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I've been looking into setting up a rackmount pc inside my desk. Ideally, with sliding gliders or rollers to allow easy access to the case. The desk has a large, open area on the left side with some slide-out shelves. I don't have the vertical room to just put my current case on a shelf sideways, so I'm thinking of screwing the rollers into the top n bottom of my tower, and mount it in there. The only problem is using the dvd-drive horizontally. So how can I make the dvd-drive and card reader screw into the case vertically. Here's a rough sketch.

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I thought maybe just using a 5.25" to 3.5" holder screwed into the drive bay vertically, or using some acrylic sheets, but I dunno which would be better/easier. Not too concerned with looks. More just durable functionality.
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Get this case. Problem solved.

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post #3 of 5
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Hmm this case is 14.4" wide. My desk's width is 17.75" What should I do with those 3.35 inches?
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The Bridge fx8350
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX-6100 GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Corsair  
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Hitachi 2 TB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB Swiftech H220 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerMouse
47" LG HD 120Hz Logitech MX Thermaltake 650 watt  Logitech MX 
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD FX 8350 ASUS Sabertooth Gen3 GIGABYTE 7850 OC 2GB XFX GeForce 9800 GT 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Corsair XM3 western digital 550GB western digital 2TB OCZ Vertex 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
HP dvd1040 Scythe Katana 4000 Cooler windows 7 32" westinghouse 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21.5 Vizio Cyborg V.5 530 Watt Raidmax hybrid 2 Rosewill R4000 
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Logitech M-RBQ124 
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX-6100 GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Corsair  
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Hitachi 2 TB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB Swiftech H220 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerMouse
47" LG HD 120Hz Logitech MX Thermaltake 650 watt  Logitech MX 
Other
Vantec HDD Cooler 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD FX 8350 ASUS Sabertooth Gen3 GIGABYTE 7850 OC 2GB XFX GeForce 9800 GT 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Corsair XM3 western digital 550GB western digital 2TB OCZ Vertex 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
HP dvd1040 Scythe Katana 4000 Cooler windows 7 32" westinghouse 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21.5 Vizio Cyborg V.5 530 Watt Raidmax hybrid 2 Rosewill R4000 
Mouse
Logitech M-RBQ124 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Athlon II x4 620 ASUS M4A785-M XFX geforce 8500 gt 4 gb 
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I think I'll need more than one 5.25" bay, so i think imma go with a media center case with 2 bays. I'll just screw that down onto the original shelf.
The Bull fx6100
(13 items)
 
The Bridge fx8350
(17 items)
 
Aged
(11 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX-6100 GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Corsair  
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Hitachi 2 TB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB Swiftech H220 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerMouse
47" LG HD 120Hz Logitech MX Thermaltake 650 watt  Logitech MX 
Other
Vantec HDD Cooler 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD FX 8350 ASUS Sabertooth Gen3 GIGABYTE 7850 OC 2GB XFX GeForce 9800 GT 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Corsair XM3 western digital 550GB western digital 2TB OCZ Vertex 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
HP dvd1040 Scythe Katana 4000 Cooler windows 7 32" westinghouse 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21.5 Vizio Cyborg V.5 530 Watt Raidmax hybrid 2 Rosewill R4000 
Mouse
Logitech M-RBQ124 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Athlon II x4 620 ASUS M4A785-M XFX geforce 8500 gt 4 gb 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOS
2 gb hitachi 150 hiatchi 300 windows 7 x32 
MonitorPowerMouse
21" tatung 450 W Raidmax Logitech Revolution 
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Reply
The Bull fx6100
(13 items)
 
The Bridge fx8350
(17 items)
 
Aged
(11 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX-6100 GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Corsair  
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Hitachi 2 TB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB Swiftech H220 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerMouse
47" LG HD 120Hz Logitech MX Thermaltake 650 watt  Logitech MX 
Other
Vantec HDD Cooler 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD FX 8350 ASUS Sabertooth Gen3 GIGABYTE 7850 OC 2GB XFX GeForce 9800 GT 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Corsair XM3 western digital 550GB western digital 2TB OCZ Vertex 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
HP dvd1040 Scythe Katana 4000 Cooler windows 7 32" westinghouse 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21.5 Vizio Cyborg V.5 530 Watt Raidmax hybrid 2 Rosewill R4000 
Mouse
Logitech M-RBQ124 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Athlon II x4 620 ASUS M4A785-M XFX geforce 8500 gt 4 gb 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOS
2 gb hitachi 150 hiatchi 300 windows 7 x32 
MonitorPowerMouse
21" tatung 450 W Raidmax Logitech Revolution 
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The Bull fx6100
(13 items)
 
The Bridge fx8350
(17 items)
 
Aged
(11 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX-6100 GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Corsair  
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Hitachi 2 TB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB Swiftech H220 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerMouse
47" LG HD 120Hz Logitech MX Thermaltake 650 watt  Logitech MX 
Other
Vantec HDD Cooler 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD FX 8350 ASUS Sabertooth Gen3 GIGABYTE 7850 OC 2GB XFX GeForce 9800 GT 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Corsair XM3 western digital 550GB western digital 2TB OCZ Vertex 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
HP dvd1040 Scythe Katana 4000 Cooler windows 7 32" westinghouse 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21.5 Vizio Cyborg V.5 530 Watt Raidmax hybrid 2 Rosewill R4000 
Mouse
Logitech M-RBQ124 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Athlon II x4 620 ASUS M4A785-M XFX geforce 8500 gt 4 gb 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOS
2 gb hitachi 150 hiatchi 300 windows 7 x32 
MonitorPowerMouse
21" tatung 450 W Raidmax Logitech Revolution 
  hide details  
Reply
The Bull fx6100
(13 items)
 
The Bridge fx8350
(17 items)
 
Aged
(11 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD FX-6100 GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Corsair  
Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingOS
Hitachi 2 TB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB Swiftech H220 Windows 8 Pro x64 
MonitorKeyboardPowerMouse
47" LG HD 120Hz Logitech MX Thermaltake 650 watt  Logitech MX 
Other
Vantec HDD Cooler 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
AMD FX 8350 ASUS Sabertooth Gen3 GIGABYTE 7850 OC 2GB XFX GeForce 9800 GT 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Corsair XM3 western digital 550GB western digital 2TB OCZ Vertex 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
HP dvd1040 Scythe Katana 4000 Cooler windows 7 32" westinghouse 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
21.5 Vizio Cyborg V.5 530 Watt Raidmax hybrid 2 Rosewill R4000 
Mouse
Logitech M-RBQ124 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Athlon II x4 620 ASUS M4A785-M XFX geforce 8500 gt 4 gb 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveOS
2 gb hitachi 150 hiatchi 300 windows 7 x32 
MonitorPowerMouse
21" tatung 450 W Raidmax Logitech Revolution 
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