Some sort of mount to put extra drives on the floor of the case?

[boed]

Hello,

I bought the Cooler Master Cosmos II and I need to put in a couple of more drives than it has bays for currently. I'd like to put two 3.5" drives on the floor of the bay that resides above the power supply. Does anyone make anything like that?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Some cases have mounting holes built in for that. I've seen a few 3D printed ones that worked. Do you have any spare PCI slots, or are you loaded for bear like the photo?

But I guess I have to ask - how do you intend to attach this bracket to the case? If you're just going to drill some holes, you can just mount the HDDs directly to the floor of the case without any additional doodad.

Do you also have all the 5.25" bays filled? (I'm assuming you do, but I have to ask, since 3.5->5.25" adapters are cheap and easy.

 

[boed]

Yes, I'm using every bay/slot available. I think I'll build a cutout with a couple of pieces of wood and glue the wood to the metal. I'll then probably glue rubber bands to the wood cutouts for the drives to give a minor amount of cushioning. I'll secure the drives with Velcro.

I should have enough clearance as my bottom card is only 1 slot width - not 2.

I'm thinking I'd prefer a little more airflow by raising them as I'm not sure how well the heat transfers out if they were secured directly to the metal on the flooring. I honestly don't know so I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Lorthreth]

Are you using all your 5.25" bays just 1-to-1? Since there are 5*3.5" to 3*5.25" cages.

Snap-In Disk Array PRO, for example.

 

[boed]

Yes, I'm using three of the 5 5.25" bays for 3.5" hard drives, 1 for a caddyless 3.5" & 2.5" bay and 1 for a BD player writer. That does look interesting but even with the fan, I'd be worried about how much airflow the drives would get.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yes, I'm using every bay/slot available. I think I'll build a cutout with a couple of pieces of wood and glue the wood to the metal. I'll then probably glue rubber bands to the wood cutouts for the drives to give a minor amount of cushioning. I'll secure the drives with Velcro.

I don't really like the sound of that. I'd suggest you get a couple HD brackets that look like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Caddy-Adapter-Poweredge-Servers/dp/B009DZSMYO

and yank off the plastic bits. The HDDs would be attached on the sides via screws. If you're dead set on using glue, you can epoxy the flat bottoms to the interior of your case, but drilling some small holes for sheet metal screws and doing some isolation dampening w/ rubber washers would be better. (Also way easier to remove.)

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yes, I'm using three of the 5 5.25" bays for 3.5" hard drives, 1 for a caddyless 3.5" & 2.5" bay and 1 for a BD player writer. That does look interesting but even with the fan, I'd be worried about how much airflow the drives would get.

Those enclosures provide plenty of airflow. If you're really worried, and you have a mix of non-identical hard drives, you can always select the lower-RPM or cooler-running models to install in that.

 

[boed]

I'm putting in standard spindle 8TB drives -they run pretty warm. I'm thinking that if I won't be able to remove them very easily if they are screwed in unless I use a right angle screwdriver and remove the power supply - and putting them in can be a challenge as well as they have to be screwed in from the underside. There would be no room for side screws. May I ask your concern? If I could put in 5.25" bays that let me use sleds like that it would be great. I suppose I could glue in something like this if you think it offers some advantage over the elevated wood design. http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-...F8&qid=1448298173&sr=1-1&keywords=HSB100SATBK

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I'm putting in standard spindle 8TB drives -they run pretty warm. I'm thinking that if I won't be able to remove them very easily if they are screwed in unless I use a right angle screwdriver and remove the power supply - and putting them in can be a challenge as well as they have to be screwed in from the underside. There would be no room for side screws. May I ask your concern? If I could put in 5.25" bays that let me use sleds like that it would be great. I suppose I could glue in something like this if you think it offers some advantage over the elevated wood design. http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-...F8&qid=1448298173&sr=1-1&keywords=HSB100SATBK

Wood - and most glues - are crap at conducting and dissipating heat. They'll make your drives run hotter.

Why is removing the the PSU a problem - you're not working on this box while it's live are you? I figured being unable to remove them easily would kinda be the point.

 

[boed]

I see - that is why I'd only be using two thin strips of wood - about the thickness of a pencil - the rest would be open to airflow.

I do change out drives every now and then so I'd like them to be reasonably interchangeable.