What blu ray/DVD drive is recommended to fit flush with the opening?
317556
Any standard drive will work, the case comes with a face plate for the drive that makes it flush with the front.
317557
I think you can use any 5.25" drive. The drive itself doesn't sit flush. There is a plate that you attach to the DVD drive drawer with two sided tape. I like this case a lot. My advice for the DVD face plate would be to dry-fit it until you get the drive in the right place. Then, use shims of Manila folder paper to space the plate up a little. Mine hits the case a little opening and closing. Not a problem but would be silent otherwise.
317558
Any blu ray drive will work, there is an aluminum cover that comes with the case that attaches to the front of the drive, to flush it up with the front of the case.
1038170
I did a little research and I believe you want this product http://www.amazon.com/SATA-caddy-12-7mm-Universal-DVD-ROM/dp/B0056EW4A4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1373680430&sr=1-1&keywords=12.7+caddy you need a Serial ATA caddy, not IDE. Also the thickness of the caddy should be 12.7mm instead of 9.5mm. You might want to measure the thickness of the drive yourself, or dig a little deeper than 1 google search to find out. Good Luck!
662507
I can fit between 750/775. I have a few blu-rays and they don't take up much space.
1952372
Hey partner,Gene gives some good advise.Also, make sure your optical bay drive is a 12.7mm height.It could be a 9.5mm height and there are HDD caddies for the 9.5mm drive bays.One other thing to consider is the height of your HDD itself.There are several different heights of HDDs - 5mm (very recent); 7mm (mostly for SSDs); 9.5mm; and 12.5mm (usually for larger capacity drive - 750GB+).Depending on your HDD height and the caddy height, it may or may not fit in the HDD caddy.Hope this helps.Kevin
1567107
It's been awhile since I put my together... I currently have one SSD as the OS Drive, one 3.5 data drive and if I remember correctly it's using up all the space on that mount. There is a 5.25 bay which I'm using for a Blu-Ray drive, but I'd imagine you could get something like a 3.5 to 5.25 adapter and get your 3rd drive in there that way. Page 3 in the manual (6 on the PDF) will give you a better idea of how the insides are laid out: http://www.silverstonetek.com.tw/downloads/Manual/case/Multi-GD05-Manual.pdf
2168935
I have exactly 340 In right now with another two shelves at the ready. Keep in mind that those are blu rays though figuring they are smaller. DVDs won't fit
112962
This drive is backward compatible. It reads and writes Blu-ray, reads and writes DVD and CD as well.
1388187
It depends, there are 2 types of cases, 9.5mm and 12.5mm. You need to measure the heights of your dvd-rom bank to figure it out which on suits your need..
616521
Hey Guys,Thanks for the advice. I ended up going with the 983. I expect to receive it mid April. I actually had a Toshiba D3 but I just recently sold it with my HD collection. As I have quite a large collection of SD DVD's it made sense to go with the best quality upconverting player available especially as there would be quite a noticible PQ difference on a 72" display. The plan now is to pick up a cheap Blue Ray player during thanksgiving or boxing day sales which I will use purely for Blue Ray while the 983 will be uses for everything else.
1985187
no room for HDD because existing one stands on end. I do not know how much room optical drive takes.
584992
Using the slim optical drive(slot), Slim Optical + 3.5-Inch Hard Drive Mounting Bracket for 5.25-Inch and (2)2.5 to 3.5 mounting bracket I was able to achieve exactly what you're asking,
2146751
The dvd holder has openings on the side so I would say most likely any would work!
2155058
Almost all blu-ray discs are encrypted and therefore you will need software that can decrypt the disc such as DVDFab blu-ray copy. I have found that the most economical blank blu-ray discs are called ,"Optical Quantum". I believe Amazon carries them.no. Blu-ray is 25Gb and 50Gb in size, most Blu-ray is 50 Gb. DVD is 4.7Gb so you can't fit Blu-ray on a DVD disc.
583996
The external bays will hold an optical drive without any problems. I have a Dvd rom installed.
581381
I used 4TB drives. I also have a USB 3.0 adapter and a RocketRaid card for use with an external 4-Bay RAID box. In the 51/4" bay, I put one of those slim DVD / 2.5" combo brackets. For the DVD I am using a slot load Blu-Ray and the 2.5" bay is for SSD running Server Essentials 2012. The SSD is plugged into the internal DVD sata port, and the BD drive is running off an internal USB port connected to a USB>Sata converter pulled from an old WD MyBook external drive.
536531
Yes, a quick search in the ROG forums will give you the part numbers to Blu Ray drives that will fit this model.
1925737
It has a good size opening. I have 2 HDMIs + optical audio and plenty of space to spare, maybe 3-4 more.