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Creative Uses For Extra Drive Bays?

Posted by timothy on from the mousetrap-in-the-dark dept.

sheetsda writes "For many years now PC cases have included 3 or 4 or even more external 5.25 inch drive bays. These days with the proliferation of USB thumb drives and gigabit Ethernet, even my DVD drive has been gathering dust since OS-install-time. Before that when combination CD-RW and DVD drives were nonexistent or expensive that still leaves and extra drive bay or two. What exceptionally inventive, useful, or clever uses have the community found for this extra space? Bonus geek cred for solutions making use of the power rails inside the case."

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  1. First toast by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Nuff said.

    1. Re:First toast by n1hilist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Pfft, nVidia have been doing that for ages! And now with 3 way SLI I can do 3 slices at once!

    2. Re:First toast by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

      Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes in this motherfucking PC!

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    3. Re:First toast by Splab · · Score: 4, Funny

      They do, they even come with a monitor you can open and close over the keyboard - they call it a "laptop".

    4. Re:First toast by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

      Personally, I prefer the cup holder / cigarette lighter.

      Install an electrically-fired ZIP gun in the thing ... anyone tries to break into your files, you set it off and have a "drive bay shooting".

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  2. Fleshlight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bonus geek cred: Heated.

    1. Re:Fleshlight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      MOD PARENT UP!

      Erm, I mean - what's a Fleshlight?

    2. Re:Fleshlight by Bieeanda · · Score: 4, Funny

      We had these back in '99. http://www.welookdoyou.com/fufme/index.shtml.html

  3. Re:The SPARCplug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yo dawg, I heard you like computers, so I put a computer in your computer so you can compute while you compute.

  4. Re:The SPARCplug by ApolloX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep, and they should sell a USB stick that goes inside that, that functions as another computer!

  5. Fleshlight mount by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Warmth and vibration for your Fleshlight.

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  6. BAY AREA SMALL SPACE RENTAL by blai · · Score: 5, Funny

    For only $600 a month. Barely used, like new!*
    Guaranteed bay view.

    *Driver not included

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  7. install lots of usb ports by FudRucker · · Score: 4, Funny

    then start collecting usb thumbdrives and make a RAID array with them.

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  8. toliet paper storage... by xeroedouttwice · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for those times when you need to clean your keyboard.

  9. F U F Me by gmiernicki · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://goo.gl/BLBo Too bad they don't sell these anymore. Mine works great!

  10. 5.25" floppy? by toonie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stick a 5.25 inch floppy disk drive in there, just for the pose value.

  11. One slice toaster! by kawabago · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you can modify your old inkjet printer to spray butter!

  12. Re:Another idea by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    And you want to put the heat created from cooling those beers where?

    Into the hotplate for keeping your coffee warm. Do I have to do all the thinking round here?

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  13. Snakes on a backplane by CapOblivious2010 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Snakes on a backplane???

    (sorry, somebody had to say it!)

  14. Automatic retractable cup holder by sprior · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh wait, nevermind - got one already.

  15. Re:The SPARCplug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What's the matter? Hit a bit close to home, Mr. Dope Fiend?

    Alcohol is a different matter since there are pubs, clubs and other young adult meeting places specifically made for drinking while socialising, not for simply getting intoxicated. Smoking dope, on the other hand, is for nothing but getting intoxicated. I would say that anyone who drinks past the age of 30 or anyone who drinks to get shitfaced drunk should go to AA. Anyone who needs to get intoxicated like that is running away from something instead of being an adult and facing life.

    With that said, I've only two words for you. Grow up.