Looking for a 3.5 internal enclosure hot swappable

[robotdino304]

I am looking for a hardrive inclosure that would fit in the 3.5 inch hardrive bay that is hot swappable . What do you suggest? It should be able to hold a 2.5 inch hardrive and 3.5 inch hardrive. Also has fans for cooling.Not one that fits in a front 5.25inch bay.

Thank-you!

I have two laptop drives 2.5
one ssd
and three 3.5 inch hardrives.

 

[WyomingKnott]

Considering that a 3.5" bay barely has room for a 3.5" drive, you would have a hard time wrapping an enclosure around a 3.5" drive and then putting it in the bay. I suggest that you get something like an Icy Dock instead, or use a 5.25" bay. The Icy Dock will attach to an eSATA port (use a real one) and hold either-size drive.

I have two hot swap bays in my PC for 3.5" drives, but they fit into 5.25" bays. Yes, I know that that is not what you want. I'm just saying that you may have trouble finding one. You would have to get a case that is built for this purpose in the first place.

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Your post makes me think of songs. "Sittin' on the dock of the bay" and the Twelve Days of Christmas:

3 3.5" harddrives
two laptop drives
and a 2.5" ssd

 

[robotdino304]

what would you suggest that could fit into the 5.25 bay that is hot swap for 3.5 inch drives?

 

[WyomingKnott]

I have been happy with the Kingwin trayless line. Trayless is a must for me; I've got fourteen bare drives in my room, most of them in an anti-static case.

http://kingwin.com/products/cate/mobile/racks/kf_1000_bk.asp for one drive
http://kingwin.com/products/cate/mobile/racks/kf_3001_bk.asp will give you room for three with two 5.25" bays. Wish I had known this earlier, because I have two of the one-bay thingies.

I also have a 3.5" to 2 x 2.5" from them internally. I deliberately did not make it accessible from the outside, because my system disk is in it. Clearly, I'm a fanboy.