Third Hard drive in Antec Fusion

[rexian96]

Has somebody been successful in installing 3rd hard drive in Antec Fusion case? I am planning to run 3 500GB WD drives in RAID5.

Do you think it's even possible? I don't have the optical drive space available as I'll have a DVD Burner there.

Thanks.

 

[Zepper]

You mean you will have two optical drives in there? If not, use the other bay. Looks like there's room above the PSU or you could use a Sumbeam universal bracket.

.bh.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: rexian96
Do you think it's even possible?

IMHO, no!

Sorry...

 

[rexian96]

Thanks Zepper.

Originally posted by: Zepper
You mean you will have two optical drives in there? If not, use the other bay. Looks like there's room above the PSU or you could use a Sumbeam universal bracket.

No just one, does it accommodate 2 optical drives ? This image shows enough space for 2 probably, but the specs says only 1 5.25" drive allowed.

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-129-131-06.JPG

Originally posted by: Zepper
If not, use the other bay. Looks like there's room above the PSU or you could use a Sumbeam universal bracket.

I think the VFD occupies some part of that space. Above PSU is probably not recommended either, these WD RE2 drives already run hot. I couldn't find Sumbeam universal bracket on google, any link?

 

[Zepper]

Looks like there's plenty of room in behind the VFD and it also looks like the 5" drive cage has slots for drive mounting in that space - I'm 99.9% sure you could mount another HDD in there. See the video review at Rodney's site or on Antec's site. You could use a Zalman fan/bracket or an Antec Spot fan to push some air over the PSU. Sunbeam bracket -- Another Looks like Xoxide is the lowest one with stock on it per Froogle.

.bh.

 

[rexian96]

Thanks again Zepper. I think those brackets will not go in due to lack of space and a little bit of custom mounting is needed, but you are right. It should be possible to have the 3rd drive in that cage behind VFD.

 

[rexian96]

Okay, I have an update in case someone is looking for this info too. I got my Antec Fusion delivered. It can house the 3rd hard drive easily. I had a few brackets left to fit a 3.5" drive into 5.25" bay, similar to what Zepper suggested. And it just took a few minutes to fit them all. The 3rd drive went just above the DVD drive, behind the VFD. These are exactly like the ones I used http://store.orbitmicro.com/ccp4209-5-2...-adapter-bracket-5235-hdbr-s111226.htm

The only thing to note is, the temperature of the 3rd drive is about 40C whereas that of other 2 is about 32C when running at normal room temperature for 6 hours. The real issue I faced is the IDE cable. I had to use a 24" cable as normal 18" one didn't reach this compartment for 2 drives. I am using my old PATA drives for now, once my new SATA drives arrive, I think this will be a non-issue.

 

[Zepper]

And you doubted the old man...

.bh.

 

[rexian96]

Originally posted by: Zepper
And you doubted the old man...

Sorry, the Sunbeam bracket confused me, I saw the second link today Thanks again.