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2.5" stackable internal mounting system

SavingPrincess
By SavingPrincess
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I am putting together an S340 case which has two conveniently placed 2.5" mounts (normally for SSD's) on top of the PSU cage: 

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In one of these, I would like to potentially stack 2 x 2.5" HDD's (i.e. laptop HDD's) one top of one another vs. using the 3.5" cage in the front of the case under the PSU cage (for reasons).  

Is there any solution that will make the stacking of the drives clean and space-economic?  Ideally I would like this to also reduce vibration and noise as well of the two platter-based drives.  

NOTE: The other mounting point will actually be used for an SSD. 

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velcro is vibration dampening and easy to remove :)

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velcro is vibration dampening and easy to remove :)

Heh, what about heat transfer? Concerning at all at 5400 RPM? Stability? Would you velcro them top-to-top or bottom-to-top?

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Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower | CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core  - Corsair H100i | Motherboard: Asus X79 Deluxe ATX LGA2011 | RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD (OS) + Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD (Samples) | PSU: SeaSonic Platinum SS-660XP2 660W | GPU: PNY NVIDIA Quadro 410 512MB | OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (64-bit) | Display: Acer B286HK 28" UHD Monitor | MIDI Input: M-Audio Axiom 61 Pro MIDI Keyboard | Audio Interface: Steinberg UR22 | Speakers: M-Audio BX5a Studio Reference Monitors | Headphones: Sony MDR-7506

 

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Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower | CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core - Noctua NH-U12S | Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 | RAM: Kingston Fury White/Black Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD | GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB (Reference) | PSU: SeaSonic G-Series SSR-550M 550W | OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (64-bit)

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Heh, what about heat transfer? Concerning at all at 5400 RPM? Stability? Would you velcro them top-to-top or bottom-to-top?

Heat is not much of an issue with thsoe small drives. If there is a PCB exposed on the bottom then I would velcro them top-to-top

NEW PC build: Blank Heaven   minimalist white and black PC     Old S340 build log "White Heaven"        The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log        Project AntiRoll (prototype)        Custom speaker project

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Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020

 

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