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Hard Drive Rails

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dibbs

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I just built a new computer and bought a Western Digital Bare Drive. It didn't come with any mounting brackets/rails and I am having a hard time finding them online. Every Google search just turns up 3.5" to 5.25" brackets.

Does anyone know where I can find mounting brackets/rails for a 3.5" hard drive?
 
What case do you have?
Why do you need the rails/brackets?
 
iantosca said:
Should the bare drive just install into the hard drive cage without rails? It seems to "float" and be very unstable.
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Pretty much. Though read your case manual to make sure that you're installing the hard drives correctly.

And FYI, you really can't get 3rd party 3.5" hard drive rails that'll work with every case or even some cases out there. Generally, hard drive rails/brackets are case specific, not generic. As such, if the case doesn't come with hard drive rails/brackets, then you don't need or can't use them.

Unless however you want to put the hard drive into a 5.25" bay in which case yes there are rails/brackets for that. But for a regular 3.5" bay? Case specific.

In your situation, the Lian Li doesn't have any rails or brackets. You just put the required screws in and slide the drives into the bay. Thats it.
 
Alright, awesome. Thanks a lot for your help. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow.
 
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