casing with built in hot-swap drive dock?

[nez]

Medium Tower casing with built in hot-swap drive dock accessible from the front?

Recommend casing with built in hot-swap drive dock accessible from the front of casing.
Something similar to cosair 800D but preferably a medium tower instead.

Thanks

 

[coyote]

 

[Swiftbladez]

Those bays costs ~$20. You can get them and simply install them into your 5.25" bays. Get whatever case you like.

 

[nez]

Thanks but looking for medium tower.

 

[nez]

Those bays costs ~$20. You can get them and simply install them into your 5.25" bays. Get whatever case you like.

Thanks but need something separate from the 5.25" bays.

 

[Swiftbladez]

Thanks but need something separate from the 5.25" bays.

You can check out the thermaltake cases. Thermaltake v3 has a dock on top. some of their other cases might have too.

 

[coyote]

These so called "docks" are nothing more than just some mechanical parts plus a sata power & sata connector. Definitely not worth the S$19 I paid for them. Though, I have many of them in many of my PC as they are just very handy.

Let alone getting a 'sophisticated' chassis that boast about having "docking" capability & charge an arm and a leg for them.

Anyway, just a suggestion.

 

[t258jgn]

This type can?

If ITX got this

 

[coyote]

The full size chassis needs to open up the side panel to access the harddisk. That's not so "hot-swap" as such racks were meant to be.


I like the ITX one. Though, so far only 1 AMD ITX board has that many SATA ports.

This type can?

If ITX got this

 

[haylui]

Thermaltake level 10gts
4 external hot swap bay with lock.

Need some pic?

 

[nez]

Perhaps i miss out 1 crucial criteria which is for the dock to be accessible from the front of casing like the 800D.

Reason being my casing is inside a cabinet so I can swap the drive without dismantling all the cables, take the casing out of the cabinet, remove the side panel....

Hope you guys get what i mean & why as well.

 

[nez]

Thermaltake level 10gts
4 external hot swap bay with lock.

Need some pic?

Thanks i will look into it. It is available locally?

edit
Nevermind, Just checked that it is accessible from the side.

 

[nez]

These so called "docks" are nothing more than just some mechanical parts plus a sata power & sata connector. Definitely not worth the S$19 I paid for them. Though, I have many of them in many of my PC as they are just very handy.

Let alone getting a 'sophisticated' chassis that boast about having "docking" capability & charge an arm and a leg for them.

Anyway, just a suggestion.

Thanks for the advise. Its really for the convenience.

 

[nez]

This type can?

Just added that i need front access.

 

[nez]

Some examples to better understand what u mean by front access.

I also would prefer built-in instead of DIY if possible

Although this casing is hideous, I like that their hot swapped access is at the front

 

[Godeau]

Coolermaster Silencio 550

Coolermaster Silencio 650

Both cases only has a single hot swap bay

They are really hard to find simply because you can get any case that you like and convert the 5.25 bay to a hot swap bay, no reason for them to implement it in their design

 

[nez]

Both cases only has a single hot swap bay

They are really hard to find simply because you can get any case that you like and convert the 5.25 bay to a hot swap bay, no reason for them to implement it in their design

Thanks for the recommendation. I have previously looked at them already.

However, honestly I am very, very amazed by their limiting design options for front loading HDD, much less even having them hot-swapped.

Its like a common template among casing designers. *facepalm*

 

[nez]

And to add on, from what i have seen (no disrespect to multiple fan lovers or watercooling users), casing designs seems to focus largely on the following:-

1) getting as much air/ventilation into & out of the case

&

2) increasing the number of holes to allow for various watercooling tubing to pass through

That is it. Period

Honestly *facepalm*

 

[nez]

Still looking

 

[nyquist_ty]

Cooler Master HAF XB EVO has 2 built-in hotswap slots for 3.5/2.5" drives. Looking forward to use this in my next upgrade too

Cooler Master: HAF XB EVO