Re: Cases, Harddisks, Internal, External ?

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:05:22 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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