Hey everyone,
You guys have been awesome with helping me upgrade my HTPC. So I am upgrading my CM 120 Advanced to the new 130 Ultra because it supports water cooling. The only problem is there aren't enough 3.5" HDD bays for my current set up. I have a bluray drive, an SSD (OS), and three 4TB HDDs. So my idea was to buy a HDD bracket (see link) and mount it to the bottom of the inside of the case using an L bracket (see second link). I've been searching for a triple HDD bracket instead of a dual HDD bracket but no luck. There seems to be enough room to do this from the images I've seen online (see third link). Does anyone know of a better route or of a bracket that could support up to three HDDs? You help is much appreciated!
HDD Bracket: http://www.logicsupply.com/components/accessories/mounting-hardware/akhdr-mk15x/
L-bracket: http://store.velo-orange.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/750x750/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/v/o/vo_single_hole_l-bracket-2.jpg
CM 130 bottom HDD placement: http://benchmarkreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cooler_master_elite_130_drives_installed.jpg
My specs with all the new upgrades:
ASUS Z87I-Deluxe Motherboard
Cooler Master Elite 130 Ultra
Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooler
EVGA 600B 600W PSU
Gygabite GTX 770 4GB Overclocked
Intel i5-4670K 3.4GHz CPU (Overclocked to 4.6 if I can keep it cool enough)
Kingston HyperX DDR3 8 GB
LG UH12NS30 Bluray Drive
Seagate 600 Series 240GB SSD (OS)
3 x Seagate Expansion 4 TB
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
You guys have been awesome with helping me upgrade my HTPC. So I am upgrading my CM 120 Advanced to the new 130 Ultra because it supports water cooling. The only problem is there aren't enough 3.5" HDD bays for my current set up. I have a bluray drive, an SSD (OS), and three 4TB HDDs. So my idea was to buy a HDD bracket (see link) and mount it to the bottom of the inside of the case using an L bracket (see second link). I've been searching for a triple HDD bracket instead of a dual HDD bracket but no luck. There seems to be enough room to do this from the images I've seen online (see third link). Does anyone know of a better route or of a bracket that could support up to three HDDs? You help is much appreciated!
HDD Bracket: http://www.logicsupply.com/components/accessories/mounting-hardware/akhdr-mk15x/
L-bracket: http://store.velo-orange.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/750x750/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/v/o/vo_single_hole_l-bracket-2.jpg
CM 130 bottom HDD placement: http://benchmarkreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cooler_master_elite_130_drives_installed.jpg
My specs with all the new upgrades:
ASUS Z87I-Deluxe Motherboard
Cooler Master Elite 130 Ultra
Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooler
EVGA 600B 600W PSU
Gygabite GTX 770 4GB Overclocked
Intel i5-4670K 3.4GHz CPU (Overclocked to 4.6 if I can keep it cool enough)
Kingston HyperX DDR3 8 GB
LG UH12NS30 Bluray Drive
Seagate 600 Series 240GB SSD (OS)
3 x Seagate Expansion 4 TB
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit