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What do you use for your extra optical bays?

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I have 2 free ones and I intend on filling them up.

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Fan controller or SD card reader?

 

Optical drives can be handy to have some times, though.

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usually cases come with those plastic thingies in the bays, so they're filled up :P

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optical drive, if you're that one guy that benefits from it, a second optical drive.

 

fan controller, led controller, hotswap hard drive bay, etc.

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Twinky dispensers

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I don't use anything in them (except for the covers I guess..)

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If you have an Asus ROG board you can get the 'front base' which can be used to tweek and monitor your system, that takes up 2 on it's own. That drawer looks Dredgy linked looks pretty handy, if I had any full sized optical bays I'd get one. Depends if you want pretty flashing lights or not.

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I use them to heat slices of pizza

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Fill them with small children.

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5.25in drawers are cool, fan controllers and SD card readers are some good options.

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I have two optical drives. barely use them but they're matcing and I got two for the price of one :) I have an Air 540 btw.

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A whole bunch of nothing...

 

I use the spaces for my 3.5" HDDs... I'll be adding two more sometime soon...

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touchscreen fancontroller. EYECANDY!! (nzxt sentry 3) 

 

or since you have two bays, a sentry lx (LINK: https://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/78-sentry-lx-fan-control.html )

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Fill them with small children.

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5.25in drawers are cool, fan controllers and SD card readers are some good options.

Tempted to get a drawer now...

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Tempted to get a drawer now...

As soon as I saw them I was tempted...

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I have 4 optical bays; the top one is home to a Lamptron FC5V2 fan controller and the bottom 3 house an Ultra Kaze fan. Since you only have two, a fan controller and a USB3/Card reader wouldnt be a bad option.

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I have 2 free ones and I intend on filling them up.

You can make Cakes!!!

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Blu-ray drive and card reader.

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usually cases come with those plastic thingies in the bays, so they're filled up :P

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optical drive, if you're that one guy that benefits from it, a second optical drive.

 

fan controller, led controller, hotswap hard drive bay, etc.

 

and if you're not satisfied with 2 optical drives, they make external usb drives

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Blu-ray reader, that's it...

 

edit: well i have an antec 1200 so it ONLY has optical bays in the front. 

So actually, it's used for 3 cages with hdd mounts in it and a fan + controller.

And 1 for optical drive, last two is empty...

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I used one of mine for the LED lighting controller I made:

https://youtu.be/_yZn-emqAiQ?t=4m4s

 

Awful video but it kind of shows what I'm on about.

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