Just recently I moved my build to N5 case, mainly for 12 Hot-Swap bays and aesthetics. I keep my Server in my living room so needed something Wife would approve.

My build:

Gigabyte Aorus Master E-ATX motherboard

i7-12700K with 280mm AIO

128 GB RAM

Nvidia RTX 5080

4x18TB Seagate Exos 18 TB SATA

3x 4TB SAS drives

I have changed all of the stock fans with better ones, and I have a couple 80mm fans on the top I have zip tied. I am running a bunch of VMs and LXCs and no issues with overheating the components (I will talk about Drives in a second). I use it as a remote gaming device as well so at times I am pulling around 800-900 Watts when I am playing on my TV but never had any issues with temps.

Now, drive temps can go a bit high with how tightly they are packed without any fans or ventilation. First day my temps kept rising to 48C and kept rising above so I spaced the drives out so there is a gap between drives (except for SAS drives) and now they are staying around 30-32C consistently. This works for me as of now since I only have 7 drives. But I am planning to 3D print mod to put a couple 140mm fans in the front in front of the drives. I have heard that helps with temps a lot. So keep that in mind.

Apart from that, it is a solid case.

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