Originally Posted by
Zak33
For ages I've loved the idea of having the hard drives round the back of the case.
It just seemed sensible. Tidier. Prettier, My next build would be like that.......
Then I had to work on 2 PC's within a week. In both bases (get it!!) I had to take the rear panel off and in both cases that means moving the entire PC from under the desk and frankly it was a right faff. It occured to me that, if I had a hard drive failuer on my PC, I can do it all, PC in situ, in seconds. Side of, HDD out, new one in, case side on
In one case I also had a blown PSU to replace and man, that took some fiddling about with cables, and bending them to fit with the case closing properly without the cables pulling free.
I think I have reverted to the Hard Drives being in the same side as the mobo and the cables all being visible.