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Wondering how Necere secured does two ssd in the front.
Would velcro be too thick and prevent the front panel from closing?
I see what you mean. Kinda like in this pic, they would be mounted with the label taped to the case. Good thinking.
The only thing and you can see in the picture, the screws have those shock absorbers that in a 7200rpm drive will make a difference. Won't taping it simply carry the vibrations all across the case?
Yep, that's what I meant. You could use double sided tape, it's a little spongy, that might help to keep the vibrations down. 2.5" drives don't vibrate a heck of a lot anyway, right? At least the drives that I have used have been pretty good in that regard.
There has to be a pretty straightforward way to do this. Think outside the box
I've been looking at a number of Delock accessories recently, but I don't actually know too much about the brand. There are a quite a few items with good reviews on Amazon, as well as few bad.
My point was that everyone's experience is different and that no hardware is 100% reliable 100% of the time.
My thing is that there were lots of testings which we are all grateful, but no revisions so far. I think adding a second 2.5" mounting in the front is something that adds value to the case. Use two fans on the bottom, and a full atx psu like you can and you have one mounting on the front, and that's assuming you won't use the optical drive. Use those same two fans on the bottom and two in the side panel with the sfx psu and you have one 2.5" mounting if you use the optical drive. Now, if you have those two in the front you can go for raid, as I'm sure any serious gamer won't use an optical drive. And yes, I'm aware you have an 3.5" removable caddy, but use a cooler like the noctua NH-C14 and you can't mount it.
While I see your point, I'm not sure the money would be best spent on the second prototype unless Necere says it's really REALLY necessary. I think we have concluded the case is conforming to expectations and the proposed changes (20mm height increase, perforated right panel, two 2,5" mounts behind front panel) would not impact the case's performance negatively. I'm failing to see what it would benefit having another prototype made.
I totally agree with you on the second 2,5" mounting, because it would increase flexibility (if possible) without sacrificing other options. I'd certainly use it or be happy to have the option to use it.
A recall is every company's worst nightmare, bar some automotive industry giants.
While I agree offering 3,5" mounting options and support for ATX is counter-productive for an efficient mITX system, the case doesn't waste much space with these options. But this added flexibility will be crucial for some. It's not like there is an unremovable 2x 3,5" drive cage, you can easily remove the bracket and mount various other stuff or just plainly omit it from your build.
While I agree that there is enough space to be flexible enough for a couple of 2.5" drives, I just don't believe this case needs to be any bigger to accommodate more parts. In fact, I, maybe one of a few here, would rather the case be even smaller. I also follow the M3 aluminum case thread (never posted there), and I find myself often dreaming about an even smaller case that could work with just a mITX, a low profile cooler, mSATA, a SFX psu, a 200-250mm fan (final design pending), and the Asus 670 mini, and maybe just maybe a slim optical drive. I also dream about another bigger but still smaller than the Ncase and the M3 that's just mITX, mSATA, swiftech H220, and a evga hydro titan, also maybe a slim optical drive. As for my dream cases, the slim optical drive will only be added to the design if there is room. Basically, I will not make room except for the essentials. I do believe that the ncase is almost as perfect as it gets in any case or prototype I've seen.