Move my harddrive for better airflow in fractal design r4 black pearl case

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Tomteblosset

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Can i move my harddrive to the lower HDD Cage in my case and then remove the upper HDD Cage for better airflow and use a new cable that comes from my psu?. I currently use a cable that powers both my harddrive and cd/dwd writer. Would it work if i let the old cable power the cd/dwd driver and i use a new one to power the harddrive after i moved it? Grateful for good awnsers

OS: Windows 10

Screen: AOC 24" LED E2461FWH

Chassi: Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl

Motherboard: ASUS B85M-G, Socket-1150

Psu: Corsair CX 500W PSU

Processor: Intel Core i5-4440

Graphiccard: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5

Ram memories: 2x kingston HyperX Genesis 4GB DDR3

Dvd writer: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB

Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda® 1TB

Fans: one original chassi fan: 140mm Silent Series R2 fan, 1000 RPM
and two Cooler Master SickleFlow 120mm Blue LED fans



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Forget the above response. Yes remove the center drive bay that is the first thing I do with that case your hard drive will be just fine hanging out in the lower bay.
You can move one of the 120mm to the front as intake in the lower mounting spot if you wish (I would do this anyhow to help balance the airflow)
With what you have listed I would remove the center drive bay, keep the original fans in the original spots, put one 120mm in the front blowing in below the original 140mm, and the other 120mm you added in the top back blowing out.
EDIT just seen your using LED's for the 120mm's you can mount both original 140mm in the front blowing in and the 120mm LED's in the back and top back blowing out if your using them to light up the case.
 
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The only problem is that the current harddrive cable wont reach to the lower hdd cage so i have to use another one that comes from my psu and let the current calbe still power cd/dwd writer.. Could i do that without any problems? if i know that is safe i will move it 2day and power it with a new calbe that is allready drawn from psu.

 
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