Hard Drive Mounting

[projectfruitloops]

I have been planing a build for a while and I need to mount a 4 GB WD Black drive somewhere in my case, however I want to use a swiftech h320 (though it says corsair h110 in the build, I need to change that) and this will require me to take out the hard drive cages, any suggestions as to how and where else I could mount the drive (I am sure someone has asked this before but I just couldn't find any other helpful posts).

Also I considered velcro, but I am just worried that that may damage the drive due to vibration and maybe even it falling off the velcro.

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[Ren]

Drill holes somewhere in a horizontal position and screw it in with proper fitting screws. Anti-vibration rubber grommets/fittings will help as well.

 

Drive cages really are only there for removable HDD arrays, the slots are the good things but only because of ease. As far as I'm concerned (and I'm pretty sure most would agree) it does not matter where you put a single HDD. For a WD Black, you might wanna put it near where there's airflow, though..

 

 

At least make sure your air circulation is good in your case and you don't mount it in a place where there's dead air. You should be all set.

[Phllips]

Drill holes somewhere in a horizontal position and screw it in with proper fitting screws. Anti-vibration rubber grommets/fittings will help as well.

 

Drive cages really are only there for removable HDD arrays, the slots are the good things but only because of ease. As far as I'm concerned (and I'm pretty sure most would agree) it does not matter where you put a single HDD. For a WD Black, you might wanna put it near where there's airflow, though..

something also that i was thinking was that's a lot of money for a case i havent really heard of. you could get a 750D or a 760t for that

[projectfruitloops]

I didn't really think about that (proving my inexperience when it comes to DIY), that seems like a good idea, unless I get another reply that panders to my lazy nature I will probably go down that route thanks a lot .

[Mightybaal]

Hi,

 I was also going to suggest a bracket and mount it to the 5.25 inch bay or if thats taken make your own bracket and attached to the back of the mobo tray if it fits

[Ren]

something also that i was thinking was that's a lot of money for a case i havent really heard of. you could get a 750D or a 760t for that

Lian-Li cases are really nice. This one in particular is awesome, but I don't know what the guy wants to do with it that prevents mounting his WD Black in a proper position.

 

 

 

Edit:

 

If you have a hack saw and some sandpaper, you can chop up a drive cage (if needed) and mount that somewhere more convenient. Just try to hide the parts you cut or repaint it? I don't know, might be hard to match the paint on that case. You can also just put some holes in where the disc drive bays are and fit it in there if you needed to, I think..

[Alec Harpers]

Well one solution is to drill some holes in the bottom of the case and coresponding holes in the removable hdd trays included , put some rubber grommets in between for noise reduction and you're donne . Also it's cooled by the air coming from the rad fans (I assume you'l be mounting it in the front). The air's gonna be warm but it's better than noting .

[projectfruitloops]

The triple rad I want to use will cover all options for drive mounting as it is of the 360mm variety.

[Alec Harpers]

Well one solution is to drill some holes in the bottom of the case and coresponding holes in the removable hdd trays included , put some rubber grommets in between for noise reduction and you're donne . Also it's cooled by the air coming from the rad fans (I assume you'l be mounting it in the front). The air's gonna be warm but it's better than noting .

LOL ! By the time I finished typing my response another 2 guys already wrote pretty much the same thing . :lol:

[Ren]

The triple rad I want to use will cover all options for drive mounting as it is of the 360mm variety.

Good luck with your build, then! Parts list is great.

[projectfruitloops]

Thanks for the replies, these all seem like great options and pretty similar too, ill just have to get out the old drill and hope to Gabe N I don't muck this great case up,thanks for all the replies its great to jump on a forum I am new too and be able to get responses this good this quickly, seems like Linus was not exaggerating about how friendly you are