midtower case and optical drives?

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:53 pm

If I have a midtower case and a ATX motherboard, is it normal that I can only put 2 optical drives in?
They seem to be to long to fit anywhere lower then the second bay. So I had to put them in the top 2 bays, but i would prefer to have at least one empty bay in between them. Are all Midtowers configured like this or is there some cases that will accompany more drives in the lower portions.
http://www.altdirect.com/DSProduct.cfm?ProductID=102696
I now it is a cheap case, but that is all I was able to afford.

now I am looking at this case, and I'm just wodering if I would have the same problem with this one.
http://www.vibecomputers.com/index.cfm? ... vID=191901

smb · Post by **smb** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:24 pm

you really need to get the measurements on how deep the case is. I use one similar to this and I have no problems with collision.

Another thing you might check on is now alot of optical drives are shorter. Lite-on and Sony come to mind.

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:29 pm

yes i guess measuring would work.
My old case is only 34 cm deep, the new one will be 43cm so I'm sure this time they will fit the way I want them to.
Thanks for the tip, and I hit my self for not thinking of that my self.

hame

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:09 pm

Originally posted by smb
Lite-on and Sony come to mind.

the Lite-on I just bought is almost as short as it can be, not much longer then the CD that goes in it

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:30 pm

well they fit perfectly