Putting a 2.5" hdd into a shuttle SFF

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azn712

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I have a SFF and i would like to add a 2.5" hdd in there. How should i go about it? it is a sata drive so i dont think i need converters. Do i need 3.5" to 2.5" bay bracket?

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I think the 2.5 inch SATA power plug is smaller, look on newegg for an adapter. It would come in a kit that includes the rails, though you could use double sided foam tape to mount it almost anywhere.
 
best [486];1033236535 said:
I think the 2.5 inch SATA power plug is smaller, look on newegg for an adapter. It would come in a kit that includes the rails, though you could use double sided foam tape to mount it almost anywhere.
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It's the same on hard drives, smaller on notebook dvd drives AFAIK.
 
I used the existing holes for the hard drive rail, but only used one screw. Bad I know, but it tight and I rarely move the shuttle around.
 
You could stick it somewhere with double sided foam sticky tape, that's what I did, with a old IDE laptop HDD.
 
But then what's the point of using a 2.5" HDD?
3.5 ones are so much cheaper, faster, have more storage, etc...
 
i have couple 2.5 hdd laying around. Just want to put them to some use.

@best [486]
how stable is the hdd when you used double sided tape? a lot of vibration?
 
azn712 said:
@best [486]
how stable is the hdd when you used double sided tape? a lot of vibration?
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No worse than the rubber band things a lot of cases use to mount the HDDs with now...
The tape holds pretty well too, just cover the side with the circuit board [so as to not wreck the label] and stick it wherever it works, I stuck mine to the bottom of the case in the pci slot area, if you use a pci card in that slot with no large protrusions it shouldn't affect it.
 
best [486];1033247444 said:
But then what's the point of using a 2.5" HDD?
3.5 ones are so much cheaper, faster, have more storage, etc...
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Good point, but for me, adapting 2.5 to 3.5 wouldn't be for an HDD but an SSD, which uses a 2.5 form factor. I think SSDs are not only naturals for laptops but for SFFs like Shuttle. But I read some comments over at Newegg, that putting a 2.5 into a Shuttle P2 3.5 drive bay isn't hassle-free.
 
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