It's no secret that you can make a Raspberry Pi NAS. We've written guides on the topic before, and we've even covered the common mistakes newcomers should avoid while setting one up. However, if you're building a NAS, you'll want a high-quality case to accompany it. That way, you'll have an enclosure for the board and your drives, keeping the dust out.

Raspberry Pi NAS cases are also fairly standard, and you can either purchase one or 3D print your own. However, one of my favorite Raspberry Pi case designers, Pironman, is releasing a NAS case for the Raspberry Pi in the near future, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't look absolutely stunning.

The Pironman 5 NAS lets you comfortably create a Raspberry Pi 5 NAS with two drives

Interestingly, this new product doesn't come to us via Pironman itself. Michael Klements over on The DIY Life managed to snag a beta version of the product, and they showed it off with both a written review and the video linked above.

Honestly, given how quiet Pironman has been about the topic, you could easily suspect that Michael had just invented this themselves. Fortunately, Liliputing spotted documentation and an assembly guide for the Pironman 5 NAS, which confirms that it's a real product in development.

Here are some of the details Pironman lists in the documentation:

Dual Network Ports: Built-in 2.5G Ethernet port and the Raspberry Pi’s native Gigabit Ethernet, offering high-speed data transfer and better network performance.

Dual Drive Bays with RAID Support: Supports two 3.5” or 2.5” SATA drives and allows software RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration for flexible storage capacity and data redundancy.

Efficient Cooling System: Equipped with a large 90mm fan for effective, quiet cooling of the entire system.

Pironman also added an OLED screen to the case, which gives you a quick peek into how your NAS is performing. Additionally, the case converts the Pi's micro HDMI port to a standard one and places one of the USB ports at the front for ease of use. Sounds like an excellent NAS case to me.

As the case is still a work in progress, there are no sales links available, and the price has not been finalized. However, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for an official announcement when the Pironman 5 NAS is ready for purchase. In the meantime, why not check out the coolest Pi case to ever exist, the Pironman 5-Max?