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Best HD Removable rack/bay

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Gawd
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I picked up two WD 320g SATA2 drives this weekend, and I know need to find the best rack/bay for them to go into 5.25" bays. SATA2 is not a requirement as the controller is an ICH5R, and case has a door. I have checked around and have not seen a clear winner in the bunch or any with substantial reviews.

Thanks!

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Do you want one rack for two drives, or two seperate racks? Do you have any other drives that you might want to rackmount? My suggestion is the Supermicro 5-in-3 (newegg now carries it at a reasonable price!) for around $130; it takes up 3 5.25" bays, and accomodates 5 3.5" sata drives in hotswap carriers. It'll do sata or sata2, depending entirely on what controller you plug into it. It has a 92MM fan which will wake the dead, if noise is a concern.

Since comparable-quality 1-to-1 units are about $50, it's a lot cheaper and more compact than getting 5 1-to-1s, and even versus getting a pair, it only takes up one more bay, and it's a lot more room for expansion in the future.
 
2 drives only. The other 4 i am using is housed in the case. 2 bays is max I can spare, as have DVD in one and at some point fan controller in the other.

unhappy_mage said:
Do you want one rack for two drives, or two seperate racks? Do you have any other drives that you might want to rackmount? My suggestion is the Supermicro 5-in-3 (newegg now carries it at a reasonable price!) for around $130; it takes up 3 5.25" bays, and accomodates 5 3.5" sata drives in hotswap carriers. It'll do sata or sata2, depending entirely on what controller you plug into it. It has a 92MM fan which will wake the dead, if noise is a concern.

Since comparable-quality 1-to-1 units are about $50, it's a lot cheaper and more compact than getting 5 1-to-1s, and even versus getting a pair, it only takes up one more bay, and it's a lot more room for expansion in the future.
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Search for icydock on newegg. They have a 2 bay 3 drive rack.
 
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