Also, the integrated hot swap tray is a little flimsy

I fitted this case with a micro-ITX MOBO, Sentey PS, i5 Skylake CPU, 16GB RAM, and used the 5.25 slot for a hot-swap SSD drive

You can easily install six 3.5: HDDs with 2 DVD/Bluray optical drives, a card reader, a hot swap bay, and dual video cards

I have have especially bad luck with WD 2TB drives on several different hot-swap systems, including these

The HDD cage also features a pre-wired hot-swap SATA that I can't see much point in.

The reason that the interior is so cramped is the hot-swap HDD module

I wish there was a solution to reduce the glare.- one of the hot swap bays indicator light isn't working at all

I made sure and spent weeks planning the correct equipment for every aspect of the build but found that the two hot swap bays are pretty much

2 of the 3.5" drives go in the hot swap bays, 1 of the 3.5" drives goes on the underside of the optical drive bracket, and 1 of the 3.5" drives plus the 2.5" drive go on the hard drive bracket (which is attached to the hot swap bays).

I will say that the config around the hot swap drives is a bit funky and routing cables from the power supply around that area in particular can be

External 3.5" hot-swap baysGood CoolingQuiet fans (Using MOBO to control speed - splitter cable required to run all 3 fans this way from my 2 mobo connectors)LooksBuild QualityCons

I'm not sure if this won't cause me trouble in the future- the hot swap cage is the most painful part to deal with while installing

Remember to use AHCI (Advanced Power Management for Hard Drives "Hot-swap" and do not use IDE in the BIOS

The GD06 is nicer looking,with the curves and the drop down door, but it was a much harder build than the GD05, as the GD06 has the hot-swap HDD bays and required a very short PSU (I used a SilverStone short PSU) placed upside down

(You should not make a hot swap drive your OS for obvious reasons--but then, maybe you want to!

Don't just think HTPC when you are looking at these they make just about the best SERVER enclosures I have come across (assuming you do not need hot swap capabilities on local system)

The 2x hot-swap drive bays were catching on the case and took a fair amount of playing with to get the doors to stay shut

2x Hot-Swap Drive Bay, 3x120

NEVER ACTUALLY DO A HOT SWAP

If you choose the modular, you will have to be very careful as there is no clearance between the hot swap HDD racks and the modular connections.

The reason I am giving it two stars is because along with the idea of the locking door, I was greatly looking forward to the hot swap bays in the front.

The reason that the interior is so cramped is the hot-swap HDD module

Their power supply is 150mm which is smaller and allows just enough space for the hot-swap SATA-data & SATA-power cables to make the necessary bend to connect to the Mini-ATX motherboard

I drilled a hole on that side to add a screw to my hot-swap 3.5" drive tray

The hot swap drives are a nice feature

But once finished, you have a sweet case that has two hot-swap bays in the front

I chose to use a SSD for the OS which screws in on top of the hot swap drive frame

Even if you do not intend to use the hot-swap bays as regular drive bays, you will still need AHCI for external USB dock stations

For some reason I can't recall, I had to leave the front cover the hot swap bays.

Have mine connected with 2x 2TB drives and the hot swap seems to work well.

I will say, though, that replacing drives is a pain compared to hot swap bays.

There was only one problem, one of the hot swap bay leds does not illuminate.

especially the front door with the cool finishing.+ room for graphics card up to 11 inches (although I'd recommend a GPU of 10 inches or less since that last inch is all what you have left in this case for cable management!)+ hot swap drive bays making life easier to add HDDs without having to go through the painful process of openning the case and installing the drive internally.cons:- annoying blue led light around the power button

This case has two hot swap-able bays that are very chinsy

This case will support a beast of a card but it will also sacrifice a lot of room for cables, as well as, at least, one of the 3.5 drive spaces