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The thing I'm wondering about is: if you've stuck your SSD to the case with velcro but then the drive fails under warranty, will the manufacturer accept the SSD if it's got velcro tape stuck on it? Or if it's had velcro on it but it's been ripped off since?
Good point. I would put the SSD drive in a drive bracket and velcro the bracket to the base of the PC case. You could drill 4 holes through the PC base and fasten the SSD to the base with screws. However, you will need to be very careful to prevent metal swarf damaging your PC components.
I ordered the adaptor a while ago, but I'm sorely tempted to just velcro the SSD to the floor of my case, as I've seen so many others do.
Using an adaptor like that is a convoluted idea, anyway: I'd have to take the SSD and screw it to a piece of metal, then screw that piece of metal into the PC case (opening both side covers as well to do so), when really, I could just secure the SSD with velcro in an openly-accessible part of the case and just remove and replace it if I needed to, no hassle.
1. Don't modern PC cases do away with 3.5" and 5.25" bays? They should do, because if you're going to insist on using HDDs, then 2.5" HDDs are identical in operation and capacity to 3.5" HDDs, but they're smaller and take up less space. And as for 5.25" bays, those are only used for ODDs, and who the heck uses those these days? I use one, but it's external, which is much better.
2. Why hasn't anyone developed a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter where the SDDs can simply be slotted into place, rather than screwed in? You could fit at least two SSDs in something like that. Looks like an untapped market there, and what's more, the adapter can remain screwed in forever.