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For anyone looking to retrofit SATA SSDs into internal Dell 3.5" bays.... (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Based on an r210 II I'm currently doing up

Orico HB-325 3.5 to 2.5 inch Hard Drive Caddy - don't even bother. Could be useful in a CRU sled, but I don't have a dell one to hand.
SilverStone SDP08B 3.5" to 2 x 2.5" Drive Bay Converter Getting better, but all four screws don't align in the dell caddy
SilverStone SDP08B, 3.5" to 3 x 2.5" Drive Bay Converter Absolutely perfect.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I just use double stick tape, or a loop of packing tape...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm suddenly reminded of a mate who suspended his hdd on a rubber band. It went very well until the PC environs destroyed the rubber. damned thing snapped half his DIMMs on the way down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

well, a hard drive is a bad idea to just band in, those are heavy bois, a ssd though...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

...is still a bad idea because the issue is an unstable mount ill suited to the environs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

As a practical matter, the only real need is to make sure there isn't too much stress on the cables. Tape, Velcro, a bit of cardboard, etc are all valid approaches. Temperature could be a concern, but probably not