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Zelatrix
By Zelatrix
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If a specification for a PC case has the following specification, what does that mean? Does it mean it has 3 drive bays, one of which is an SSD, or that it has 2, and one of those 2 is an SSD drive bay? I'm looking to install a new drive on my system so that I can dual boot my system with Ubuntu, but I need both OSes to be on the same type of drive, that is, either Legacy or UEFI. 

2.5" / 3.5" DRIVE BAYS (COMBO) : 2
DRIVE BAYS - SSD : 1

 

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2.5" drive bays are already compatible with ssd's

so it has two combo bays and one spot for an ssd

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It probably means that the 3.5" bays can be used for 2.5" drives instead. 

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3 minutes ago, emosun said:

2.5" drive bays are already compatible with ssd's

so it has two combo bays and one spot for an ssd

So that's 3 drive bays in total, right? If I have one SSD and one HDD already in there, I have one extra slot for another drive? Sorry if I sound dumb. 

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7 minutes ago, USBHoarder said:

So that's 3 drive bays in total, right? If I have one SSD and one HDD already in there, I have one extra slot for another drive? Sorry if I sound dumb. 

It'd be much easier to give a direct answer to how many drives it holds if we knew the case.

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So it's 1 2.5" only bay, 2 2.5" OR 3.5" bay.

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3 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

It'd be much easier to give a direct answer to how many drives it holds if we knew the case.

The case is a CoolerMaster MasterBox Lite 5

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