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Corsair Air 540 HDD Help

shadowr1ku
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Hello guys!

So I got myself a Corsair 540 Air, and I am dumb enough to not plan properly and it can only hold 2 HDDs, and I can't return it sadly. Anybody know any tricks on adding more than 2 HDD? (I am getting a SSD but it's for a different reason)

Thanks guys!

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Yes. You could just leave it on top of one and another but that would risk the 7200rpm platters to simply destroy themselves.

Use industrial strength velcro to secure it?

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you could use double sided tape to stick the drives somewhere ?

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you could use double sided tape to stick the drives somewhere ?

Double sided tape isn't that strong buts its worth suggesting :)

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Hello guys!

So I got myself a Corsair 540 Air, and I am dumb enough to not plan properly and it can only hold 2 HDDs, and I can't return it sadly. Anybody know any tricks on adding more than 2 HDD? (I am getting a SSD but it's for a different reason)

Thanks guys!

Are you sure it can only hold 2 HDDs?

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@Alibaladin There is 2 HHD bays in the front. In the back is a quad SSD rack I think.

You could drill holes but then that would void your warranty.

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@Alibaladin There is 2 HHD bays in the front. In the back is a quad SSD rack I think.

You could drill holes but then that would void your warranty.

Buy 2.5 inch HDD. Problem solved :lol:

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Dude that thing is expensive

You could buy a 250Gb SSD and a 1Tb HDD for less than that

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/602205-wd-black-dual-drive-1tb-hdd-120gb-ssd-wd1001x06xdtl

£244.98 so we say £245 to round to 2 decimal points.

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/474680-sandisk-256gb-ultra-plus-ssd-sdssdhp-256g-g25

http://www.ebuyer.com/319639-seagate-1tb-barracuda-internal-hard-drive-oem-st1000dm003

 

Kingston 256gb SSD for £105.99 to £106 + a OEM 1Tb HDD for £50

So your saving about £80

Although you have them both in a single 2.5" form factor is great but it's very costly.

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