WTB: Thermaltake Tsunami Dream drive rails

[Halon]

This is a long shot going around twenty years back, but I managed to find a dirty Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case up my street last week. After a very thorough cleaning it's in fine shape and now home to a Ryzen 3600 build. Problem is, it has two empty 5.25" bays. Does anyone have some drive rails rattling around? If you even have one I have a friend with a 3D printer who could knock out something for me. Thanks for looking!

 

[jimthebob]

To clarify, you're just looking for the plastic 5.25" covers for the drive bays? I believe I have the same case collecting dust up in the attic, just want to make sure I'm looking for the right parts before I make the climb.

 

[Fritzz]

Sounds like he is looking for the rails that go on either side of the drive that allow it to slide into the 5.25" drive bay.

I too have one of these laying around, I can take a look.

 

[kirbyrj]

Sounds like he is looking for the rails that go on either side of the drive that allow it to slide into the 5.25" drive bay.

I too have one of these laying around, I can take a look.

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I'm sure a generic rail would probably work. I had this case and I don't remember it being super proprietary. Even that PCI latching system (Pepperidge Farm remembers 1 slot GPUs like that) could come off and you could screw it down IIRC.

 

[Halon]

Yep, Fritzz is correct. Those are the pieces I’m hunting for. And kirbyrj is probably right, but if someone here has a 1:1 match that could save some headaches. The PCI latch system is unfriendly to modern video cards whose heatsink apparatus projects above the PCI bracket’s height (the plastic tab snags), so I ended up removing a handful of small screws and then pulling out the purple and green latch system. Some of the aesthetic choices made back then boggle the mind.

 

[Halon]

To clarify, you're just looking for the plastic 5.25" covers for the drive bays? I believe I have the same case collecting dust up in the attic, just want to make sure I'm looking for the right parts before I make the climb.

I posted before coffee this morning and didn’t make it clear - I’m looking for the 5.25” drive rails. Went ahead and edited the post to reflect that - sorry for the confusion!

 

[jimthebob]

Welp, I crawled up in the attic and checked in the case; sadly, the drive rails were not in there. Hopefully Fritzz can track some down. However, if not, the drive rails are one of those things I know I've got somewhere (because as the wife isn't afraid to point out, I never throw anything away), I'm just not sure where exactly

 

[Halon]

Welp, I crawled up in the attic and checked in the case; sadly, the drive rails were not in there. Hopefully Fritzz can track some down. However, if not, the drive rails are one of those things I know I've got somewhere (because as the wife isn't afraid to point out, I never throw anything away), I'm just not sure where exactly

Don't tear your hair out looking for them, I appreciate you scrambling up there. Should you happen upon them, let me know!

 

[Fritzz]

Random but on topic-ish. Do you have the silver or the black version?

I lost the little top hatch that covers the USB, headphone, microphone and Firewire(just dated this case).

I'll take a look this afternoon when I get home. I "think" there is a system in there and pretty sure it has a IDE drive.

 

[Halon]

Random but on topic-ish. Do you have the silver or the black version?

I lost the little top hatch that covers the USB, headphone, microphone and Firewire(just dated this case).

I'll take a look this afternoon when I get home. I "think" there is a system in there and pretty sure it has a IDE drive.

I have the black version. Whoever owned this before me also lost the cover to the top hatch, but I can 3D print something to cover that space outright - I ended up tossing the USB/FireWire/speaker/mic module because it protruded down far enough to keep me from installing a power supply easily. This definitely a case (no pun intended) where I have specific functional uses planned, but I'm not interested in keeping all the old accessories for completeness' sake.

 

[buschman31]

i only have one and maybe a second one that i have kept for a long time.

edit: i had two pairs. let me know if that works for u

 

[Halon]

i only have one and maybe a second one that i have kept for a long time.

edit: i had two pairs. let me know if that works for u

PMed you. Let me know your asking price.