Fractal Design Core 3000 Case Review
The Disk Drive Bays
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The Fractal Design Core 3000 has two external 5.25” bays and six internal 3.5”/2.5” bays, and you can convert one of the external 5.25” bays into an external 3.5” bay. They don’t have tool-less installation mechanisms, but the case comes with several black thumbscrews for you to install the disk drives, which is terrific.
Figure 16: Disk drive bays
The six 3.5”/2.5” bays are available inside two hard drive cages. You can remove the top cage in case you need to install longer video cards, or in the event that you want to increase air flow inside the case.
Figure 17: Top hard drive cage removed
Figure 18: Hard drive cage
Each 3.5”/2.5” bay is actually a small drawer, each one featuring rubber rings to absorb vibrations from 3.5” devices.
Figure 19: One of the 3.5”/2.5” bays