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Good morning,

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I have a bit of a conundrum. I have spent a little bit of time making the left side of the desktop look (fairly) tidy.

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However, my right side (behind the motherboard tray) looks well... bad.

Specifically I am thinking I might need to get a larger case to secure my 2.5" SSD's (I have six (6) of them), mostly so they're not floating around in the basement of the PSU cover. Thoughts? Budget isn't really an issue, just would like to secure my drives. Mostly, the case needs to fit an EATX motherboard, 360mm AIO, and an RTX 5090. Thank you.

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31 minutes ago, NewUser2025 said:

Good morning,

IMG_0537.thumb.jpg.27cb2e6f5d472c3d4f4b59eac674b261.jpg

I have a bit of a conundrum. I have spent a little bit of time making the left side of the desktop look (fairly) tidy.

IMG_0538.thumb.jpg.c18abe828cadb67fb6aac4ef2e089879.jpg

However, my right side (behind the motherboard tray) looks well... bad.

Specifically I am thinking I might need to get a larger case to secure my 2.5" SSD's (I have six (6) of them), mostly so they're not floating around in the basement of the PSU cover. Thoughts? Budget isn't really an issue, just would like to secure my drives. Mostly, the case needs to fit an EATX motherboard, 360mm AIO, and an RTX 5090. Thank you.

i would consider buying a couple nvmes and pull out those SSDs honestly...

 

a bigger case could be the Corsair 2500X Midi Tower 

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3 minutes ago, y0ur5h4d0w said:

i would consider buying a couple nvmes and pull out those SSDs honestly...

 

a bigger case could be the Corsair 2500X Midi Tower

I have all four M.2 slots filled in my motherboard. I'll take a look at the Corsair 2500X Midi Tower.

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31 minutes ago, NewUser2025 said:

I have all four M.2 slots filled in my motherboard

damn i found a competitor for disks ownership! i have 12 HDDs in my server so i understand the situation

 

the 2500X is a dual chamber MID TOWER case, it costs a bit but it probably fit your needs 

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                  .o+`                   ------------------- 
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                `+oooo:                  Host: Darkness
               `+oooooo:                 Kernel: Latest  
               -+oooooo+:                Packages: Only what i need to keep it simple
             `/:-:++oooo+:               Shell: ZSH
            `/++++/+++++++:              Main Monitor: LG Ultragear LG 27GS85Q 
           `/++++++++++++++:             Secondary Monitor: Asus MG28UQ
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           DE: Plasma Always Bleeding Edge  
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18 minutes ago, y0ur5h4d0w said:

damn i found a competitor for disks ownership! i have 12 HDDs in my server

I'll call, and then raise you 2 SATA SSDs in a RAID 1 for storing my TrueNAS apps 🙂

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35 minutes ago, NewUser2025 said:

'll take a look at the Corsair 2500X Midi Tower.

Honestly it's the right side of the case that no one sees, why does it matter? You can add some  zip ties to clean it up some, and double sided tape the SSDs to the PSU shroud if it really bothers you. 

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13 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Arctic Cooling ARCTIC Xtender is a cool case also. Should fit six 2.5" SSDs. Very spacious in general. Model being ACPCC00018A

Just took a look at the Artic case, it looks like a good choice. Natively supports 6x 2.5" SSD's and ticks all of the boxes. I am seriously looking at purchasing the case. I might end up replacing all of the preinstalled fans with quieter fans without the RGB, but I'll keep on looking. Thank you for the suggestion.

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Just now, OhioYJ said:

Honestly it's the right side of the case that no one sees, why does it matter? You can add some  zip ties to clean it up some, and double sided tape the SSDs to the PSU shroud if it really bothers you. 

Mostly I'm concerned with the SSD's not being secured, and would prefer them to be secured to the chassis. Plus, whatever I end up getting I'll be buying brand new SATA cables, since the one's I'm using does not fully lock into place and one decent bump has caused my drive to disconnect which bugs the shit out of me lol.

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23 minutes ago, y0ur5h4d0w said:

damn i found a competitor for disks ownership! i have 12 HDDs in my server so i understand the situation

 

2 minutes ago, Dr. Will0hlep said:

I'll call, and then raise you 2 SATA SSDs in a RAID 1 for storing my TrueNAS apps 🙂

 

You're going to bring the data hoarders out of the wood work. I'm sure even my server will look like a lightweight. 

 

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3 minutes ago, NewUser2025 said:

Mostly I'm concerned with the SSD's not being secured, and would prefer them to be secured to the chassis. 

Why are they moving around that much? (Your PC shouldn't be moving) Double sided tape, zip ties to hold the cables? 

 

Sounds like perhaps some drive consolidation could also be in order. Perhaps less, but larger drives could help? 

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6 hours ago, NewUser2025 said:

Good morning,

 

I have a bit of a conundrum. I have spent a little bit of time making the left side of the desktop look (fairly) tidy.

 

However, my right side (behind the motherboard tray) looks well... bad.

Specifically I am thinking I might need to get a larger case to secure my 2.5" SSD's (I have six (6) of them), mostly so they're not floating around in the basement of the PSU cover. Thoughts? Budget isn't really an issue, just would like to secure my drives. Mostly, the case needs to fit an EATX motherboard, 360mm AIO, and an RTX 5090. Thank you.

how many 3.5" drive bays does the case you own have?

if your not using them, just get bay adapters to fit 2 ssd's in each 3.5" bay.

 

or maybe something like this;

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would of course work for any size drive.

 

https://www.amazon.com/YAODHAOD-Mounting-Bracket-Internal-Server/dp/B0DZHNQKFW/ref=sims_dp_d_dex_ai_rank_model_1_d_v1_d_sccl_2_5/143-8127490-3176265?pd_rd_w=84SRz&content-id=amzn1.sym.bb4a0aac-c2b4-4b4b-a0c8-9aa89b28dce3&pf_rd_p=bb4a0aac-c2b4-4b4b-a0c8-9aa89b28dce3&pf_rd_r=K3P1TCKR7ZCT1EHNEQV0&pd_rd_wg=T34H5&pd_rd_r=723d50bb-1414-458c-b72a-eff8b4da0d7e&pd_rd_i=B0DZHNQKFW&psc=1

 

 

I like these, I may have to get some.

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40 minutes ago, Pusbucket said:

 OP can just take out a loan and use their house as collateral.

Offtopic, but TBH the thing I'm most excited about for when the AI bubble pops is that they're gonna have to liquidate those hyperscale data centers which should flood the market with used ultra capacity SSDs. Gonna finally get my all-flash storage server!

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On 2/4/2026 at 7:25 AM, Pusbucket said:

how many 3.5" drive bays does the case you own have?

if your not using them, just get bay adapters to fit 2 ssd's in each 3.5" bay.

 

or maybe something like this;

715rQWHglkL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

would of course work for any size drive.

 

https://www.amazon.com/YAODHAOD-Mounting-Bracket-Internal-Server/dp/B0DZHNQKFW/ref=sims_dp_d_dex_ai_rank_model_1_d_v1_d_sccl_2_5/143-8127490-3176265?pd_rd_w=84SRz&content-id=amzn1.sym.bb4a0aac-c2b4-4b4b-a0c8-9aa89b28dce3&pf_rd_p=bb4a0aac-c2b4-4b4b-a0c8-9aa89b28dce3&pf_rd_r=K3P1TCKR7ZCT1EHNEQV0&pd_rd_wg=T34H5&pd_rd_r=723d50bb-1414-458c-b72a-eff8b4da0d7e&pd_rd_i=B0DZHNQKFW&psc=1

 

 

I like these, I may have to get some.

I’d have to look, but I believe my case only natively supports 4 2.5” SSD’s in its current configuration.

 

Check this out on @Newegg:Thermaltake AX700 TG Super Tower; SSI-CEB/SSI-EEB/XL-ATX/E-ATX; 560mm Radiator Support; 360mm-630mm GPU Clearance; Support for up to 18x 3.5 or 2.5"; Supports 2X 5.25; CA-11B-00F1WN-00
 

I found this, I might go with this one. Huge, and should tick all of my requirements.

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