Cases, Harddisks, Internal, External ?

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Hi,

I am looking for a case which can mount the following items:

4x Sata II harddisks:

Hitachi Desktstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II (HDS725050KLA360 )

1x IDE optical drive:

CD/DVD Rewriter: Plextor PX-740A 16 x, 4 x, 16 x, White, Retail

And optionally

2x IDE harddisks:

IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 14 GXP
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250

When I look at case descriptions I find it rather confusing:

"
Dimensions: Height: 415 mm Width: 200 mm Depth: 480 mm Free space for
drives: 4 x 5,25" external (1 x tilting door) 2 x 3,5" external 4 x 3,5"
internal Connections front panel: 2 x USB 1 x audio in 1 x audio out Power
supply: ...
"

It mensions external ??? and internal stuff ???

Why do they call 5.25 external ? this seems the drive bays for the optical
stuff ?

Hmm ok I get it, the harddisk are internal... and the diskdrives are again
external.. hmm ok.

So I would need to look for:

1 external 5.25 inch bays for the optical drive ?
4 internal 3.5 inch bays for the sata drives ?

plus another
2 internal 3.5 inch bays for the ide drives ?

plus
1 external 3.5 inch bay for the floppy disk drive ?

So that's

2 external 5.25 inch bay (one extra just in case )
6 internal 3.5 inch bay
1 external 3.5 inch bay

9 bays at least.

Bye,
Skybuck.

 

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Skybuck Flying wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a case which can mount the following items:
>
> 4x Sata II harddisks:
>
> Hitachi Desktstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II (HDS725050KLA360 )
>
> 1x IDE optical drive:
>
> CD/DVD Rewriter: Plextor PX-740A 16 x, 4 x, 16 x, White, Retail
>
> And optionally
>
> 2x IDE harddisks:
>
> IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 14 GXP
> Hitachi Deskstar 7K250
>
> When I look at case descriptions I find it rather confusing:
>
> "
> Dimensions: Height: 415 mm Width: 200 mm Depth: 480 mm Free space for
> drives: 4 x 5,25" external (1 x tilting door) 2 x 3,5" external 4 x 3,5"
> internal Connections front panel: 2 x USB 1 x audio in 1 x audio out Power
> supply: ...
> "
>
> It mensions external ??? and internal stuff ???
>
> Why do they call 5.25 external ? this seems the drive bays for the optical
> stuff ?
>
> Hmm ok I get it, the harddisk are internal... and the diskdrives are again
> external.. hmm ok.
>
> So I would need to look for:
>
> 1 external 5.25 inch bays for the optical drive ?
> 4 internal 3.5 inch bays for the sata drives ?
>
> plus another
> 2 internal 3.5 inch bays for the ide drives ?
>
> plus
> 1 external 3.5 inch bay for the floppy disk drive ?
>
> So that's
>
> 2 external 5.25 inch bay (one extra just in case )
> 6 internal 3.5 inch bay
> 1 external 3.5 inch bay
>
> 9 bays at least.
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.
>
>
It may be more than you need, but take a look at the Coolermaster
Stacker: it is a big case with room for 11 5,25 inch devices, or even
more 3,5 inch hard drives. It also has room for 120 mm fans that can
blow air directly onto the drives.

Marc

 

[Stephen]

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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:05:22 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
<nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am looking for a case which can mount the following items:
>
>4x Sata II harddisks:
>
>Hitachi Desktstar 7K500 500 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II (HDS725050KLA360 )
>
>1x IDE optical drive:
>
>CD/DVD Rewriter: Plextor PX-740A 16 x, 4 x, 16 x, White, Retail
>
>And optionally
>
>2x IDE harddisks:
>
>IBM/Hitachi Deskstar 14 GXP
>Hitachi Deskstar 7K250
>
>When I look at case descriptions I find it rather confusing:
>
>"
>Dimensions: Height: 415 mm Width: 200 mm Depth: 480 mm Free space for
>drives: 4 x 5,25" external (1 x tilting door) 2 x 3,5" external 4 x 3,5"
>internal Connections front panel: 2 x USB 1 x audio in 1 x audio out Power
>supply: ...
>"
>
>It mensions external ??? and internal stuff ???
>
>Why do they call 5.25 external ? this seems the drive bays for the optical
>stuff ?
>
>Hmm ok I get it, the harddisk are internal... and the diskdrives are again
>external.. hmm ok.
>
>So I would need to look for:
>
>1 external 5.25 inch bays for the optical drive ?
>4 internal 3.5 inch bays for the sata drives ?
>
>plus another
>2 internal 3.5 inch bays for the ide drives ?
>
>plus
>1 external 3.5 inch bay for the floppy disk drive ?
>
>So that's
>
>2 external 5.25 inch bay (one extra just in case )
>6 internal 3.5 inch bay
>1 external 3.5 inch bay
>
>9 bays at least.
>
>Bye,
> Skybuck.
>

I have an older version of this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811182545

It has 8 5.25 bays, and 1 3.5 bay. The bottom two 5.25 bays can be
taken up by a three 3.5 drive frame.

Stephen
--

 

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"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a case which can mount the following items:
> So that's
>
> 2 external 5.25 inch bay (one extra just in case )
> 6 internal 3.5 inch bay
> 1 external 3.5 inch bay

The smallest case that will meet those specs on Newegg is the APEX
TX-346 (TM not TX?), which is a conventional 16" deep, 14" high, 7"
wide microtower ATX case. What's unconventional is the provision for
6 internal 3.5" drives in this case.