SSD Location?

[Beastattack]

On my Define R5, Should I use one the of the trays for my ssd or a slot on the back of the motherboard? Just wondering if there are benefits. I have one intake fan in the front and one exhaust in the top back.

[blackadder]

You can really stick them anywhere it wont get super hot, like on a heatsink. Other than that choice is yours, some people leave them freely hanging.

[martward]

If you can take out the drive bay in your case then you might consider mounting the SSD on the back of the motherboard to get a little more airflow from the front intake fan. If the drive bay cannot be removed it doesn't matter where you mount it.

[STRMfrmXMN]

On my Define R5, Should I use one the of the trays for my ssd or a slot on the back of the motherboard? Just wondering if there are benefits. I have one intake fan in the front and one exhaust in the top back.

Put it behind the motherboard so you can remove drive trays and improve airflow

[Beastattack]

If you can take out the drive bay in your case then you might consider mounting the SSD on the back of the motherboard to get a little more airflow from the front intake fan. If the drive bay cannot be removed it doesn't matter where you mount it.

Cool, I was gonna remove most of them anyway.

[Beastattack]

Put it behind the motherboard so you can remove drive trays and improve airflow

I will, thanks for replying

[LogicalDrm]

Doesn't really matter. SSDs are so small that they will leave enough space for air even when mounted to HDD cages.