Ideal component placement in 5.25" bays?

[Jeriko]

I have a case with four 5.25" drive bays. To fill those bays I have a CDRW, a Coolermaster Cooldrive w/WD Raptor mounted, a Vantec Nexus fanbus, and a switchbus for lights.

Is there an ideal order to mount these in, particularly the HD cooler? Should it ideally be toward the bottom near the intake where air is cooler? Should it be seperated by a bay from the CDRW to avoid its heat? Or does it simply not matter at all?

-J

 

[Rotax]

It may not really make a "big" diff. But How I'd do it I think is; CDROM on top, rheo, switch, HD.

I had my 2 CDROM drives stagered until I added my rheo, it was just a pain in the butt to work w/ the rheo w/ the drive right no top of it.. So I staked my 2 CDROMS, not that they both really get used at once anyway.

 

[amcdonald]

Put them in order of convienence.
the CDRW shouldn't put off enough heat to affect a drive in a cooler.
The inch or so up or down in height won't affect the intake air.

 

[deerslayer]

I can't stand to have my fanbus anywhere but the top bay.....but that's just me.