I have too many hard drives for my case

LoafOfToast · August 25, 2021

So i ended up rebuilding my pc with a new case and motherboard and i have 2 3.5 inch hard drives but problem my case the masterbox Q300L by cooler master only has 1 place to mount a 3.5 inch drive and 2 places to put 2.5 inch drives, is there someway i could put/mount my hard drive inside the case?

Dutch_Master · August 25, 2021

See if a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter could be mounted to the 2.5" bays in some way. No idea about the capacity of that HDD, but a 1TB SSD can be had for about 100 bucks these days.

LoafOfToast · August 25, 2021

1 minute ago, Dutch_Master said:

See if a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter could be mounted to the 2.5" bays in some way. No idea about the capacity of that HDD, but a 1TB SSD can be had for about 100 bucks these days.

i dont really wanna get a new drive or something i just want my old drive back in this pc because i got a ton stuff downloaded on it and its 2tb also and about the adapter ill check if i can get one from somewhere but if i cant find one what else could i do?

OhioYJ · August 25, 2021

Yeah the HD mounting options in that case are kind of poor unfortunately. However there are actually a couple different 3D printed options for mounting extra HDs.

Here is an example.

There are places that will print things for you if you don't have a 3D printer. I also noticed there are some reviews of that case that seem to have option brackets for HDs?

BobVonBob · August 25, 2021

I'd say just use some heavy duty mounting tape. As long as you get some fairly strong stuff (I'd suggest a hardware store) it won't go anywhere. It'll probably be a nightmare to remove, but that's a problem for future you to solve.

thrasher_565 · August 26, 2021

3 hours ago, LoafOfToast said:

So i ended up rebuilding my pc with a new case and motherboard and i have 2 3.5 inch hard drives but problem my case the masterbox Q300L by cooler master only has 1 place to mount a 3.5 inch drive and 2 places to put 2.5 inch drives, is there someway i could put/mount my hard drive inside the case?

you can mount is to a fan or on the case any ware really

https://www.amazon.ca/Hard-Drive-Adapter-Screws-Mount/dp/B01N40KPS9/ref=sr_1_52?dchild=1&keywords=hdd+mount&qid=1629941397&sr=8-52

heres a rubber mount one to 80mm fan

https://www.amazon.ca/Absorber-Bracket-Mounting-Screws-Adapter/dp/B0995CNGP8/ref=sr_1_175?dchild=1&keywords=hdd+mount&qid=1629941602&sr=8-175

if you wanted more space you can do thing like this

https://www.amazon.ca/Generic-Bracket-Mobile-Professional-Accessories/dp/B095X3TK9K/ref=sr_1_55?dchild=1&keywords=hdd+rack&qid=1629941926&sr=8-55

or something like this l bracket can buy from the hardware store.

https://www.amazon.ca/Bracket-FineGood-Brackets-Stainless-L-Shaped/dp/B08CKKPLFZ/ref=sxin_13_ac_d_rm?ac_md=2-2-Y29ybmVyIGJyYWNrZXQ%3D-ac_d_rm_rm_rm&cv_ct_cx=l+bracket&dchild=1&keywords=l+bracket&pd_rd_i=B08CKKPLFZ&pd_rd_r=e706062a-5aa9-460d-997c-a94fb9e7742e&pd_rd_w=o4iAa&pd_rd_wg=XML95&pf_rd_p=a0a092d0-be28-4709-aa8a-0a41ba531cee&pf_rd_r=D56329S3GTB59DVWPFCQ&psc=1&qid=1629942177&sr=1-3-12d4272d-8adb-4121-8624-135149aa9081

Edited August 26, 2021 by thrasher_565