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Fitting 4 (+?) 3.5" drvs in the Shuttle SH87R6?

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Hi I move around alot but am not a fan of laptops so got a Shuttle SH87R6http://global.shuttle.com/products/productsDetail?productId=1707 which kind of suits my needs. The one thing that is bugging me is its factory drive capacity setup. Two things I'd like to consider:
#1 Find a 5.25" bay rack/adapter that would allow me to fit two 2.5" and one 3.5 drive (I have some 1tb 2.5" drives I'd like to use up) so that is question one as I have only been able to find racks that support one 2.5" and one 3.5"
#2 Alternately I was thinking about trying to just stuff a cage (5x3?) in there as I also have a few 3.5" drives but as it comes its not setup to take a cage so I was hoping that someone might have some ideas more creative than my "bolt it in" idea (which could be messy as I don't have a bunch of tools and am not the handiest of individuals).
 
It's been a bit, but I figured I'd chime in here -- that case has a 5.25" slot -- You don't mention if you have anything in it, but if not, you could plop a 4-in-1 bay in it (http://goo.gl/PlO3zV -- this is a non-referral goo.gl shortened Amazon link). It accepts 4 2.5" HDD/SSD's and, as implied, fits in a standard 5.25" slot. This would let you mount your 2.5"s in the new adapter, and leaves your 3.5" bays for your existing 3.5" drives. :)
 
It's been a bit, but I figured I'd chime in here -- that case has a 5.25" slot -- You don't mention if you have anything in it, but if not, you could plop a 4-in-1 bay in it (http://goo.gl/PlO3zV -- this is a non-referral goo.gl shortened Amazon link). It accepts 4 2.5" HDD/SSD's and, as implied, fits in a standard 5.25" slot. This would let you mount your 2.5"s in the new adapter, and leaves your 3.5" bays for your existing 3.5" drives. :)

Nice tip - thanks!
 

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