Three 3.5" drives in a Lian Li PC-C30?

Tom Builder

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I would really like to build my next machine in a Lian Li PC-C30 case, but I need to have three hard drives, and this case only has mounts for two. It looks as though there is plenty of room in the left side drive cage, at the bottom, or between the drive cages, but I can't find a way to mount the third drive. The best option I think would be a pair of rails the same as what Lian Li uses on this case, mounted below the drive on the left side, but I can't find the rails on their website, and I lack the tools to fabricate them. Does anybody have any ideas? Here is a link to a review of the case with some decent photos so you can see what I'm talking about. Lian PC-C30 Review
Thank you in advance.
 

MichaelD

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Welcome to the AT Forums! :)

It looks like there is extra room in the 5.25" drive cages. Buy a set of 3.5"->5.25" converter rails (less than $5) and mount the 3rd drive in there.

In this pic I see where you mount the two standard HDs and I see where you mount your single CD-Rom. That leaves an open space.
 

DerwenArtos12

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I've been having similar issues. I have an HTPC with 4 hard drives and I'm running out of space. I've basically resided to just biting the bullet and replacing three of them with a 750GB or 500GB drive for that machine and building a file server besides. God save me I two towers, an htpc and a laptop running nearly 24/7 now, and I need a file server now....