[View 71 RGB Snow hdd cages ...]

Update !!! Thermaltake have just contacted me to arrange delivery of these parts !!! thanks to Thermaltake.de !!!

[View 71 RGB Snow hdd cages ...]

Hi All, would anyone have any spare hdd drive cages for this model of case, I am looking for 3 of the internal cages and 1 rear cage (pix below).

I have tried unsuccessfully to contact Thermaltake Technical support several times now, but haven't even received a reply.

I am half way through a build and this has stopped me in my tracks (the wife is not best pleased about this). 

Can anyone please help ? I am based in the UK and would be willing to pay postage etc ...

If you can help, please contact me at raystanzx9 AT hotmail.co.uk

Regards

RayStan.

[Has anyone EVER received a reply to a request sent to Thermaltake support ?]

I have now just sent my 4th request for support from both support.uk@thermaltake and support@thermaltake.de ... I am still awaiting an answer to my request for spare parts for their View 71 rgb case snow edition (3 drive cages and a single drive plate for rear of the case).

 

I am beginning to lose confidence in thermaltake, I was just wondering if anyone else had had this problem?

 

Regards All,

Ray Stanley.

[Core V71 Owner's Club]

On 12/15/2020 at 1:59 AM, coyote said:

In case I'm not the only one who wondered if the Core V71 would accommodate three 3-HDD cages, I'm excited to report it does!

To do so of course I needed to get a third 3-HDD cage to swap with the top 2-HDD cage. 

Then it was simple and easy:

I removed the bracket for the lower optical drive bay (it was held on securely by only 4 easily accessible screws).

Then I slid the third 3-HDD cage into place.  Only the lower (not the upper) pair of thumbscrews attaching the top 3-HDD cage  fit the holes, but I'm thrilled to report that since it is also on rails, it is (like the other HDD cages) absolutely rigid, it doesn't move at all.

So now, exactly as I had hoped, I have traded my bottom optical bay for a ninth HDD bay!

It looks like I have also made it so that a 360mm radiator wouldn't fit on the top of the case (though a 280mm one will still easily fit).

On 12/15/2020 at 1:59 AM, coyote said:

In case I'm not the only one who wondered if the Core V71 would accommodate three 3-HDD cages, I'm excited to report it does!

To do so of course I needed to get a third 3-HDD cage to swap with the top 2-HDD cage. 

Then it was simple and easy:

I removed the bracket for the lower optical drive bay (it was held on securely by only 4 easily accessible screws).

Then I slid the third 3-HDD cage into place.  Only the lower (not the upper) pair of thumbscrews attaching the top 3-HDD cage  fit the holes, but I'm thrilled to report that since it is also on rails, it is (like the other HDD cages) absolutely rigid, it doesn't move at all.

So now, exactly as I had hoped, I have traded my bottom optical bay for a ninth HDD bay!

It looks like I have also made it so that a 360mm radiator wouldn't fit on the top of the case (though a 280mm one will still easily fit).

Hi Coyote, whilst searching the net, I came across this post. I wonder if you could point me in the right direction as to where you sourced these drive cages ? I have just bought a view 71 case and it has arrived with no cages at all  !

Hoping you can help,

 

Regards

 

Ray Stanley.

[Core V71 Owner's Club]

On 12/15/2020 at 1:59 AM, coyote said:

In case I'm not the only one who wondered if the Core V71 would accommodate three 3-HDD cages, I'm excited to report it does!

To do so of course I needed to get a third 3-HDD cage to swap with the top 2-HDD cage. 

Then it was simple and easy:

I removed the bracket for the lower optical drive bay (it was held on securely by only 4 easily accessible screws).

Then I slid the third 3-HDD cage into place.  Only the lower (not the upper) pair of thumbscrews attaching the top 3-HDD cage  fit the holes, but I'm thrilled to report that since it is also on rails, it is (like the other HDD cages) absolutely rigid, it doesn't move at all.

So now, exactly as I had hoped, I have traded my bottom optical bay for a ninth HDD bay!

It looks like I have also made it so that a 360mm radiator wouldn't fit on the top of the case (though a 280mm one will still easily fit).