Why did they disappear from cases?
It's not like a Blu-ray drive is the only thing you can put in there.
It seems cases without 5.25" inch slot are having empty space right there behind the front mask. They didnt start to utilise extra space on the void left by missing 5.25" devices.
It bothers me too. People weren't requesting them so they just disappeared slowly.
That's because you keep looking at fucking water cooling cases designed to have a radiator spanning the front empty space.
Stop looking at RGB glass watercooling gamer shit cases.
Even if you wanted to have tempered glass, there are cases out there with 5.25 bay support.
what you gonna use except a bluray slot? usb hub? LOL
New cases don't seem to have more than 1 5.25" bay let alone 3.5" external facing bays.
I guess I'll have to get one of those 5.25" slim ODD +3.5" converters and buy a slim ODD drive to have both my ODD and card reader + extra USBs.
External card readers suck and break way too often. Having an AIO 3.5" card reader that reads all the cards, + ATM/smart cards and extra USB ports is great.
just buy a cheaper case
I think it was because of USB disc drives
but you cant get USB fan controller devices for internal fans
All right then, suggestions for case with the following
6~8+ 3.5" HDD
E-ATX 305*285/290mm
240mm radiator
5.25" bay
300mm GPU support
Type C front panel preferred
Mid tower preferred
The only case I could find that ticks all those boxes is the Fractal R6 and buying more drive sleds.
My current Lian Li PC-9F
ticks off most of those boxes except
Type C front panel
280mm GPU only
No radiator support.
they dont make cases like this anymore