Can the 3.5" bay beneath the two 5.25" bays be used as a 5.25" bay?
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I believe so there is no vibration Pads but the 3.5" Mount can be removed it is just clipped down to the 5.25" Mount frame you can mount it to the 4 side screws and Knock out The Metal internal block off plate it just will mount Standard not with the rubber grommets that 99% of cases don't have anyway. Its do-able this is not a Large tower only Mini.
1633233
You could but the dimensions are different at the ends of the bar. Might be a little awkward. And there would be a gap under the bar where the two ends meet. Hope this helps. John
1621108
I think you might be able to, I have 2 24" monitors installed and it looks like i would have room. It would only be a height issue, I have approx 3" on top and 3.5" at the bottom.
2200036
It should take up the three 5.25" bays on that case. So if there isn't anything taking up those slots, you're good to go.
1808581
Yes you can. Just move one of the shelves up to next notch and it will fit.
487614
yes, but it is not 5' 5" wide, its more like 4 1/2', see dimensions for width of the two joined panels. Hope this helps, Wayne
584990
There is a 5.25 bay for your optical drive. There is a 2.5 spot on the bottom of the case in front of the psu. Then there are 2 bays that will hold a 3.5 drive (or two 2.5 drives each). So you will be short a 2.5 bay. There is a lot of space though so you might be able to rig something up for a tiny 2.5 drive.
313491
If you're handy, I don't see why not. The floor brackets that the split studs fit into are made so that they're 3.5" wide as is the top rail which slides the door. If you shimmed the rail and and split studs to meet your 5.5", that's probably what I'd do.
1443640
No. The model I have will accept either a 2.5" drive OR a 3.5" drive, but they cannot be inserted simultaneously. I have been very please with the product, and do not consider this a limitation. Should you need to transfer data between two external HDDs, an inexpensive enclosure would allow you to do so.
1430360
Yes. The loading area has the main opening that matches 2.5 drives. There is a larger, spring loaded door that a 3.5 drive pushes down and out of the way. I have used both size drives with no issue.
1506887
I don't know, because right now I only have one 3.5" drive installed. But. The fan in front of this bay adapter blows outside air directly on the drives, I don't see how drives could be mounted in any cooler manner than this enclosure, since in the usual way drives are mounted in a tower, there is no direct air for them at all, they are cooled only by convection with the air inside the box.
2045399
The bay fits 3.5" drives fitting 2.5" drives doesn't seem possible without accessories.
684743
I guess you could use it for a 2.5", but why would you need such a giant case for a small drive.The 3.5" connects from the inside to a sata and power cable, and from the outside you have USB 3.0 output.
359112
The raw answer is yes since that is what I have done. However, the IstarUSA BPU-350 drive chassis I used do not line up perfectly with the screw holes in the Rosewill cage frames which causes the Istar units to be set back 3/16" from flush and leaves a 1/4 gap between the Istar chassis and the 3rd frame bay. The third frame bay lines up fine though because it uses the Rosewill slide mounts. If you can live with the setback and gap (I filled mine with a piece of foam rubber painted black) you'll be happy. Perhaps some other brand of 5 into 3 chassis won't have the setback but I don't know how you could find out without buying them and checking.
1712704
If you mean so you can put a 2.5 inch drive in a 3,5 SATA external enclosure, I do not think so actually.
621146
The 2 grills on the left side are 5.25" bays. The 2 right are hot swap bays.
1005258
Hi, This unit only have 1 3.5" HDD bay and it is already used. No more extra bay for expansion.Thanks, PCrush