Custom Hard Drive Mounting

Tyreal · December 29th, 2006

Since I started started watercooling in my Antec TX1050B, I needed to relocate where my hard drives would be. I had to drill out the previous hard drive cages to make room for the radiator. Since I have 4 5.25' drive bays, and only two are being used up by a dvd drive and a fan controller, I decided I would move my two hard drives up there.

It took some time to figure out a good, cheap way to mount the hard drives but I came up with this:

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To mount the hard drives, I used four standard case screws, two on each side about half way through. Then I used a coated wire, twine, and wrapped it around the screw and then put it through the holes on the side, suspending it. It took some time to tweak and get it all straight. The whole system seems pretty sturdy.

What do you guys think? Will it work out fine?

polobunny · December 29th, 2006

Should work fine. I would only be worried about it moving/slamming inside when taking the comp to a LAN party. Else, it's all good.

Tyreal · December 29th, 2006

It's actually very firm. The wire holds its shape and is stiff.

Panda Man · December 29th, 2006

bwuahaha, that's so ghetto. Nice rigging nonetheless

polobunny · December 29th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Tyreal

It's actually very firm. The wire holds its shape and is stiff.

Ok I wasn't sure. It's alright then. Ghetto like Panda said, but aslong as it's working. =P

Tyreal · December 29th, 2006

Ghetto is the way to go. :D

polobunny · December 29th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Tyreal

Ghetto is the way to go. :D

This sounds like a bad porno website publicity, and I don't like it. o_O

pc_guy · December 29th, 2006

3.5 => 5.25" brackets at $1.49 - LINK, would have looked a bit less ghetto.

polobunny · December 29th, 2006

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Originally Posted by pc_guy

3.5 => 5.25" brackets at $1.49 - LINK, would have looked a bit less ghetto.

Half the ghetto, half the fun.

Tyreal · December 29th, 2006

True, but I want to spend the least amount of money possible.

December 29th, 2006	#1
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Custom Hard Drive Mounting Since I started started watercooling in my Antec TX1050B, I needed to relocate where my hard drives would be. I had to drill out the previous hard drive cages to make room for the radiator. Since I have 4 5.25' drive bays, and only two are being used up by a dvd drive and a fan controller, I decided I would move my two hard drives up there. It took some time to figure out a good, cheap way to mount the hard drives but I came up with this: More images: http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2183/m3054in1.jpg http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7130/m3055tf4.jpg http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6118/m3057rw7.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1213/m3059wa7.jpg To mount the hard drives, I used four standard case screws, two on each side about half way through. Then I used a coated wire, twine, and wrapped it around the screw and then put it through the holes on the side, suspending it. It took some time to tweak and get it all straight. The whole system seems pretty sturdy. What do you guys think? Will it work out fine? I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

December 29th, 2006	#2
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,841 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Custom Hard Drive Mounting Should work fine. I would only be worried about it moving/slamming inside when taking the comp to a LAN party. Else, it's all good.

December 29th, 2006	#3
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Custom Hard Drive Mounting It's actually very firm. The wire holds its shape and is stiff. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

December 29th, 2006	#4
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: Custom Hard Drive Mounting bwuahaha, that's so ghetto. Nice rigging nonetheless Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

December 29th, 2006	#6
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Custom Hard Drive Mounting Ghetto is the way to go. :D I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

December 29th, 2006	#8
pc_guy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Inside an igloo, Canada Posts: 313	Re: Custom Hard Drive Mounting 3.5 => 5.25" brackets at $1.49 - LINK, would have looked a bit less ghetto. \|\| AMD Athlon64 3800+ Venice \| Asus A8N5X s939 \| OCZ Premier PC3200 Du-Ch 1GB \| Sapphire X1600Pro 512MB PCI-e \| 1xWD 80Gb & 1xWD 250Gb Sata(s) \| Antec SLK3800B Case \| Enermax NoiseTaker 485W \|\|

December 29th, 2006	#10
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Custom Hard Drive Mounting True, but I want to spend the least amount of money possible. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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