moneyfink,
I personally recommend option 1. lol I just got a hold of mo-co-so 's casing, quite similar to vroom 2. Just like the vroom, only support 2.5". Bro, I would too if I could use 3.5" HDD. men, my music video collection is 1/2 TB. lol and im stuck with only 120gb in the car. So, im saying if you can accomodate per power consumption and space, do #1.
my $0.02
Good luck bro.