Bought a 3D printed drive cage adapter for an old Dell Optiplex case, cost me $35 but saved a ton of headache

I'm building a sleeper in a beat up Dell Optiplex 390 from a thrift store. The stock drive cage only fits slim optical drives and 2.5 inch HDDs, totally useless for my new GPU and PSU. Found a guy on Etsy selling a 3D printed bracket that mounts a full size ATX power supply and two 3.5 inch drives right where the old DVD drive was. It was $35 shipped and took maybe 10 minutes to install with some extra screws. No drilling, no cutting, no janky zip tie solutions. Has anyone else gone the 3D printed route for weird case mods or did you just hack it up yourself?

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verab2817d ago

Is the $35 really that bad when you factor in the time and frustration you saved though? I get where @jackson.sarah is coming from, it does sound like a lot for plastic, but honestly I've spent way more on random screws and brackets trying to bodge things together. I did something similar for a Dell T1600 workstation a few months back, had to find a guy on a forum who printed a custom PSU bracket because the stock one just wouldn't work with my new Corsair unit. Cost me like $40 with shipping and it was worth every penny not having to drill into a case I actually liked.

jackson.sarah17d ago

$35 seams steep for plastic but beats trashing a perfectly good case over drive mounting issues.