Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
It seems most PC internal optical drives are still around the 148Wx42Hx170D dimensions that they have been for years. Is there a smaller alternative available? A laptop-size drive with SATA connectors would be ideal.
Slim notebook drives are all basically the same length and width, which is about as small as you can go given the size of an optical disc. Thickness is one area where there's some flexibility, and in that regard the thinnest drive I've ever heard of is the 7mm Matsushita (Panasonic) UJ-844 Multi Drive.