Looking for some type of drive caddy

HydroStatic · February 14, 2017

Hey everyone! I'm looking for something rather odd for my Plex server. I'm trying to find a a 5.25" caddy which allows for a slimline ODD as well as a 2.5" drive mount (or two, I don't know how much room there will be). If at all possible, I'd like to try and keep this at or below $40 (CAD or USD, doesn't really matter). I don't really know where to look for something like this, and I haven't been able to find it on Icy Dock's website as of typing this post.

EDIT: Also, the faceplate of it pretty much has to be black as I don't want it to look goofy when I install a spare ODD in it.

sirtoby · February 14, 2017

here you go https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Adapter-Optical-Components-SY-MRA55005/dp/B0081IOSOW

The drive bay even supports hot swap

HydroStatic · February 14, 2017

10 minutes ago, sirtoby said:

here you go https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Adapter-Optical-Components-SY-MRA55005/dp/B0081IOSOW

The drive bay even supports hot swap

Do you know of a model without the USB ports? It's not a deal breaker or anything, but I'd rather not have an extra cable flopping all around since the inside of this case is already cramped as it is.

sirtoby · February 15, 2017

26 minutes ago, HydroStatic said:

Do you know of a model without the USB ports? It's not a deal breaker or anything, but I'd rather not have an extra cable flopping all around since the inside of this case is already cramped as it is.

I looked into it a bit further and found another option:

This Silverstone adapter can house 4 2.5" drives as well as a slim line optical drive. BUT it has to be slot loading.

There is another option from Chenbro, but it looks utterly terrible, and is designed for a 3.5" drive, so you would need another adapter

EDIT: Keep in mind that you need an adapter to be able to plug in the slim ODD. These don't work with normal SATA power and data cables

HydroStatic · February 15, 2017

46 minutes ago, sirtoby said:

I looked into it a bit further and found another option:

This Silverstone adapter can house 4 2.5" drives as well as a slim line optical drive. BUT it has to be slot loading.

There is another option from Chenbro, but it looks utterly terrible, and is designed for a 3.5" drive, so you would need another adapter

EDIT: Keep in mind that you need an adapter to be able to plug in the slim ODD. These don't work with normal SATA power and data cables

Damn. Guess I might just have to get that 4 bay Icy Dock deal I stumbled across earlier and just live without an ODD for now.