I need a 5.25 inch bay fan controller/2.5 inch drive mount for at least 2 drives. Anyone know of one?

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It's all in the description. Ideally a fan controller that at least handles 3 pin fans and also a 2.5 drive bay that can handle 2 drives. I cannot find one anywhere and I have a really specific vision of what I want. Also, it really kind of needs to be black or at least black on the outside. Thanks so much.
 
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That's pretty niche, to be honest. Only options that occur to me are:

- fit dual 2.5 bay in the 5.25, and if you have one spare PCI bracket at the back use something like this http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=42

- find a fan controller for a 5.25 bay that also has space within it to mount a 3.25 drive, and install the caddy I linked to above. (I looked, but couldn't find anything.)

- Get the caddy I linked to above, a 5.25 to 3.25 adapter and then do some DIY to add fan controls using the free space down the sides of the adapter.
On the second item, not quite sure what you mean. How can a single 2.5" drive bay hold two drives? Do you mean something like this (holds two 2.5" drives in a 3.5" bay)? http://www.quietpc.com/nof-ssd-caddy - if you need to install it in a 5.25" bay you can use an adapter.

On the first item, you shouldn't have any trouble finding such controllers - here are three from the same site:
http://www.quietpc.com/kaze-master-ii-bk
http://www.quietpc.com/gelid-speedtouch6
http://www.quietpc.com/kaze-master-flat-ii
 

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Here's the thing I have a Cooler Master Elite 130. The 5.25" bay can readily accommodate two 2.5" drives. Which I would like to do but I also want a fan controller for my two radiator fans, case fan and pump. Currently I have a 3.5" drive and a bunch of cabling crammed in there but that is subject to change as soon as I find a better solution.
 
That's pretty niche, to be honest. Only options that occur to me are:

- fit dual 2.5 bay in the 5.25, and if you have one spare PCI bracket at the back use something like this http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=42

- find a fan controller for a 5.25 bay that also has space within it to mount a 3.25 drive, and install the caddy I linked to above. (I looked, but couldn't find anything.)

- Get the caddy I linked to above, a 5.25 to 3.25 adapter and then do some DIY to add fan controls using the free space down the sides of the adapter.
 
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