In Win Maelstrom Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

This case has five external 5.25” bays and six internal 3.5” bays for hard disk drives, all using a screwless installation mechanism based on rulers that need to be installed on the sides of each drive. The installation is simple: just add two rulers to the drive you want to install (see Figure 17) and then slide it in the bay you want to use.

Maelstrom also comes with a 5.25”-to-3.5” adapter, allowing you to install a 3.5” external device like floppy disk drive or memory card reader to any 5.25” bay. This adapter supports also the installation of a hard disk drive on it (it has the appropriate holes), so you can have up to seven hard drives installed if this adapter is used.

Figure 15: Disk drive bays.

Figure 16: Rulers from the screwless mechanism.

Figure 17: Installing rulers on a hard drive.

Figure 18: Accessories.