I'm out of space for drives

[megadarkwood]

I have no more space for drives, my case has 4 3.5" drive bays and I have 5 drives in total (4 HDD's and 1 SSD) so I literally have the SSD on top of the drive cage just sitting there. Aaaaannnd all my drives are full, I have a 2tb that I want to put in but no idea where I can safely put it, ideas? Cheap or free would be best. 

[RuLeZ]

External?

[007agentHP]

use your 5.25 inch bays as hard drive bays. they sell adapters

[megadarkwood]

External?

I'd like to keep it internal

[lubblig]

I have never used one of these but you could look into something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Duplicator-Function-EC-HDD2/dp/B00IKC14OG/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1440784040&sr=1-1&keywords=hdd+dock

 

The performance will probably not be that great though

[megadarkwood]

use your 5.25 inch bays as hard drive bays. they sell adapters

Damn, I completely forgot about that. I might have to do that if I can figure out a good way to get some cables up there cleanly...

[DudeWazap]

I'd like to keep it internal

But you said you have no room to put them.

[megadarkwood]

But you said you have no room to put them.

I'd atleast like to keep the internal Sata connection for speeds

[iamdarkyoshi]

buy some 120mm fan grills and mount the HDD to them using standard PC screws, and then mount the grill to the fan. Thats what I did.

[megadarkwood]

buy some 120mm fan grills and mount the HDD to them using standard PC screws, and then mount the grill to the fan. Thats what I did.

That sounds interesting, Pictures?

[iamdarkyoshi]

That sounds interesting, Pictures?

I can take the grill off of the radiator if you like to show how the HDD mounts to the grill.

[megadarkwood]

I can take the grill off of the radiator if you like to show how the HDD mounts to the grill.

 

 

ahh, I get the idea. Honestly its probably not what I'll end up doing because of cosmetic reasons. thanks for the photo!

[iamdarkyoshi]

ahh, I get the idea. Honestly its probably not what I'll end up doing because of cosmetic reasons. thanks for the photo!

no problem. It can also be mounted flat using motherboard standoffs on the bottom of the drive and a couple washers.

[pedro69]

If you have enough empty 5.25 bays:

Single bay adapter:

[multifrag]

You probably have some space on the bottom of the case near the psu. Just lay some cloth and place is on top. No big deal. HDD don't like to be on meta due to vibration, so use a piece of cloth

[iamdarkyoshi]

You probably have some space on the bottom of the case near the psu. Just lay some cloth and place is on top. No big deal. HDD don't like to be on meta due to vibration, so use a piece of cloth

dont do this unless it has good airflow.

[multifrag]

dont do this unless it has good airflow.

How do external hdds get airflow? Hdd doesn't need a fan.

[iamdarkyoshi]

How do external hdds get airflow? Hdd doesn't need a fan.

thats why external HDD die so easily. The outer chassis kinda serves as a heatsink. All of the dead hard drives I have dealt with have been poorly cooled.

[multifrag]

thats why external HDD die so easily. The outer chassis kinda serves as a heatsink. All of the dead hard drives I have dealt with have been poorly cooled.

I had my seagate external HDD running for the past 5 years, no issues yet. There is no connection between temperatures and failure rate. Of course if you will put your hdd into a +75C environment there is a possibility of quick failure, but it is a pc case. They come with fans and normally the air in them is around 25-40C. So the HDD will be alright in there

[iamdarkyoshi]

I had my seagate external HDD running for the past 5 years, no issues yet. There is no connection between temperatures and failure rate. Of course if you will put your hdd into a +75C environment there is a possibility of quick failure, but it is a pc case. They come with fans and normally the air in them is around 25-40C. So the HDD will be alright in there

I used to work IT at a car dealership. all of the dead drives came from those compact PCs with like one fan in them. I also have many drives from external hard drives, many of which have smart data saying that they havent been used ,yet they are bad sectored to the point of being useless. The ones with good vent holes or a large heatsink are still running fine.

[multifrag]

I used to work IT at a car dealership. all of the dead drives came from those compact PCs with like one fan in them. I also have many drives from external hard drives, many of which have smart data saying that they havent been used ,yet they are bad sectored to the point of being useless. The ones with good vent holes or a large heatsink are still running fine.

Not sure what kind of car dealership repairs compact PCs, but a living is a living I can only imagine one of the early 2000s cases where they only have one fan at the back, but everything fried in those cases. Most drive bays are at the bottom of the case, near the front panel. Some have fans in the front. Putting the drive in between the drive bay and the psu is best place to put it. Not only there is a possibility of fresh air, but because hot air goes up there is a lower chance of other components heating HDD up. As I said before. Most old drive have warranty up to 55C. Todays I think can go up to 75C maybe server grade even more(that's just the warranty/lifespan of the product)

[iamdarkyoshi]

Not sure what kind of car dealership repairs compact PCs, but a living is a living I can only imagine one of the early 2000s cases where they only have one fan at the back, but everything fried in those cases. Most drive bays are at the bottom of the case, near the front panel. Some have fans in the front. Putting the drive in between the drive bay and the psu is best place to put it. Not only there is a possibility of fresh air, but because hot air goes up there is a lower chance of other components heating HDD up. As I said before. Most old drive have warranty up to 55C. Todays I think can go up to 75C maybe server grade even more(that's just the warranty/lifespan of the product)

hmm...

Anyway I helped keep all of the PCs running, did some imaging, but mostly order entry and stuff. But we needed PCs for everyone to use there, as well as servers and stuff to store data. I happened to get all of the old PCs and servers, ect

[multifrag]

hmm...

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Anyway I helped keep all of the PCs running, did some imaging, but mostly order entry and stuff. But we needed PCs for everyone to use there, as well as servers and stuff to store data. I happened to get all of the old PCs and servers, ect

That's even worse then I expected.  This is something similar to a pc parts killer I was talking about.

[iamdarkyoshi]

That's even worse then I expected.  This is something similar to a pc parts killer I was talking about.

lol

 

and these things motherboards AND power supplies always died before the HDD

[multifrag]

lol

 

and these things motherboards AND power supplies always died before the HDD

Specially PSU, all of them where some kind of Chinese re-brand