All right, so I had some time to tinker with my SM580 again today and my never ending quest to fit a 3.5" hard drive in the bottom continues.
Basically, I've been trying to have a 140mm fan under the mobo and a 3.5" HDD next to that, on the 120mm adapter. Problem has been that while the HDD fits fine next to the 140mm fan, its super snug and basically doesn't allow for the SATA power/data to come out the back of the HDD.
I ordered the Silverstone CP11 Low profile SATA cable and at least for the SATA data, it works perfectly! Problem remains SATA power cables either being too long out the rear of the drive or having just enough cable out the bottom to cause the drive to be uneven and unable to be screwed down via the adapter since there is a little lip in the case between the front panel area and the main body of the case where longer SATA connectors get caught up.
SF750 SATA power connector- too long, hits the case:
PSlate SATA connector- too long, hits the case:
Random SATA cable from my old Corsair HX750- the connector fits! But even pulling the cable underneath taught leaves just enought bulge under the bottom to prevent the HDD from being able to be screwed in:
Is there such a thing as a SATA power cable that either exits out the side or that can be plugged in with the cable coming out the top? The last cable from the HX750 would be perfect if the cable just came out the top instead of the bottom.
Only other thing I could think of would be to use a 120mm fan under the mobo and flip the HDD around so that the cables are exiting nearest the mobo since that would probably free up enough room. Or just get a dremel and get rid of that little lip in the case towards the front ( don't want to do that, as I don't trust my Dremel skills ).
If anybody has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it. For right now I think I'm just going to stick a 140mm fan under there and finish cleaning up my cable management.