Removing HDD Bays.....

[SIMP]

Hello all,
I saw this guy's case and noticed how clean it looked without the HDD bays. Couldn't help but think this would dramatically increase the air flow in the case.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1533/__1.jpg

What are your opinions? Also, what does this do to the HDDs without air moving across them? Thanks for your feedback!

 

[Emperor_nero]

HDDs don't get that hot so that shouldn't be a problem.

It does look nice, but what the heck is up with the foam?

 

[Ramodkk]

I removed my HD cage from my NZXT Apollo to place a 120mm fan in the front. I thought I could have better airflow so I left the cage out and put the hard drive on one of the 3 1/2" bays.

Now my case looks more spacy and my CPU temps idling sometimes go 3C lower than normal.

It does look nice, but what the heck is up with the foam?

I guess it's just to hide some really messy cables down there

 

[SIMP]

The foam was for sound proofing purposes but it does hide messy wires too. What is required to mount hdds in 5" bays?

 

[Ramodkk]

A 5 1/4" to 3 /12" adapter

 

[SIMP]

Wow, these brackets are $10.00 at newegg.

 

[csmdew]

buy removable racks from geeks; I never install anything other than racks

 

[CPTMuller]

It would increase airflow in the case, but it might be less than you think especially if you only have one drive and it isn't covering the width of the front of your case.