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Other than the case above, I don't know of any cases with 8 outward-facing 3.5" bays.

Corsair Obsidian and Carbide cases have 6 outward-facing, excluding the 200 and 300 series. You could mount two drives in the foward-facing 5.25" drive bays.
 
Primary System
GA-Z77X-UP5-TH |  i7 3770K |  GeForce GTX 670
Main System
GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 |  i7 2600K |  Radeon HD 6870
This is my final list, I'm purchasing tonight, so if anyone notices any pitfalls please let me know ASAP! For reference, I updated the processor and the case.

Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 AMD CrossFireX/NVIDIA SLI Dual LAN Dual UEFI BIOS ATX Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R21JK4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

Intel Core i7-3770 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SZ0EHE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TG8QRW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006EKJCWM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

Corsair Professional Series* HX 650 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Gold
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0090I9VX0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile SATA / SAS Controller Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115100

HighPoint Int-MS-1M4S SFF-8087 to 4 SATA Fan Out Cable - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115064

8x Seagate Barracuda 7200 3 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1359134763&sr=1-1&keywords=3tb+hard+drive

Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Midtower Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352024
 
I don't consider myself an expert on RAID - I've used 0/1/5 in various situations and I'm planning on adding one to my build soon so I've been doing a good amount of reading.

I see a lot of warnings against RAID 5 due to the increased chance of rebuild errors as storage capacities increase (should a drive fail). I'm not here to judge, but if you haven't done a good amount of homework comparing RAID 5 to RAID 10, I'd recommend it. Personally after all the reading I've done on the subject in the last few weeks, when I saw you planning to do 20TB RAID 5, I panicked a little envisioning the anxiety of losing that much data due to a rebuild error.

Other than that, it looks like an absolutely fantastic build.

Best of luck!
 
Interesting thoughts on the RAID 5. I hadn't ever heard the reliability issues before. My primary reason for RAID 5 over 10 is the available space. On an 8x3tb array I get almost 20tb usable in RAID 5 but only 12tb on a RAID 10.

Still, it's definitely worth doing more research. Thanks for the tip! Drive costs just dropped last night, I'm ordering everything!
 
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