Does this take up one or two 5 1/4" bays?
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One 5,25" bay. It's clearly stated on the Lamptron official website. Also it doesn't take a genius to search "Google Images" to find that out on in-use examples.
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Yes. Just make sure your HDD doesn't get in the way by moving it to a lower 3.5" bay.
621146
The 2 grills on the left side are 5.25" bays. The 2 right are hot swap bays.
1766787
There is a dedicated 3.5" bay under all the 5.25" bays for a card reader or other drive.
389578
There is only one 2.5 drive bay located in the upper part of the hdd bays. There is another at the floor of the case but it will need 4 screws. Its a good starter case for small to medium size components. There are better cases than this for close to the price. Look into the corsair, nzxt and cooler master cases. They have more room and features.
2119183
Yes. You will need an enclosure or 3.5 inch bay adapter. I think mine came with the adapter.
1796450
Has anyone actually successfully converted one of the 5.25 bays to 3.5 for a hard drive? I have 9 hard drives and want to see if this would actually fit them all. Thanks
1549313
it's 5,25 to put on the bay, 5,25" bay in the case.... you put it there and you use it with 3,5 hdd...
1890907
Two 3" would probabaly work better than one 5.5" for an oblong tray. Be careful with placement so they are level.
399566
Yes, I use only two bays right now for my business. It's designed for this. I had a ReadyNAS before and this is 1000x better.
1706000
After looking at a picture of the server; it appears there are two 5.25" bays. I would guess that one is filled with a CD/DVD drive? If you have a least one open 5.25" bay, then yes it would fit.
1442479
No. The square opening is 3-1/4 inches. A 2x4 (nominal) will fit if rotated slightly, but two 2x4s together will not fit.
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Yes it will, you can even put up to 20 hard drives with four 5 in 3 hotswap bays, thats if they're 3.5 drives if you're talking 2.5 drives you may get a total of 72 drives to fit. hopes this helps http://www.amazon.com/Icy-Dock-MB455SPF-B-Hot-Swap-Backplane/dp/B000KMAWHO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363722054&sr=8-3&keywords=5+in+3+hotswap http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Backplane-Removable-2-5-Inches-RC1600101A/dp/B004G8QERK/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1363722107&sr=1-5&keywords=6+in+1+2.5+hotswap
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I would love to help you but I have the tiered shelving. I have a friend that has the 5 slot model and she loves it. If my memory serves me right the depth is the same. Hope that helps.
708450
There are two different openings, one is about 4"x4" and the other is a little less than 5"x3"
1064573
Basic rule of thumb is that this will take up 2 slots. Exactly two. If you only have one Drive slot available, then no.
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No. This is designed to fit in a 3.5 inch bay (and doesn't do that as well as I'd like - see my review). To fit it in a 5.25 inch bay, you will need an adaptor bracket.