Start looking through the specs of the various SATA drives - 6" is pushing it - the DVD itself is about 5", then add the tray, front bezel and space for power/sata cable in the rear and it's gonna be tough to fit all that into 6".
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Short depth DVD drive?
Problem: the horizontal desktop case i'm looking at here has a full ATX motherboard in it which means there's only 6 1/8" between the front of the case and the edge of the motherboard. i'm looking to add a 3-in-2 hot swap bay for raid 5, which means the DVD burner in there has to move to the bottom, since the hot-swap bay will assuredly stick out in the back past the edge of the motherboard.
Solution: is there a DVD burner out there that's about 6" deep? this pioneer drive i'm looking at is well past that, probably about 7 inches. black of course
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. sata or ide doesn't matter but sata would be nice for smaller cables. anyone else been in the same boat and found a drive that'll fit?
Solution: is there a DVD burner out there that's about 6" deep? this pioneer drive i'm looking at is well past that, probably about 7 inches. black of course
