replacement for Q07?

neil_g · 26 Dec 2010 at 18:40

thinking of replacing the Lian Li Mini-Q (PC-Q07), basically at present i have an SSD and an optical drive and i was thinking of adding a 3.5" drive to free up some space on the SSD.

it cant be any taller than the Q07 and i would like to reuse all of my existing parts such as ATX psu, ITX board and full size optical drive..

thinking of the Q08 maybe but its not cheap..

neil_g · 27 Dec 2010 at 14:50

Borden said:
Did you not know that you can use both an SSD and a 3.5" drive at the same time in their normal mounting locations? I had that setup for a while. The SSD fits snuggly underneath the hard drive.

not with a graphics card in place, fouls the HS

neil_g · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:12

http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilgates/4304123589/in/set-72157622971584567/

thats the problem i have with my HD4650.. and 3.5" drives..

could take the optical drive out and pop it in an enclosure i guess

neil_g · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:35

the graphics card wont physically fit in the PCI slot with a 3.5" drive in that position. my only option is to put the 5.25 to 3.5 adapter back in and take the optical drive out..

neil_g · 27 Dec 2010 at 16:05

i already have a 1tb samsung 7.2k, id like to use that for performance and space for lightroom catalogues and PS scratch