What are the neatest 5.25" bay gadgets?

[plagiarist]

I have a thermaltake xaser 3 supertower and it had plenty of bays already. I'm thinking of upgrading to an even more monolithic TT product if possible, one with maybe 6 or 7 bays on the outside.

Already I've seen a sd card reader array (so handy!) a toaster and a cupholder + cigarette lighter (which would be awesome for various car related stuff, testing it before going out ot the car).

What else is out there?

 

[haffey]

I'd like to know too, there are three bays on my 900 waiting for something.

 

[DSF]

I don't think I'd want to put a toaster in my computer, although that's kind of cool.

 

[corkyg]

Actually, there is a positive use for such space. In my new quad system, I have mounted a pair of Vantec EZ-Swap MRK-200ST mobile racks. These are SATA racks and are hot pluggable. You can turn drives on and off by a key switch. If you like different OS's, this is a slick way to have multiple, totally discreet installations, free of the double-boot problems. They can also be used as duplicate drives - i.e., a full system backup in reserve ready to go. I have a 500 MB SATA in each in this pic:

EZ

I had a pair of Kingwins, but these are much better - especially the LCD which gives you direct info on the drive including its temperaure in real time.

 

[Blain]

Kingwin SATA Hot Swap rack

 

[nerp]

I've seen little storage drawers, which would be handy to store pens, tools, drugs, labels, etc.

 

[hclarkjr]

here is one for us overclockers

 

[SonicIce]

I always thought this thing totally kicked ass
http://www.tomshardware.com/re...x610-ultra,1086-8.html
theres plugins you can make it display anything or make your own plugin with its software

 

[Roguestar]

A toaster and a cupholder? On a computer case? Dear me. I hate anything garish and obvious on the front of cases, especially in the way of LEDs and light-up panels and chrome knobs and dials and crap that makes it look like the inside of a fighter jet and not the outside of a computer case. The fartest I'd personally stretch to would probably be an I/O panel with eSATA and stuff, safe in the knowledge I can just close the door over on my P182 and cover all the ugliness up with cold hard steel.

 

[plagiarist]

I'm trying to find a 5.25" lockbox that I can shoehorn into the front of my case, and set up a couple false fronted DVD drive faceplates to cover it. The best would be having it be 2 bays high, with a keypad behind one of the drive doors, which would make the whole thing slide out like a drawer.

I could build it, it would just look like crap.

 

[garritynet]

I thought this looked pretty cool.

 

[Synomenon]

What about another PC?

http://www.via.com.tw/en/produ...edded/artigo/index.jsp

 

[eplebnista]

Old School :laugh: