Third HDD in Carbide 540 Air

[Third Bass Code]

I'm got my new Corsair Carbide 540 Air today and started working on it right away.

I knew that it officially only has place for 2 3.5" HDDs, but for a little while I need to use a third HDD as well.

Any ideas/suggestions for a safe, clean solution to this problem?

[wng_kingsley7]

Buy a 2.5" hard drive/ssd? and put it in the SSD mount in the back

[Jumper118]

I'm got my new Corsair Carbide 540 Air today and started working on it right away.

I knew that it officially only has place for 2 3.5" HDDs, but for a little while I need to use a third HDD as well.

Any ideas/suggestions for a safe, clean solution to this problem?

if you don't use the front hdd mount at all and get a 3 bay hdd cage and put it in the back of the case it will make your build look much cleaner.

[coen113]

you could drill some holes in the motherboard tray, and put it there before you put the motherboard in

[Flyguygamer]

If you don't need an ODD then use this. http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=200

[Third Bass Code]

Buy a 2.5" hard drive/ssd? and put it in the SSD mount in the back

How can a 3.5" ever fit in a 2.5" slot I wonder.

 

 

 

you could drill some holes in the motherboard tray, and put it there before you put the motherboard in

This is only for a few weeks or so, until I get my new HDD to replace two others (so I'm at a total of 2 again)

[wng_kingsley7]

Well just lay it somewhere in your rig temporarily @Third Bass Code not much you can do.

 

Actually I thought of something you could do but I have no idea if it'll work.

Since the HDD's are mounted using the 4 holes on the bottom you could buy silverstones hard drive connector/heatsink to mount more hard drives from the side. @Third Bass Code

[adriel604]

Well just lay it somewhere in your rig temporarily @Third Bass Code not much you can do.

I agree. If it's only for a couple weeks just have it propped up against something or placed on top of something.  Don't need to get fancy with a 3rd hdd bay if you only need it temporarily.

[wng_kingsley7]

I agree. If it's only for a couple weeks just have it propped up against something or placed on top of something.  Don't need to get fancy with a 3rd hdd bay if you only need it temporarily.

I just re-edited my posts and there is silverstones heatsink thingy that helps to mount hard drives however its pretty specific and I don't think it might work. Although it could

[DroPouT1999]

5 1/4" to 3 1/2" adapter.