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  1. 1. Do you still use / want to use a 5.25" drive bay (not only optical drive, but anything that fits in 5.25 bays)?

    • Still use in 2019 and proud of it
      73
    • Maybe want to use, depends on what I can find
      36
    • No, what the hell? is it 1995 again?
      58

  2. 2. If you selected option 1 or 2 above, what would you use a 5.25 drive bay for?

    • Slick internal stats monitor (temperature, fan speed, power usage, etc.)
      27
    • Optical drive (DVD / Bluray)
      84
    • Memory card reader
      38
    • Fan / RGB - controller
      21
    • Add USB ports (type A or C) on the front
      33
    • DIY projects / Other
      37
    • voted no : not applicable
      52

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I'm having a hard time with "removing the picture" from the quote too XD

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29 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:
 

I'm having a hard time finding an enclosure like this loll

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3 minutes ago, Sirmyself said:

I'm having a hard time finding an enclosure like this loll

Got lucky picked up a external DVD drive on the Irish kinda Craigslist for 10 euro swapped it out for a blue ray drive I got for 15 so 25 in total

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Well every PC I have has at least one 5.25" bay. Out of the 7 PCs I have only my secondary PC doesn't have a DVD drive since I don't have a spare SATA DVD drive and it doen't have IDE. My main PC even has a 3.5" bay which is used for the SSD (put it there due to PSU cables) and it does actually have a floppy drive as well (it's USB since there are no internal floppy connectors). My other 5 PCs all have both a CD or DVD drive and a floppy drive. While I rarely use them, I still like to have it ready to go when I need it. Actually the cases of my Main and Secondary PCs have built-in memory card reades and on my other PCs I don't need them anyway. Fan controllers I do not use (either the fan is controlled by the motherboard or it's just running at max speed). I don't need to add USB ports since I use 1 or max 2 at the same time. Would like to have an internals monitor for temps, etc. but my Main PC (where I'd put it) has only one 5.25" bay already occupied by a DVD drive.

Main PC: Acer IPISB-VR│Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz│AeroCool AirFrost 4 with Noctua NF-A9│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│nVidia GeForce GTX1060 6GB│Cricual MX500 250GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm + Seagate 1TB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 & Windows 11 Pro│CoolerMaster Silencio 352M│Seasonic M12II-520 EVO 520W│Acer SA220Q 22" 1920x1080

Secondary PC: MSI H81M-P33│Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│16GB DDR3 1866MHz (1600MHz) Dual-channel│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + Seagate 1TB│Windows 11 Pro│Acer Aspire M1930 case│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

Test PC/Nice XP PC: ASUS M2N│AMD Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz│CoolerMaster unkown model│4GB DDR2 800MHz│nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB│Hitachi Deskstar 80GB 7200rpm + WD Raptor 74GB 10000 rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 + Windows XP Pro SP3│TurboX Case│Zalman 450W│LG Flatron L1718S 17" 1280x1024

Future workshop PC: ASUS M4N68T-M-V2│AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8GHz│Some 130W tower cooler│8GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│AMD Radeon HD4670 512MB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840 case│Antec VP350P 350W│Lenovo L220x. 22" 1920x1200

HTPC: HP Elite 8200 USDT│Intel Core i7-2600s 2.8GHz│6GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD Graphics 2000│WD Blue 1TB 5400rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64│JVC LT-32VF30K 32" 1920x1080

New Main laptop: HP ProBook 455 G9│AMD Ryzen 5 2625U 2.3GHz│16GB DDR4 3200MHz│AMD Radeon RX Vega 7│1TB NVMe SSD│Win 11 Pro│15.6" 1920x1080
Old Main laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│Kingston 240GB SSD│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Secondary laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Corei7-3520M 2.9GHz│8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│2 x Crucial BX500 500GB SSDs│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

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Small laptop: Acer Aspire One D255│Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz│2GB DDR3 1333MHz│Intel GMA3150 256MB│Western Digital 500GB 5400rpm KingDian S100 32GB Apacer AS350X 120GB SSD│Win 7 Ultimate x64 & Win 10 Pro x64 Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 32bit & Q4OS│10.1" 1024x600

Old secondary PC: ASUS A7V8X-X│AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz│Titan CPU Cooler│1.75GB DDR 400MHz│nVidia GeForce FX5700LE 256MB│2 x WesternDigital 40GB 7200rpm (sadly one seems to be dead)│Windows XP Pro SP3│Some case│Codegen 300XA 350W│Dell E173FP 17" 1280x1024 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768Philips 200P4 20" 1600x1200

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"The Floppy" laptop: Clevo 2700C│Intel Pentium III 1.1GHz│512MB PC133 SDRAM│SiS 630 32MB shared│Samsung 40GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│15" 1024x768

"The P4" laptop: HP Pavillion ZD8000│Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz│2GB DDR2 666MHz Dual-channel│ATi Mobility Radeon X600 256MB│Seagate 100GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│17" 1440x900

Dell laptop: Dell Latitude D600│Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz│1.5GB DDR 333MHz│ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB│40GB IDE│Windows XP Pro SP3│14.1"  1400x1050

Future workshop PC (dead): MSI MS-7302│Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz│Stock cooler│3GB DDR2 800MHz│AMD Radeon HD7470 2GB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840│FSP Group 250W│Samsung SyncMaster 730bf 17" 1280x1024

Old Secondary PC: HP IPISB-CH│Intel Core i5-2320 3GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│8GB DDR3 1333MHz│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 2.5"│Windows 7 Ultimate x64│Acer Aspire M1930│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

 

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Not only do I still have a 5 1/4 bay for a DVD/BD writer, but I have a 3.5" one containing a memory card reader.

 

It's getting really, really hard to find decent cases that have at the very least one 5 1/4 bay let alone two of them... and with an adapter panel for a 3.5" hole. 99% of every case these days is designed to barely hold anything and is full of shitty RGB.

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System 2: Asus M5 MB, AMD FX8350, 16GB DDR3, Sapphire RX580, 30TB of storage, 250GB SSD, Silverstone HTPC chassis, Corsair 550W Modular PSU, Noctua cooler, liteon bluray/dvd/rw, 4K HDR display (Samsung TV)

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I‘ve got a 5.25“ Tape Drive that I regularly use to backup my server 

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Laptop: R5 2500U / Radeon Vega 8 / 8GB DDR4-2400 / 500GB SK Hynix BC501 (HP Envy x360 13)

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I am starting considering building a smaller PC with my Bluray Drive for my lounge and using the 5.25' drive bay for my all-in-one 5.25 module to keep my card reader and internals monitor. It looks like smaller cases tend to have more 5.25 drive bays.

now I just need to find a case with a single 5.25 bay that is no too ugly

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my case has 5 5.25" bays and i only have 3 optical drives. need more shit in there!

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I've not used a 5.25" bay for years, and even then I only ever used it for physical media like CD/DVD.

 

I switched to USB windows installing from Windows 7 onward, and with the decline in physical media plus my optical drive dying, I felt no need to replace it.

These days I have an external DVD drive for the odd old/retro game I want to install, or physical CD I buy and want to rip to mp3/flac.

 

I know my dad used to use a ZIP drive, tape drive, CD/DVD and a hotswap HDD caddy, not all at the same time mind you.

When I built him his last computer with a core2duo for xmas years ago, I reused his optical drive and nothing else because that was all he ever needed.

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13 hours ago, Sirmyself said:

I am starting considering building a smaller PC with my Bluray Drive for my lounge and using the 5.25' drive bay for my all-in-one 5.25 module to keep my card reader and internals monitor. It looks like smaller cases tend to have more 5.25 drive bays.

now I just need to find a case with a single 5.25 bay that is no too ugly

 

Silverstone do some lovely HTPC style cases with a drive bay or two... I know because I've got one. Granted they're a little pricey... but they are very nice... and not really that much more than a decent ATX case with a tempered glass panel these days.

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System 2: Asus M5 MB, AMD FX8350, 16GB DDR3, Sapphire RX580, 30TB of storage, 250GB SSD, Silverstone HTPC chassis, Corsair 550W Modular PSU, Noctua cooler, liteon bluray/dvd/rw, 4K HDR display (Samsung TV)

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Went with the meshify c, dont even got a 5.25 bay but my last case did, i had a blu ray drive and a dvd drive in there, used neither in the past few years honestly

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12 hours ago, DesolationGod said:

Went with the meshify c, dont even got a 5.25 bay but my last case did, i had a blu ray drive and a dvd drive in there, used neither in the past few years honestly

I just have a Bluray drive, since it can read and write DVDs as well, I gave my DVD drive to my brother.

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Just now, Sil3nt1 said:

Current case doesn't even have one lol

But if you had one, would you use it, that's one of the reasons for the second option "Maybe want to use, depends on what I can find"

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      cout << s[i];
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I use one, but only because I need to burn CDs for old computers I mess around with. CDs are just obsolete now, and if I didn't love messing around with obsolete computers, then I'd have no use.

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I've decided to ditch DVD unit that I didn't use anyway in favor of 3x 140mm intake fans. The cooling capacity increased so much I can run CPU cooler at much lower RPM, making whole system quieter despite 1x extra fan on intake.

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Currently using a 5.25 bay for my Lamptron FC5v3.

 

The ROG front panel/base can also go there. It's pretty neat.

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I use a kingwin hard drive switcher in my 5.25 bay. It switches the oiwer on/off hard drives. I originally planned on using it to switch operating systems between windows and linux, but now I just use it for normal storage and turning on my backup drives when I need them. It also reduces the noise from the drives as I can turn them off when I want to record audio.

At this point, I'd rather have a case without it, as it frees up internal space, and soon everything will be completely silent SSDs (thank the Gods)

 

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18 hours ago, Cypher-Jackson said:

I use a kingwin hard drive switcher in my 5.25 bay. It switches the oiwer on/off hard drives. I originally planned on using it to switch operating systems between windows and linux, but now I just use it for normal storage and turning on my backup drives when I need them. It also reduces the noise from the drives as I can turn them off when I want to record audio.

At this point, I'd rather have a case without it, as it frees up internal space, and soon everything will be completely silent SSDs (thank the Gods)

 

I agree disk supports are now obsolete, but there are other things you can use that bay for.

Even if they are obsolete, I still use my drive to read the DVDs and Blurays I already have. As well as playing old games I bought a physical copy of.

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well i dont think cases today absolutly need one.

i havent used any type of discs for years now maybe even a decade. and if i absolutly had to then a usb drive is perfectly fine as a one time thing.

that being said i do miss them. i mean i love the clean look in the front but i would love for some manufacturer to include 1 or 2 in the back somewhere.

the lian li pc-011 dynamic for example has 2 mounts for psu's but no bays? a simple adapter plate/modul could screw right into the place of one of the psu ports and offer t least 1 or 2 bay mounts.

i mainl like them for the hotswap drive cages. i got a 6x2.5" cage and think that a way better solution than any case mount for them. i went as far as to cut out a piece in the top to mount the cage. back would have been better but the space was taken. so now i just have to pop the top cover off and can easily hotswap a drve.

 

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I still use 5.25" bay. I have Cooler Master Stacker STC-T01 case (I bought it 13 years ago) and all bays are full :

 

1x stats monitor (VL System L.I.S 2 Premium black, it works fine on Windows 10)

1x USB 3.0 4-port

1x DVD writer drive

1x LTO4 tape drive half heigh

1x rack HDD bay

2x rack 4 HDD (3 bays each)

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PC #2 : Gigabyte MW70-3S0 | 2x E5-2689 v4 | 2x Intel BXSTS200C | 32GB DDR4-2400 ECC Reg | MSI RTX 3080 Ti Suprim X | 2x 1TB SSD SATA Samsung 870 EVO | Corsair AX1600i | Lian Li PC-A77 | ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ 2560x1440 @ 144 Hz (plugged DP port, shared with PC #1) | Win10
PC #3 : Mini PC Zotac 4K | Celeron N3150 | 8GB DDR3L 1600 | 250GB M.2 SATA WD Blue | Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro USB | Samsung Blu-ray writer USB | Genius SP-HF1800A | TV Panasonic TX-40DX600E UltraHD | Win10
PC #4 : ASUS P2B-F | PIII 500MHz | 512MB SDR 100 | Leadtek WinFast GeForce 256 SDR 32MB | 2x Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3D² 8MB in SLI | Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 ISA | 80GB HDD UATA | Fortron/Source FSP235-60GI | Zalman R1 | DELL E151FP 15" TFT 1024x768 | Win98SE

Laptop : Lenovo ThinkPad T460p | i7-6700HQ | 16GB DDR4 2133 | GeForce 940MX | 240GB SSD PNY CS900 | 14" IPS 1920x1080 | Win11

PC tablet : Fujitsu Point 1600 | PMMX 166MHz | 160MB EDO | 20GB HDD UATA | external floppy drive | 10.4" DSTN 800x600 touchscreen | AGFA SnapScan 1212u blue | Win98SE

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Only use I can think of for a 5.25" bay in my case is a water reservoir.

I'm pretty sure my purpose in life is to serve as a warning for others.

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I don't have a 5.25" drive in my custom-built pc since I don't have any spares and don't really want to use money on it either, but my two pre-built ones both have a 5.25" SD-card reader and I find them really useful. I have to always save files through my laptop or one of my pre-builts if I want to transfer pictures from my phone or camera.

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i have a server chassis that still used a 5,25 drive bay, tough i removed all of them for extra radiator space for watercooling. 

honestly i wouldn;t mind a case having these bays, tough the only thing i can see myself using it for is either modding or watercooling. i havn't even touched a optical drive in ages.

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