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1346787 2013-06-24 05:57:00 with 4 5.25 bAY MY OPTIONS ARE limited when wishing to expand my front facing devices

already i have my front 3.5 bay used as card reader and USB ports

one of my 5.25 is used as card reader and usb/firewire/esata/HP.mic/etc

to use 2 as dvd would be silly

so along comes this difficult to source product

www.tweaktown.com
www.digistor.com


where to buy????




i would like to use the resulting 2x5.25 for removable drives or for mounting 8x2.5 drives
Mirddes (10)
1346788 2013-06-24 08:01:00 Well, the power supply for all that lot will be too big to go in the case, so you could stash a few drives at the back of the upper deck. ;) R2x1 (4628)
1346789 2013-06-25 00:30:00 how much power do you think 2 medium arrays (say 12 drives), 2 bluray burners, a 1.6ghz bobcat APU (e350) and a HD6350 use? Mirddes (10)
1346790 2013-06-25 00:34:00 Not enough. Needs more drives. ;)
However, it will be the best memoried phone in the district.
R2x1 (4628)
1346791 2013-06-25 00:36:00 how much power do you think 2 medium arrays (say 12 drives), 2 bluray burners, a 1.6ghz bobcat APU (e350) and a HD6350 use?

Have you got a nuclear power station? :p
pcuser42 (130)
1346792 2013-06-25 04:57:00 as i thought, 550W is plenty of headroom.

should be fine with 350W till i actually buy the arrays
Mirddes (10)
1346793 2013-06-25 06:37:00 so along comes this difficult to source product

www.digistor.com


where to buy????

From that website? It has a buy button...
Agent_24 (57)
1346794 2013-06-25 12:34:00 From that website? It has a buy button...

SIGH

right you are good sir, there is indeed a prices of ~$30 usd plus $44 usd shipping to new zealand

maybe shipping to youshop then here would be cheaper.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET OR _EVEN_ IN new zealand THAT SUCH A PRODUCT EXISTS!!?!?!??

something cheaper would always be cool

dx.com has definitely warped my price expectations

AUS/NZ universal plug (for overseas stuff here) is $20 at DSE, $1.50 usd on dx.com {FREE SHIPPING}


$96 is just way too much for metal that does what i ask for.

$20-40 locally would be much more reasonable.

dx has 80,000 gadgets, needs 250,000+
Mirddes (10)
1346795 2013-06-25 22:25:00 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET OR _EVEN_ IN new zealand THAT SUCH A PRODUCT EXISTS!!?!?!??

Given they claim its the "Worlds only" solution, they would likely be the only sellers.

You could try your luck on ebay - just make sure the seller ships internationally ;)
autechre (266)
1346796 2013-06-25 23:15:00 SIGH

right you are good sir, there is indeed a prices of ~$30 usd plus $44 usd shipping to new zealand

maybe shipping to youshop then here would be cheaper.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET OR _EVEN_ IN new zealand THAT SUCH A PRODUCT EXISTS!!?!?!??

something cheaper would always be cool

It's clearly a speciality product. Even if you do find someone else that makes\sells them I doubt it will be much cheaper. But they do offer free shipping on orders over $75 which is nice, maybe buy two or three, and sell the others on TradeMe?



dx.com has definitely warped my price expectations

AUS/NZ universal plug (for overseas stuff here) is $20 at DSE, $1.50 usd on dx.com {FREE SHIPPING}

That's because those plugs are unsafe uncertified untested rubbish. I wouldn't advise anyone use them.
Agent_24 (57)
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