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Motherboard SSD Mount vs Drive Cage?

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I'm thinking of finally joining the SSD Masterrace by picking up a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD. However, while verifying that this would work in my case, I came across an interesting decision: should I mount the SSD behind the motherboard, or in the drive cage? I was wondering if there was any benefit to either one. For either of the two configurations, I'm going to need two SATA Power cables, so it's not as if I'll be saving a cable either way.

 

I'm in a Phanteks Enthoo Pro, so I there's no SSD mount on the stealth PSU cover.

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Mounting it in a cage would give it direct access to airflow in the Enthoo Pro and it might be easier to connect the power and data cables.

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All the same, just looks and accessibility. SSDs don't care how/where/if they're mounted, really.

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I have mine behind the motherboard on my Define R5

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I would mount behind the motherboard it doesn't really make a difference for SSDs might be easier to plug in cables if it's in a cage but still would do behind the mobo because it's cleaner

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I have my SSDs on the back of my motherboard.

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I prefer to mount them in a drive cage, that way if I need to gain quick access to them I don't have to take my pc from the desk that it's standing on.

But as mentioned above if you want a clean look I think you should definitely mount them on the back of you MotherBoard. 

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I have the SSDs in my NAS behind the motherboard (because that was the most obvious place). 

In the main PC I made a mount so they're next to the motherboard (all the 5.25" bays were empty, so there was plenty of room to show them off nicely)

 

If you have a drive cage, you might as well put it in there.  Or mount it behind the motherboard if you plan on filling up the drive cages with HDDs later on. 

It doesn't matter really, an SSD really isn't going to obstruct airflow and they don't need cooling.  So do as you please.

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