5.25" bay adapter?

[hammerslap1]

so im kinda thinking that since case manufacturers insist on giving us 3 or 4 5.25" bays which are almost never removable it would be swell for them to offer a sort of sled adapter so that i could use one of those slots for my hdd which would be sweet cause i could remove all of the hdd disk bays instead of keeping a whole bay just for 1 hdd. wouldnt that be swell

[ShadowCaptain]

so im kinda thinking that since case manufacturers insist on giving us 3 or 4 5.25" bays which are almost never removable it would be swell for them to offer a sort of sled adapter so that i could use one of those slots for my hdd which would be sweet cause i could remove all of the hdd disk bays instead of keeping a whole bay just for 1 hdd. wouldnt that be swell

 

They do, there are even some that allow you to insert like 4 - 6 2.5 or 3.5" hard drives across multiple bays

 

Also adapters to 3.25" bays for card readers

 

There are all sorts of thing you can do with the front bays

 

Example:

 

 

 

[hammerslap1]

but wouldnt the adapters need to be made specific for each different case?

[Guest Generallee]

but wouldnt the adapters need to be made specific for each different case?

 

Drive bays, adapters and cases are standard

[LogicalDrm]

My case has only 5.25'' slots. 4 of them have openings for bays. You can buy 1 to 1 coverter or 2 to 3 converters. Or hotswap converters. Or HDD cooling boxes. Browse around in Silverstone's site for example.

[rashdanml]

There are quite a few 3 to 4 converters, maybe even 3 to 5 3.5/2.5" converters. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817198058

[vengeancek70]

There are adapters like this one: http://www.newegg.com/global/nl/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817997016&cm_re=3.5_to_5.25_bay_adapter-_-17-997-016-_-Product

[hammerslap1]

all of these suggestiongs are great however i was thinking of something that didnt muck up the front of my case.

[Guest]

http://uk.startech.com/HDD/Brackets/Metal-35-to-525-Inch-Drive-Adapter-Bracket~BRACKET

[hammerslap1]

was looking at these ones yesterday going to order it

[acolombo]

was looking at these ones yesterday going to order it

If you have some old CD-Rom or DVD-Rom drives around and you don't mid taking them apart, I usually toss the internals and only keep the external shell, then I make the holes to mount and HDD on it and the adapter is done.

[hammerslap1]

If you have some old CD-Rom or DVD-Rom drives around and you don't mid taking them apart, I usually toss the internals and only keep the external shell, then I make the holes to mount and HDD on it and the adapter is done.

yeah but tat would still be sticking out of the front of my case. the whole point is to use the space without having to have stuff messing up the face of my tower. thats why i didnt put a disk drive in the first place

[BaSkA]

I am going to buy 2 of these as a fellow forum member showed it to me and it's just awesome.

[acolombo]

yeah but tat would still be sticking out of the front of my case. the whole point is to use the space without having to have stuff messing up the face of my tower. thats why i didnt put a disk drive in the first place

No, because the front bezel is missing so it will stay behind the slot covers, no need to take them out. Still my method is just a ghetto method. If you buy them they will look nicer