Ways to fill in empty 3.5 floppy bays or 5.25 drive bays and silencing your hard drive

So I received a P4 2.4 GHZ inside of a early 2000s gaming case, one thing I hate about used computer cases is when they are missing their 5.25 or 3.5 drive bay covers, in this case, it bugged me so much I had to do something about it.

So I bought a Thermaltake iBOX for $7 which basically takes over a 5.25 bay and gives you a handy shelf.
I also bought a 3.5 USB hub that takes over empty floppy disk bays. It was $8



Another nifty thing I found was a hard drive silencer, I put it into my computer hooked up to my TV in the living room that had a kind of loud hard drive, I didn't get a great shot of it, but if you are interested go to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817984001

Its cool because it fit into my 5.25 drive bay and I put a cover over it, so in this pic you do not notice it.



But as I slide it out, you can see the rubber absorbers attached to my sliding thingies.


It helps a bit to keep the sound down, that hard drive is quite loud, but any additional vibration caused by the case has ceased.

Meta: fill empty 3.5 floppy drive, fill empty 5.25 disk bay, silence hard drive

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