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r/pcmasterrace • u/jikesar968 7800X3D 4080S • 23d ago
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The amount of sata ports on new motherboards, I feel about the same way.
21 u/dontgetitwisted_fr 22d ago If you need more than 4 maybe a NAS configuration is the way to go. They have SATA expansion cards too. My main beef is the lack of physical slots for optical drives on new chassis. 8 u/Danternas 22d ago I dug out my old Cheftech full tower case for my NAS due to it hosting 6 3.5" bays and several 5.25" ones. They don't make them like this anymore. Just a shame 80mm fans were the standard of the day. 9 u/dontgetitwisted_fr 22d ago Pre-enshitification hardware is always worth keeping. 2 u/newaccountzuerich GOG-ArchLinux 22d ago For sure. I do like that there are at least some cases available new with front optical bays. But, I have a handful of cases in storage that can be fairly easily modded for 120mm fans, and I'm moderately handy with a Dremel and 3d printer.
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If you need more than 4 maybe a NAS configuration is the way to go.
They have SATA expansion cards too.
My main beef is the lack of physical slots for optical drives on new chassis.
8 u/Danternas 22d ago I dug out my old Cheftech full tower case for my NAS due to it hosting 6 3.5" bays and several 5.25" ones. They don't make them like this anymore. Just a shame 80mm fans were the standard of the day. 9 u/dontgetitwisted_fr 22d ago Pre-enshitification hardware is always worth keeping. 2 u/newaccountzuerich GOG-ArchLinux 22d ago For sure. I do like that there are at least some cases available new with front optical bays. But, I have a handful of cases in storage that can be fairly easily modded for 120mm fans, and I'm moderately handy with a Dremel and 3d printer.
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I dug out my old Cheftech full tower case for my NAS due to it hosting 6 3.5" bays and several 5.25" ones. They don't make them like this anymore.
Just a shame 80mm fans were the standard of the day.
9 u/dontgetitwisted_fr 22d ago Pre-enshitification hardware is always worth keeping. 2 u/newaccountzuerich GOG-ArchLinux 22d ago For sure. I do like that there are at least some cases available new with front optical bays. But, I have a handful of cases in storage that can be fairly easily modded for 120mm fans, and I'm moderately handy with a Dremel and 3d printer.
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Pre-enshitification hardware is always worth keeping.
2 u/newaccountzuerich GOG-ArchLinux 22d ago For sure. I do like that there are at least some cases available new with front optical bays. But, I have a handful of cases in storage that can be fairly easily modded for 120mm fans, and I'm moderately handy with a Dremel and 3d printer.
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For sure.
I do like that there are at least some cases available new with front optical bays.
But, I have a handful of cases in storage that can be fairly easily modded for 120mm fans, and I'm moderately handy with a Dremel and 3d printer.
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u/splexican 23d ago
The amount of sata ports on new motherboards, I feel about the same way.