well.
No other alternative unless you go for Fractal Design Define 7 which comes with 6 inbuilt hdd trays with provision to add 8 more hdd trays (sold separately) but all this will cost you much more than Vanguard.
Yeah, the Vanguard is the most economical one.
I have a Corsair 600T limited white edition cabinet, I used it as a NAS, but now that I have shifted out of the house, it is lying without use at home, let me know if u are interested, it has space for 12 and 4 or 5 more but have to buy a caddy or something for that
ps. don’t know about the aio, that you will have to check if this cabinet can fit it or not sorry
This case looks interesting. I can 3d print the caddy at home. Let me search more about this case. I will DM you.
Cheapest option will be cooler master force 500. But its not a good looking cabinet.
just bumped into this one looks interesting
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0DJ73P5G9/ref=twister_B0DJ79WVKG?_encoding=UTF8&th=1
I took it into consideration, but it does not suit my needs. It can at max host 7-8 HDDs and with 240mm AIO put on right side, I am not sure if it can even fit everything properly but at 3K it does look enticing. Maybe in Nehru Place I can get it for even cheaper. I need to fit in a Deepcool DQ1000M-V3L PSU, Asus Z170A PC Mate, 240mm AIO, GTX 1080 and at least 10 Hard Drives. I doubt legendary CMF500 can handle it.
It does look interesting, but it comes at a cost higher than Vanguard without giving me additional benefits.
Its already cheap for 7kish
oh wow !! thanks, that’s a good deal. I am waiting for Amazon Prime Day, it may go lower. Lowest it went to is 5.5K, 
I’ve been looking at this cabinet for a few years:
It’s a special edition lian li with 5.25" bays in the front that can accept 3.5" drive cages.
@codwapeace see above, discourse has better link previews and shows pricing!
Wont go..amazon sale is a fluke and i have observed that only ssds and basic stuff gets some discount and not these biggies!
Oh wow, great find. Thank you !! Apart from being red, it’s perfect 
I messaged them, they said if I do an offline pickup, they can get me at 7K. interesting.
Well, I will be going to Nehru Place on 12th anyhow.. will check Amazon first. I have small hope, but let’s see
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@N-TEch.11 It went on sale … not much .. but still
Well I went to Nehru Place to get RTX 3060 and CPU/MoBo combo but got this beast of a cabinet hidden in one of the shop. It’s Cooler Master Cosmos and I paid like ₹6,000 for this one.
It’s huge bigger than any cabinet I’ve seen
which shop was it man? I might try my luck there too. looking for similar.
Suraj Technologies, 3rd Floor Dohil Chamber
Also, I got Ant E-sports Vanguard for my cousin … it’s ok too just for the sheer capacity of holding 13 drives.
I was able to see Cooler Master Cosmos 2 SE can fit 24 drives.. if that’s what we need it to do 
There is also a 25th Anniversary edition, I love the look .. if you can find it .. I might re-paint mine some day…
I think removable cages and hdd trays is something vanguard is missing. Thanks for the tip. Will try to visit nehru place this weekend.
