what are internal bays??

[munmun0963]

I saw the NZXT Phantom 410 say that internal bays has 6. What exactly does it mean?

 

[Cons29]

usually for hdd's

 

[herrwizo]

That you can install 6 hard drives, optical drives or whatever you can install into internal bays. They are "spaces" where you screw in your drives, and are located at the front part of the case usually.

 

[synphul]

Bays are the area for ssd, hdd and other devices like fan controller, dvd rom, etc. There are different types, the larger are 5.25" and the smaller are 3.5" (or 2.5" for laptop hdd's or ssd drives). Typically 5.25 are external (for cd/dvd) and external are drive bays open at the front. There are also 3.5" external bays for smart card readers, old floppy drives and that sort of thing. 3.5" internal are for ssd/hard drives meaning you can insert the drives into the bays from inside the case but can't access them from outside of the case.

 

[hang-the-9]

I saw the NZXT Phantom 410 say that internal bays has 6. What exactly does it mean?

If you are looking at building your own system, stop right here and ask some questions about parts and budget and what you want to use it for. If you don't know what internal bays are in a case, I'm guessing you will need more guidance in picking things than just this one question.