This could be something you can use your 5.25" bay for

[clementk]

http://www.amazon.com/desktop-computer-companion-accessories-Cosmos/dp/B006VAD2C6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_17?ie=UTF8&refRID=0G9J7EBYWH24REKC98DV

 

I saw this while i was looking thought cheap stuff on amazon and have never seen it before and realized its actually not a bad idea id you have a 5.25" bay that is empty an want to do something with it maybe good place to put all your memory card/usb drives.

 

anyways just though i show it since i have not really though of using a 5.25" bay like that 

[Speedbird]

http://www.amazon.com/desktop-computer-companion-accessories-Cosmos/dp/B006VAD2C6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_17?ie=UTF8&refRID=0G9J7EBYWH24REKC98DV

 

I saw this while i was looking thought cheap stuff on amazon and have never seen it before and realized its actually not a bad idea id you have a 5.25" bay that is empty an want to do something with it maybe good place to put all your memory card/usb drives.

 

anyways just though i show it since i have not really though of using a 5.25" bay like that 

See, my desk has these things called "drawers"... You've probably never heard of them

[clementk]

See, my desk has these things called "drawers"... You've probably never heard of them

see this thing called a table ? yeah they don't...

[DJ46]

This is what I use my one for.

[Guest]

See, my desk has these things called "drawers"... You've probably never heard of them

 

See, my desk doesn't have these things called "drawers"... 

 

Some people may not have drawers on their desk, like myself; like the OP mentioned this would could in handy for me to store cables in. 

[Thorium19]

Well I don't have 5.25" bays, so that's useless. But I'd still reckon a small ikea chest of drawers or one of those ikea desk tidies would be better. more space, plus it's most likely more convenient. It's not a bad idea though, if you really wanted to do something like that, instead of using an optical drive as a cup holder...

[-TesseracT-]

See, my desk doesn't have these things called "drawers"...

Some people may not have drawers on their desk, like myself; like the OP mentioned this would could in handy for me to store cables in.

Agree, some people are so narrow minded

[bcredeur97]

This is what I use my one for.

-snipped pic-

what is that? looks like a large heatsink of sorts... but how could that be useful?

[-TesseracT-]

I actually like the idea. You could put thumb drives in there for example.

[Enderman]

Cool

[DJ46]

what is that? looks like a large heatsink of sorts... but how could that be useful?

HDD cooling box, makes seeking and spinning noises quieter.

 

Still too loud. What have you done to me?!

[Wheelgamers]

this is cool, alot of 5.25 bays go unused unless to have an optical drive

[c3p0_]

Hm if manufactorys would start shipping usb thumbs instead dvd's maybe more people would get rid of 5,25 cases. Really 5,25 is ancient.

[IronSoldier]

I could store CDs in it.