I am considering removing my other other hard drive rack in Feeding Frenzy and putting in a pair of Dual Aqua drives. Can anyone give me the measurements for them?

Also could someone please translate the pertinent info as I copied it from the webshop:

"Das neue aquadrive Dual bietet eine optimale Kühlung und Dämmung für zwei 3,5"-Festplatten. Zur Schalldämmung besitzt das aquadrive ein komplettes Gehäuse aus zwei Millimeter starkem, gebürstetem Edelstahl. Deckel- und Bodenplatte sind mit einer speziellen Schwerschichtmatte beschichtet, durch die Kapselung werden vor allem die hohen Frequenzen des Festplattenmotors absorbiert. Die Seitenteile bestehen aus blau eloxiertem Aluminium. Das komplette aquadrive wird zudem über spezielle Gummipuffer gegenüber dem Gehäuse des Rechners entkoppelt, wodurch vor allem die tieferen Frequenzen sich nicht auf das Gehäuse übertragen. Die Festplatten werden seitlich über die beiden Aluminiumprofile gekühlt, die im Inneren des aquadrives durch ein dynamisch gedichtetes Plexiglasrohr verbunden sind. Um Toleranzen im Bereich der Festplattenbreite entgegenzuwirken, kann das aquadrive Dual um +/- 1mm in der Breite verstellt werden."



"Freigegeben für Festplatten bis 15.000 U/min."



"Das aquadrive Dual wird incl. 4 Gummilager und 4 Kreuzschrauben zur Montage in zwei 5 1/4" Laufwerksschächte geliefert. Die Montage an Chieftec-Schienensystemen ist mit den mitgelieferten Schrauben ebenfalls möglich. Für die Möglichkeiten der Montage an anderen Schienensystemen, fragen Sie bitte unseren Support."

I'm especially interested to know about the 15.000 U/min, something about plexiglas, and the reference about something being +/- 1mm.

Zitat von »stu_allen«

TN - they are considerably shorter than the originals. I'll try and measure one at the weekend for you, but of the top of my head id say 20-25mm shorter.

Thanks so much! I just want to make sure it would actually fit before taking out the other HD rack. What is the possibilities of stackin two or three of them on top of each other? Any provisions for attachment or would I have to make my own mounting rack? Pics would also be nice if you can manage it. :-*

Hmmm... well I am not going to use any of my 5.25" slots as they are already full in Feeding Frenzy. What I was thinking about was to lay them in the bottom of the case whee the current 3.5" HD racks are. That was why I asked if they were stackable.

Zitat von »Nitrix«

stolen from babel fish.....LOL

the 15,000 is the speed of the hard drive m8

I think your Babelfish works better than mine. :'( Mine just brings up gibberish. So it appears that this case won't vibrate to hell with my 10,000 RPM Raptors then. ;D

Zitat von »Mr_modnaR«

They are, but only if you make a frame to support them!

The other thin you have to worry about, is width. ie you have to make sure you have room if you put them in sideways. (which is what you're doing i take it?)

Yes they are and that is why the length is a critical factor in deciding whether to do it or not. You can see in post #2 of Feeding Frenzy where I would be sticking them after I remove the other HD rack that currently remains in the case.

Thanks for the info ;D Do you perchance know how high they are? I want to stack three of them together so height might be an issue.

Can someone post a pic of the inside and back area of a Dual Aquadrive?

Found some pics of what I needed, but now need to find out if the Dual Aquadrive has only one water path from front to back or does the channel cross back and forth? Trying to decide if I would get better cooling with four Aquadrive's or two Dual Aquadrive's?