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Case with hard drive power switches

M

M0RPH

Diamond Member
Have you guys seen this case?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811215015

It has 10x hot swap hard drive bays with independent power switches for each drive. I'd love to have something like that so I could throw all my hard drives in there but only power them up when I need them.

Of course I don't need a case that big nor that many hard drive bays, and the price is way too steep for me. So does anyone know of any other cases with a feature like this... power switches for individual hard drives?
 
Hot swappable hard drive bays are something you only see on servers. You're not likely to see one with this many bays for less than $300 - $400 and it will probably be rackmountable.
 
Why not just put your own power switches ?
You can use toggle switches you buy at your local auto parts store, or just about any switch the current is so low, and only need to switch the 5v line. You can leave the 12v connected all the time , the drive will use next to no current without the 5V powered on.
 
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