HTPC case without an optical bay

fubarbundy · **Joined:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:34 am **Posts:** 1

Hi all. Does anyone know what cases if any are available with the following features:

Hifi component form factor (~45cm wide, <45cm deep, <18cm high
No optical bay (
Mini-ITX or MicroATX
Plenty of 3.5" bays (5+)
Space for 1 x 2.5" drive
Ideally space for a dual-slot graphics card
Well-made
Clean/minimal design
Ideally black

If it weren't for the fact that I want to put it on my existing hifi shelf, the Lian Li PC-Q25B would be my ideal case... can anyone help me? Does such a case even exist?

Thanks

lapon · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:50 am

That's quite a specific set of requirements. Can the HDD's go into an external enclosure, as 5 is a lot of 3.5" spaces in addition to the 2.5" drive. I don't know of any cases that have fewer than one 5.25" external bay, I guess case makers worry that you have to install the OS somehow. Most cases in this should be able to fit a dual slot graphics card. I have seen these shorter cases that have the 5.25 external side mounted, so it cant be see during typical use. Sorry I cant be more helpful!

aurania · **Joined:** Wed May 09, 2012 12:02 am **Posts:** 9

A stacked pair of Wesena enclosures would do nicely. One for the motherboard and CPU and one for all the hard drives:

Olaf van der Spek · **Joined:** Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:10 am **Posts:** 333

lapon wrote:

I guess case makers worry that you have to install the OS somehow.

USB and external ODDs exist for that.

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