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Hey Clouds, I was wondering what you ended up doing in terms of trying to update the case? I went over all of ThermalTake's current cases and even looked at a view videos listed as "The top cases of 2023" as well as going over all the advertised cases for CES 2024. Perhaps it's so hard to find a similar case to the V71 because people nowadays use DAS/NAS systems attached to their set-up and would avoid having all that extra room taken up by the HDD bays.

Oh my ####!! I can't believe bells didn't go off in my head when I read this message on two occasions. This is the third time I've read this thread from front to back. When I got my first WD 18TB that I put into the HDD bay a couple of years ago, I thought it was the corners that were causing it to stick out improperly, I even got the HDD bay stuck inside the top cage because the top of it curves downwards slightly. It wasn't until earlier today(about 12hrs ago) that I realized exactly what the issue was when I got two 18TB Exos and took a much better look. I used two kinds of wire cutters to get rid of the bulk of it, then got my electric screwdriver, and put a head on it with sharp edges to smooth the remaining bit.

Fair enough. It's my bad for finding and trying to join in on the conversation a year or two late.

I also had issues when trying to use my 18TB WD which was shucked. I didn't worry about trying to get all those screws in from the bottom, not that I'm sure I could have if I tried. My problems were: 1. The large HDD wouldn't actually snugly into the bay, I really had to force it as the plastic on the tray bent. Unfortunately though, the bending only helped line up the screw on one side I believe. (I did this a few months ago so my memory might not be 100%) 2. The other big annoying issue was sliding the tray into the bay. First I tried sliding it into the two-slot bay as I thought that bay would be healthier for the drive regarding vibration. It physically cannot fit into the top slot. It'll just fit into the bottom slot, but getting it out back out was extremely difficult. I had to stick a screwdriver in there or something and use it as leverage to push the back down and slide it out, even doing that with multiple tools and being a little scared that I may damage the HDD, it nearly didn't work and I got it out by less than a hair. The key spot to put one of those fat drives is in the middle of the three-slot bay. If you don't have many HDDs at all, you could also possibly test it on the back slot.

How'd you go plugging the cables in the bottom row with the fans there? The legs/stands are fairly good, but I had been looking at trying to get a stand for it to be placed on for additional room below it, but after going through pages and pages of them on different websites, I couldn't find one that checked all the boxes for me.

I just finished reading this thread, I had a lot of fun. I can't believe I only found it now when I've had this case for about five years and have googled and looked at so many different user and official resources over the years.