Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log In Sign Up User account menu 119 8 hot-swap bay on the cheap in modded case.

I wanted a setup that would allow more than just 4 drives since I had a few extras laying around.

I also wanted it to be atx compatible since I will be retiring my gaming pc motherboard soon.

It needed to be hot-swappable and finally, I wanted it to be cheap.

After much searching on many pc components websites on settled on this Antec NSK4100 for 59,99 Canadian rupees.

Why this one you may ask Well looking closely at the frame, you can see that the metal hdd brackets under the existing 5.25 bays are only riveted-in so easily removable.

Finally, since the thing is cheap, I wasnt to scared to butcher the thing up.

You can remove the plates with a drill and after cut the front of the case with a dremmel or a hacksaw.

After that you are left with plenty enough space to add a second hot-swap bay To add support to the bay, I added some angled brackets to the bottom of the case and reused some of the 5,25 cover plates.

Finally, I cut the front plastic cover of the case with an exacto knife to accommodate the new hot-swap bay.

I know it might look a bit janky but the thing holds pretty well and looks good from the outside:P So I say mission accomplished 34 comments share save hide report 99 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best.

Ive used a couple of them for win98 machines for friends.

Share Report Save level 1 Proxmox AMD 2700 64GB 1 year ago I was looking for something like that, in past there was no problems you could find case with whole front covered with 5.25 bays and now its impossible to find it.

Still looking from time to time on ebay for some old case.

Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Yeah I saw that you can still find that cooler master one on eBay but I didnt like the size of the thing.

Tried to stay as small as possible given my parts.

Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago What did you use for the bays 3 Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Those are the Rosewill ones.

Share Report Save Continue this thread level 1 1 year ago That looks sharp.

I mean literally sharp, I can almost imagine cutting my fingers on those bits of metal.

Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago I might have had a few minor cuts along the way didnt draw blood at least.

Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago Looks legit 2 Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Thanks 1 Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago I am going to try something similar with my Rosewill Thor V2 case and the exact same drive cages.

Glad to see I am not totally out to lunch and my plan just might work:) 2 Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Nice Looking at the case, I think you might have a good amount of metal cutting to do at the front but after that, the mesh front should be pretty easy to remove and everything should blend in well.

Your work on the plastic cover is spot on 1 Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Haha yeah its the outside that counts in this case;) thanks 1 Share Report Save Continue this thread level 1 1 year ago Looks great on the outside You might want to add some tape or something to cover the sharp inside parts.

MY first dedicated server was my old x58 gaming mobo and case with the i7 swapped for a 12 core xeon and unregistered ecc.

I picked up an older rack mount case that will require a bit of drilling but not likely cutting so this post was timely.

Thanks I picked up a second non hotswap cage for 17 which was quite a savings over the hotswap model.

Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Thanks Yeah I tried to fold the ends of the sharpest parts witch helped but from the start that case had some good cutting potential without modding so Im not too worried.:P good luck with your project 1 Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago So clean looking.

Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Thanks 2 Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago Wait, what is a Canadian Rupee I have heard Canadian Dollar or Indian Rupee.

First I am hearing both in one.

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