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Thread ID: 96970 2009-01-30 09:38:00 Cool things with unused external drive bays? acheron4778 (12609) Press F1
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743372 2009-01-30 09:38:00 I have two 3.5" and two 5.25" unused drive bays, what kinda flash and unnecessary things can I shove in there?

I was thinking of two Cool Drive 6s in the 5.25" bays but they're only available in silver, and being as shallow as I am it'd throw off the look of my computer. Unfortunately the Cool Drive 5s look pretty bad, and Lites don't have any glowing bits or buttons.

Any ideas?

Form over function. :p
acheron4778 (12609)
743373 2009-01-30 09:58:00 Chuck one of these in one of them (www.modster-pc.co.nz) Speedy Gonzales (78)
743374 2009-01-30 09:58:00 Pancakes.

Or ash trays.
the_bogan (9949)
743375 2009-01-30 18:58:00 Totally unnecessary fan controllers perhaps? pctek (84)
743376 2009-01-30 19:15:00 I was going to make a dock for my Eee in there. Too bad the bay wasn't wide enough. :D pcuser42 (130)
743377 2009-01-30 19:45:00 Totally unnecessary fan controllers perhaps?

Yes, and I think I hit the motherload with this beast ( . co . nz/productspecification . aspx?ItemID=370086" target="_blank">ascent . co . nz) .

This still leaves me with two 3 . 5" bays, I had a look at those card readers but I didn't like them very much . I don't want to add another fan controller / temp monitor either, because really, underneath the Sentry it'd be redundant even by my standards . What else is there? Surely there's some novelty gadget or something for children such as myself?

Fan controllers and card readers? That's it? Makes me wonder why they even bother putting these bays into cases, let alone modern 'gaming' cases, and no less than two of the useless buggers . . . Or am I being ignorant? Should I get a floppy drive? I've had one in every computer I ever owned, but haven't actually used one since 1999 .
acheron4778 (12609)
743378 2009-01-30 20:00:00 If you want something useless, add 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives. :D pcuser42 (130)
743379 2009-01-30 20:56:00 Little fold out screens.

Or forget about it and buy someone you like dinner. Do something nice with the money.
Thebananamonkey (7741)
743380 2009-01-31 03:20:00 What about a cassette deck ( . thinkgeek . com/computing/drives/7a8d/" target="_blank">www . thinkgeek . com)?

Nothing wrong with silver if you have a black case . My case is the opposite, silver with black DVD drive and card reader . Looks rather snazzy to me .
FoxyMX (5)
743381 2009-01-31 06:15:00 Yes, and I think I hit the motherload with this beast (ascent.co.nz).
Makes me wonder why they even bother putting these bays into cases, .
Pretty.


Well its because you may want to stick loads of hard drives in it.
pctek (84)
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