Short Card Readers

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

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Hey,

Last year I threw together a 2nd PC for gaming with a more portable size in mind for going to a LAN (Lian Li A70A is overkill) so grabbing myself a BitFenix Prodigy mITX (iirc anyway!)

Anyway to suitably cool the setup I went with a Corsair H100i dual rad AIO watercooling solution. It fits but only by taking out the cage for securing an optical drive. This is also the only drive bay on the front.

What I could do with is a card reader that is quite short in depth - I'm not sure quite how much room I have but it's not a lot - any ideas? :)
 
Psymonkee said:
Hey,

Last year I threw together a 2nd PC for gaming with a more portable size in mind for going to a LAN (Lian Li A70A is overkill) so grabbing myself a BitFenix Prodigy mITX (iirc anyway!)

Anyway to suitably cool the setup I went with a Corsair H100i dual rad AIO watercooling solution. It fits but only by taking out the cage for securing an optical drive. This is also the only drive bay on the front.

What I could do with is a card reader that is quite short in depth - I'm not sure quite how much room I have but it's not a lot - any ideas? :)
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This is probably a stupid idea so feel free to ignore it but are you by any chance thinking of upgrading your monitor at some point in the near future?

I only ask because if you are some of the higher quality monitors come with built in SD card readers which can handle cards in multiple formats that might be an option.

Alternatively you could just get a small cheap external USB card reader and just carry it around with you. They really are pretty small and light and shouldn't be hard to transport at all. When you are at your desk to slide it under your monitor out of the way.

Both sound like an easier solution than trying to shoe horn an internal card reader into your case.
 
The monitor is long overdue an upgrade but it works fine and I really can't justify it! It's an old Dell with memory card slots on but they never supported SDHC sadly.

I think the external solution might be the quickest/least hassle. It's only intended for home use anyway.
 
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