Why so many external

[hardwarefan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163091


External 5.25" Drive Bays
4

External 3.5" Drive Bays
1

Internal 3.5" Drive Bays
6

Expansion Slots
7

this is the flagship case from silverstone
I don't understand why it only has 6 internal drive bay but has 4
external 5.25" drive bays.

the optical drive will use one of external drive bay. but what else
could use the rest?

I think intenral harddrive bay is far more useful than the external
harddrive bay, isn't it?

Jim

 

[saaiello]

Well the external ones can be used for a variety of different add ons like monitoring equipment, sound docks, fan controllers, also some people that are into making DVDs or CDs will have multiple drives to be able to copy and burn multiple projects at the same time this is also useful for making backups too. Six internal drive bays is the average for that size case.

 

[jprahman]

External 5.25" drive bays are often used for hot-swappable hard drives, which AHCI supports provided the case does as well.

 

[hardwarefan]

Thanks, is it easy/how to fasten 3.5" internal drives in the 5.25" bays and connect to motherboard sata ports? if I buy this I'll probably put in more than 6 harddrives..

 

[saaiello]

You will need these.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9358/hdc-69/35_HDD_to_525_Drive_Bay_Universal_Adapter_Bracket-35525.html?tl=g34c273

Or if you want hot swap.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/12166/hdc-79/Kingwin_35_Internal_SATA_Hot_Swap_Rack_-_RAID_3_Bay_KF-3001-BK.html?tl=g34c273s677