3.5" drive bay (External)?

[kaisterkai]

Ok.. might be a stupid question, but is this: 3.5" drive bay (External) for a real external?

Like an external HDD?

Or is it for a floppy disc thingy?

But I don't remember a stiffy thing being the same size as a HDD?

Anyway.. Can someone tell me what that is?

Causes I read it on the chase that i want to get.. but don' know what that is..

 

[SouthBit]

To be perfectly honest, your post makes absolutely no sense to me... Then again, it has been a long week, so fair enough.

 

[Looney]

Your not alone south_bit, i too have no frikken clue what he's going on about

 

[saixbot]

posted and answered... "stupid question"

 

[j4sk]

3.5" indicates the standard size for a PC hard drive. So a 3.5 external bay will take the same kind of HDD that you have in your pc.
Laptop drives are 2.5" generally. (occasionally 1.8? or are those only used in other devices?)

 

[howardb]

@ kaisterkai - I think your link to the product was not done properly...

 

[ITCynic]

The term 3.5" drive bay (External) for a case description means is that there is a bay that can accept the installation of a 3.5" device that is accessible from the front of the case.

In other words, you remove the plastic/metal faceplate from the front and you can have access to the device. An example would be a Stiffy drive installed in this space. It could be described as a 3.5" device mounted in a drive bay with external access.

Have a look here as an example http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=5426
Read the product specs and click on the picture of the front of the case to understand.

Make sense now ?

Edit : Oops made a mistake on the device, now fixed - still too early to think straight

 

[Lawnchairman]

@kaisterkai gives us more specs on this drive bay

 

[TJ99]

lol wut :wtf:

 

[SouthBit]

ROFL, this is a bit of a brainfart thread Fun times!

 

[PsyWulf]

ITT: Trolled people

It's a typical Friday thread