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Was ordering up the PC-7 Plus based on reviews/response from this forum however the single thing that concerns me slightly is the lack of HDD space. Essentially 4 if you install a floppy disk drive which is pretty weak. I currently plan on buying 2 new drives to use in raid 0 for o.s/apps and atleast 2 other drives without raid for back up. This leaves space pretty limited and my feeling is that even if i could fit all the drives i wanted in this case it might restrict airflow a large amount. Any opinions? ATM im thinking of 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (RAID 0), 1x Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (BACKUP), and i have 2 drives in this system just now which would be a shame to waste - a 250gb and 150gb sata1 drive.

Its a last minute panic attack cause i was about to put through the order before i thought of this, opinions?
 
just buy a couple of 5.25" to 3.5" adapters or hard drive silencers and put 2 hd's in the 5.25" bays.
 
assuming the op did go this way and didnt actually use a hd silencer which are usually passively cooled anyways, there is always the use of something like this zalman .
To be perfectly honest though as long as there is airflow in the case and space around them then the hd's probably wont get too hot anyways because the warm air would be pulled away by the flow of the air in the case.
 
so you still think the pc-7 plus is a better case to go with even though its not designed for the number of hard drives i want? i would have thought its better to get a case that includes space in its spec rather than modifications. To be honest im probably only going to put 4 of the drives in just now but additions are likely in the future
 
not that many options in that price bracket i don't think. Eclipse is a bit more pricy (even more so with fans), and has what...... 5 (?) HDD bays if you have a tower heatsink and floppy drive. More if you dont need to remove the upper rack (which cant fit with HSFs like the Scythes, Ultra-120 or TT).
 
well the name of the title has the alternative similar lian-li case but i was mainly wondering if its worth bothering with that or going for the PC-7 plus. It only has 6 bays in total but even just 1 more is reasonable. My price bracket was under £100 btw and i originally was going with the eclipse but it doesnt fit in my desk, far too long at 56cm, 50cm is even pushing it. I was considering the Antec P180 due to its size at 1 point but not too keen on the fact that theres no window and not sure about a door
 
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