V3D 8-GPU Mining Case Aluminum Stackable Mining Rig Open Air Frame Case with Fan Mount - Ethereum(ETH,ETC)/ZCash(ZEC)/Monero(XMR)/Bitcoin(BTC)/Siacoin(SC)

I've purchased four of these units and can honestly say they are no harder to assemble than any piece of ikea furniture. Sure the font on the drawings is a bit small, but lay the pieces out on the floor first and it should take less than 30-40 minutes to have it ready to populate. Its a great chassis to mount you mining unit.I purchased separately some slotted duct from an electrical supplier, painted it black and ran it the length of the frame to accommodate all the cabling. It looks great and keeps all the cabling out of the way of the fan maintaining hi airflow.I

Very high quality (albeit expensive) mining case. Arrived quickly. Took considerably longer than advertised to assemble. Instructions and hardware were solid. Finished product is beautiful. Lots of room to run clean wires, multiple PSU.

Documentation has very small print which makes it difficult to read. Structure is strong... nice fan assembly.

Even with the instructions and YouTube videos, there was one part early on, the corner pieces at the bottom, where I was really struggling to understand it. But I kept looking at the pieces and thinking about it and rewatching the relevant parts of the videos. I finally understood it, and after understanding it I really don't like how it was designed. That was the easy part. Getting it to come together in the intended way is extremely difficult. I still have not succeeded yet. If you don't get this part just right the entire bottom and sides of the case can fall apart at any moment and with any movement or weight shifts or pressure. What is funny is even the image of the case on the product page doesn't show these pieces attached. I can't tell if that is a real photo or CG. If it's a real photo is seems indicate even they could not assemble it properly to photograph it. If it's a design CG image, it could indicate this is part of the design they didn't realize they would need until they built it, and then they just tacked on this stupid thing to get it to come together instead of actually designing it well.

On assembly I found a motherboard standoff would not fit because the hole in the frame (part number FS 05 right side) was not threaded. I have contacted the manufacturer for a replacement and will update review accordingly. Also as mentioned in another review, no washers were provided for the MB standoff screws. Otherwise it seems like a quality product made of very sturdy machined aluminum and should work fine. Plenty of space for wiring on the V3 8 Bay Deluxe. I like the rigid fan frames/cross braces on the Deluxe model, as opposed to the plastic connectors on the less expensive model. Assembly, to me, wasn't as bad as some reviews state. I would recommend putting all the small hardware shipped in ziplock bags in a bowl or a tray in their ziplock bags during assembly to prevent any dropped parts. I took my time during assembly and prefitted everything and had no major problems other than the one unthreaded MB standoff.

I read the other reviews and decided to take a chance. Yes, there's still a bit of frustration in the assembly instructions. I'd say the most important thing to understand is the asymmetrical nature of the rails. In particular, the holes for the motherboard with respect to front/back. Even though I'm an engineer, I did have to unassemble and flip parts twice. There's really no info on the fan and PSU assembly. I ended up using the thumb screws for the PSU. Also, I bought three-wire fans and a small hub to connect them together. See photos.There's no way to assemble this in 15 minutes. Order a set of metric allen/hex drivers and use a drill to put this together. Since I didn't have metric, I sawed off a piece of one of the provided wrenches and used it in my drill chuck...You will also need washers to mount the graphics cards to the rail. See photo. Finally, really short cards will need some sort of extension. I 3d printed a bracket to support my smallest card.

Directions were well put together, but the font was a little small. The rig was fairly easy to put together, and there was plenty of extra hardware. It took maybe an hour to assemble the frame.

The worst GPU frame you could ever design.Absolute waste.Its not worth the hefty money.Fixing the corners of the rig is a nightmare.Already packing it back to return this.corners come off as shown in the picture.Very delicate,cheap build.