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one 5.25" bay: slim BD drive + card reader?
Hi everyone,

I am pressed for space in a tower PC build and only have one 5.25" drive bay left. However, I would like to fit both a blu-ray drive and a card reader.

Is there a specific strategy/combination of parts you can recommend to do this? Amazon or Newegg would be preferred over other, more specialized sites.

Would it be best to find a comination 3.5" bay and slim DVD bay adapter, then find a 3.5" card reader? Is there anything that does all of this in one step?

Lastly, what kind of connections would I need for this? I would only have one SATA port left, is that enough? In other words, does the card reader just use USB connectors or does that need SATA as well?
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Best solution chosen by ErAnkurPaul

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August 20, 2013 7:47:46 PM

something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

with a 3.5" card reader installed in the hdd bay:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

and a slim bd drive in the slim part. This is going to be the hard part, I think you might end up getting a usb version and stripping the drive out.

heres a Pani that might work for ya
http://www.digistor.com/Internal-Drives/Blu-ray-Drives/...

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