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Finally returning to this after a very busy couple of weeks and way too much Zelda.

Put a few 1/8th holes in the case tonight with my dremel and some drillbits; went a lot smoother than I was anticipating, probably didn't even need to progress up through bit sizes as meticulously as I did. Very little cleanup as well, and some screws and rubber washers later here we are: Four drives are in the case. Only had to drill two holes since the vent grid is conveniently sized. Still have some cable managing to do to connect drive #4 and I need to find a shorter cable run for #3 - currently have several inches of cable leading out the COM port I/O shield opening to the rear USB3 - but there's still a few precious cubic cm to work with, so I'm optimistic.

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The package is satisfyingly hefty for the size with all these HDDs in. Left the protective foil on the two top ones as a poor man's backplate, but I do have a piece of black polystyrene in there as a spacer to make sure there's no metal case contact on warping or anything weird. Unexpected fringe benefit of using the portable HDDs as a source drives: they've got LEDs. The whole case is white backlit now

<blockquote data-quote="BadDecisionDino" data-source="post: 37108" data-attributes="member: 1291">Finally returning to this after a very busy couple of weeks and way too much Zelda.Put a few 1/8th holes in the case tonight with my dremel and some drillbits; went a lot smoother than I was anticipating, probably didn't even need to progress up through bit sizes as meticulously as I did.&nbsp; Very little cleanup as well, and some screws and rubber washers later here we are:&nbsp; Four drives are in the case.&nbsp; Only had to drill two holes since the vent grid is conveniently sized.&nbsp; Still have some cable managing to do to connect drive #4 and I need to find a shorter cable run for #3 - currently have several inches of cable leading out the COM port I/O shield opening to the rear USB3 - but there's still a few precious cubic cm to work with, so I'm optimistic.[MEDIA=imgur]a/sZhbH[/MEDIA]The package is satisfyingly hefty for the size with all these HDDs in.&nbsp; Left the protective foil on the two top ones as a poor man's backplate, but I do have a piece of black polystyrene in there as a spacer to make sure there's no metal case contact on warping or anything weird.&nbsp; Unexpected fringe benefit of using the portable HDDs as a source drives:&nbsp; they've got LEDs.&nbsp; The whole case is white backlit now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite101" alt="XD" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; XD" loading="lazy" data-shortname="XD" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BadDecisionDino, post: 37108, member: 1291"] Finally returning to this after a very busy couple of weeks and way too much Zelda. Put a few 1/8th holes in the case tonight with my dremel and some drillbits; went a lot smoother than I was anticipating, probably didn't even need to progress up through bit sizes as meticulously as I did. Very little cleanup as well, and some screws and rubber washers later here we are: Four drives are in the case. Only had to drill two holes since the vent grid is conveniently sized. Still have some cable managing to do to connect drive #4 and I need to find a shorter cable run for #3 - currently have several inches of cable leading out the COM port I/O shield opening to the rear USB3 - but there's still a few precious cubic cm to work with, so I'm optimistic. [MEDIA=imgur]a/sZhbH[/MEDIA] The package is satisfyingly hefty for the size with all these HDDs in. Left the protective foil on the two top ones as a poor man's backplate, but I do have a piece of black polystyrene in there as a spacer to make sure there's no metal case contact on warping or anything weird. Unexpected fringe benefit of using the portable HDDs as a source drives: they've got LEDs. The whole case is white backlit now XD [/QUOTE]

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