For anyone looking to retrofit SATA SSDs into internal Dell 3.5" bays....
For anyone looking to retrofit SATA SSDs into internal Dell 3.5" bays....
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.
random info I thought may be useful to others
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I just use double stick tape, or a loop of packing tape...
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
well, a hard drive is a bad idea to just band in, those are heavy bois, a ssd though...
...is still a bad idea because the issue is an unstable mount ill suited to the environs
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