StarTech.com 2.5in SATA/SAS SSD/HDD to 3.5in SATA Hard Drive Converter - Storage bay adapter - 3.5" to 2.5" - black - 25SATSAS35

So I used this inside another bin assembly that held a Ultra slimm 9.5mm dvd drive on top and had a 3.5" opening beneath that would fit in the 5.25" single CD drive opening on my AKAI MPC 4000 se. I popped this beneath the DVD drive fit absolutely perfect and then I slapped a 1TB SATA HD inside it and done worked absolutely perfectly. An best thing is to remove HD simply open door and it ejects the HD just slightly so that when door is fully opened its hanging out about a half inch to just pick up and go and to connect HD back to in my case the MPC you simply lay the HD back in the slot slide in about 75% and as you close the door it has an internal mechanism that reattaches the HD to the system. So far now I've purchased about 6 or 7 of these for my own hardware and making kits to resell to other musicians not so tech savvy and just want it done so they start making beats.lol but 👍👍 up is what I give it for durable construction and how well it works.

This drive converter solves a big problem of mine. All my RAID arrays are outfitted with trayless 3.5" bays so incorporating 2.5" SSDs poses a major logistical problem. Even though a previous review reported poor fit, I bought one anyway just to test it out. Happily the SSDs fit perfectly into this converter, which in turn fit perfectly into the 3.5" bays. I've tested with about 2-dozen insertions into different bays, and the drive has fired up every single time. I've confirmed SATA III 6Gb/s operating speeds through the converter.The big advantage of these converters is they allow air circulation across the SSD. All the trayless 3.5" bays have rear-mounted fans that draw air from front to back, and these converters are designed in such a way as to make good use of this cooling air. This a big relief because even though SSDs (and regular 2.5" drives) are low-power, they can still generate enough heat in an enclosed space to cause damage.Out of curiosity, I tried fitting the converter into an internal 3.5" bay, and the holes were indeed a tad bit off (enough to have to break out a drill). Still more curious, I scrounged around and found 3 old cases with 3.5" floppy bays. Voila. The holes aligned perfectly and the fit was spot on. I guess the lesson here is if you're drill-challenged, find an old case with a 3.5" floppy bay.I like these converters so much, I'm buying a bunch more.Oh, one more thing, inserting and removing drives into the converter can get kind of sticky. It takes patience and gentle rocking motions.

Simple and easy to use. Just plug in your 2.5" disk (SSD or SATA) into the shell and your physical size is now that of a standard SATA hard drive. Thay call SATA drives 3.5 inches but they are actually 4 inches wide. This in turn can be plugged into a mobile rack like the Syba SY-MRA55006 5.25" Bay Tray Less Mobile Rack for 3.5" and 2.5". The only thing I've encountered that is "Twilight Zone" - The LED indicator light is on the rear of the box rather than the front. I guess if you were a little mouse you could craw inside the computer, and then be able to see the LED.

I'm using this adapter with a Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD and it works just fine. The only trouble I had with it was it was slightly too wide causing the hard drive tray to expand and wouldn't fit in it's slot, but I was able to fit it in by removing two of the screws. I am speaking about the extra hard drive slot in a Lenovo T730.

I purchased this converter to allow a 2.5" SSD to be installed into an HP 6000 Pro SFF desktop. For the HP SFF-type desktops, the HDD sits in a small area under the power supply, and is locked in using slot screws that are normally inserted in the two screw holes that are on the side of the drive, closest to the front and back (the off-center holes are not used). Although the SSD slid nicely into the converter and locked in place once the door is clipped shut, I then found that the screw holes on the side of the converter do not match up with the screw holes on the side of a standard 3.5" HDD. The holes closest to the front do match up, but the off-center and rear ones do not match up. Also, when I went to try and screw in the HDD slot screws that are needed to slide an HDD (or in this case the converter) into the HDD space, I found that the threaded holes in the converter are so short that you cannot screw them in. I ended up tightening the front slot screw on each side and was still able to slide the converter into the HDD space, but there are no back slot screws to keep the converter tightly in place.I do not recommend this converter specifically because the screw holes on the side of the converter do not match up with the standard screw holes on the side of a 3.5" HDD.