using 2.5" HDD/SSD in 3.5" bay

shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:44 pm

What is an easy and cheap way of mounting a 2.5" HDD in a 3.5" internal bay? Has anyone found any decent adapters, or maybe something that would serve to silence the 2.5" HDD in question? I remember buying an adapter on eBay that turned out just to be a standard 5.25"-to-3.5" adapter (and thus useless).

I would personally use two of them for SSD's and one for a quiet HDD, so fitting the screws is more important for me. I don't want to bother with suspending the HDD.

It's sad that most case manufacturers are still not too 2.5"-friendly.

victorhortalives · Post by **victorhortalives** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:00 am

Look at this thread for options :

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shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:25 am

Thanks for the link!

It seems that the Scythe 2.5">3.5" ones are mostly out of stock in the popular places and otherwise cost almost $50 shipped, so I won't go with that. I was thinking maybe going for something cheap for the SSD's and something like the NoiseMagic for the notebook HDD.... but now I'm thinking I might go for a 4x 2.5"-in-5.25" cage (if I happen to get a case that would fit it).

cordis · Post by **cordis** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:59 pm

I recently got a couple of these:

http://www.logicsupply.com/products/hd25b2

and they work pretty well, although they may be overkill if you don't have two drives to mount.

shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:04 pm

cordis wrote:I recently got a couple of these:
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/hd25b2

Well, I'm using SATA HDD's, so that particular one is out. But I've found a couple ~$30 dual 2.5" drive ones for 3.5" slots (hot-swap ones). I might go with one those to save space and power connectors.

skyball000 · Post by **skyball000** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:43 am

shleepy wrote: Well, I'm using SATA HDD's, so that particular one is out. But I've found a couple ~$30 dual 2.5" drive ones for 3.5" slots (hot-swap ones). I might go with one those to save space and power connectors.

Where did you find this item ? I'm looking for one, but SAS backplanes are so expensive !
Just to put my SSD and a HDD together.

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:54 am

I just take some insulated wire and tie it down someplace. I tie HDD's down onto some foam, but for my SSD's i just strap em someplace so their secure. You could also get some industrial strength velcro.

I'm pretty sure best buy has some el-cheapo 2.5-3.5" bracket adapters.

k2tsai · Post by **k2tsai** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:08 am

http://shop1.frys.com/product/5855663?s ... IN_RSLT_PG

I've bought these at the store (not online). They're fine for SSD since it's a hard mount. Wouldn't use them for regular HDs, though.

shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:20 am

skyball000 wrote:
shleepy wrote: Well, I'm using SATA HDD's, so that particular one is out. But I've found a couple ~$30 dual 2.5" drive ones for 3.5" slots (hot-swap ones). I might go with one those to save space and power connectors.
Where did you find this item ? I'm looking for one, but SAS backplanes are so expensive !
Just to put my SSD and a HDD together.

Something like THIS. Hope that helps!

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