What To Do With My 9 Drive Bays?

[ninjanafi]

So here's my build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fn2QfH

My case, according to this very informative build, has 9 drive bays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfkuKVd1YPY&t=317s
(Start at 1:39)

I'm just wondering what i could do with those 9 drive bays up front. I assume I would use the top on for my optical drive, the next two for my hard drives and the fourth for an SSD, but what about the rest? Can you install anything cool in them like a new piece of hardware or is it just more room for HHD and SSD's? Anything fun and interesting would be cool.

Also in the video around 1:33, they mention that my case has a "Hot swap bay" and he seems to put it and take out an SSD. What even is a hot swap bay and what would I do with it?

 

[why_wolf]

Hot swap is just a drive bay for HDD and SSD that you can easily pull out and put back in without turning off the computer.

You could get a fan controller. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999198

Though frankly in this day and age there is pretty much no point in external drive bays.

 

[tejayd]

https://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/ezbake.shtml

 

[ninjanafi]

Hot swap is just a drive bay for HDD and SSD that you can easily pull out and put back in without turning off the computer.

You could get a fan controller. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999198

Though frankly in this day and age there is pretty much no point in external drive bays.

So i can connect literal hard drives and SSD's to my PC and transfer files? Thats cool! I actually think my case has fan controllers since its those buttons next to the power button. It's in the first minute or two of the vid I think.

 

[ninjanafi]

https://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/ezbake.shtml

I love this.