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TL;DR: The Cooler Master MasterBox CM695 mid-tower case combines retro design with modern features, including a 5.25-inch optical drive bay, support for large graphics cards, and multiple HDD/SSD bays ...

Although not as crucial now days with advances in USB installation, the humble optical drive is still a main stay in many computers. Unfortunately with little to no choice in colours and with other ...

Apple’s Mac Pro is the first pro desktop system since the Power Mac G4 to feature a second optical drive bay. If you don’t need a second optical drive but having additional hard disk space sounds ...

View image: http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/10290.jpg <BR><BR>Does the Thinkpad need a docking station/bay for the optical drive option?<BR><BR>I was looking the ...

I just purchased a 2TB HDD to replace my 1TB that's currently in my optical drive bay of my 15" Mid 2012 MBP (I have a 500GB SSD in my main HDD bay). I've been pushing up against the edge of my 1TB ...

I haven't purchased an optical disc drive (ODD) for my PC since...actually, I don't even recall the last time I bought one. It's even been a minute since I owned a PC with a 5.25-inch drive bay to ...