Features:

  • Adapts any 2.5" SATA SSD or hard drive for use in any 3.5" drive tray
  • Designed for hot-swap capable drive cages and cases
  • Can be used anywhere a 3.5" drive is normally used, including computer drive bays and side or bottom mount drive enclosure trays
  • Effectively conducts and convects away heat to help maintain the long-term reliability of high-performance SSDs and hard drives
  • Compatible with 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA SSDs and hard disk drives
It does exist!

I was beginning to wonder if something like this actually existed or if I should invent it and make my millions. It's common practice for us to purchase workstations and put SSDs in them. I had been searching for this for a while as we oftentimes recommend Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 units to clients and the included 3.5" HDDs are bottom-mounted with four screws. This is probably the fifth different 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket we'd tried that actually bottom mounted properly and was low profile enough to fit in the configuration. If you're looking for a solid 2.5" to 3.5" enclosure kit with the standard four bottom mount screws, look no further. It also comes with twice as many screws as you need, which is a nice thing over time as you install them.

Perfect, Just Perfect for what it was designed for!

Does this thing need another 5 star review? Yes, why yes it does! I noted some of the reviews of this from below. Mentions of other brackets that hold two drives, etc. Those points are valid if you're putting this in an exclosure or computer case that has flexible cables going to it. In fact, for that purpose, this is overkill and more expensive. The TRUE purpose of this is to adapt a 2.5" drive to a 3.5" bay where the connectors on the bay are fixed and require the connectors to be in the exact same place as found on a 3.5" drive so the drive "docks" to the backplane. That's why a couple of us are using this with RAID/Drive Bay enclosures like the MediaSonic ProBox 4 Drive Bay. For this purpose it does exactly what it is designed to do. Mine didn't come with screws, but I'm on the fence about that. Half the hard drives I've ordered over the years have come with screws and most enclosures come with them. I have plenty, but can understand how it would be frustrating if you had no spares.

I'm surprised there are as few of these being offered as there are

I mean, I can't be the only one who *doesn't* want to pay Dell or HP their preposterous rates for an SSD in a server, can I? I buy Crucial SSD's here on Amazon (they've been very good to me) and need this arrangement to fit them in a server. I don't know that there is much more to say about this- the metal isn't prone to cutting my delicate lily-livered fingers, and everything lines up and fits as it should. Huzzah!

Perfect fit in Lenovo ThinkServer TS140

I purchased my Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 with a 3.5" hard drive, so all four drive bays are sized for 3.5" drives. I wanted to install a 2.5" SSD, but Lenovo doesn't sell a 2.5" to 3.5" caddy adapter separately. They're only available with their ridiculously overpriced SSDs. My new SSD, bought right here on Amazon, slipped right into this new caddy by General, and all the holes lined up perfectly. The caddy came with two sets of screws, and the smaller ones fit. The caddy itself also fit well into the blue plastic carrier that slides into the actual drive bay. The metal caddy seems sturdy, not flimsy. There are cheaper caddies out there, but don't skimp! This one lines up the connectors properly on the left side of the drive, supports up to 6GB/s SATA speeds, and is hot-swappable. IT FITS.

Simple solution for mounting newer SSD's into existing HDD trays and caddies.

This is a great unit for adapting a 2.5" SSD into an existing 3.5" HDD bay. I have successfully used this unit on an HP Z800 to add an SSD as a boot drive and also on a Dell Optiplex 755 to extend the life of an older box but updating the HDD to an SSD. This unit shifts the SATA & power connectors into a standard HDD location and allows for mounting into whatever tray or caddy your computer may have that is set-up for standard 3.5" HDD's. Fit and finish are good and everything seems to be working just fine.

High quality carrier matching Intel/HP/Dell specifications

This is a very good drive carrier with excellent build quality and on par with OEM (Intel, HP or Dell) and specifications. In researching drive carriers for a server, the branded OEM 2.5 to 3.5 drive carriers were no less than $40 and retailed for twice that. This is in every way as good as those parts. Most products like this part on Amazon costing only $11 are thin and cheap and can be bent with your bare hands. Not this item. It has heft!

2.5" to 3.5" SATA HDD / SSD Adapter Tray, metal

I took the Toshiba 500 GB 2.5" HDD out of my wife's dead 2011 MacBook Pro and put it in my dead 2009 27" iMac. This tray fit my needs perfectly. The inner screw holes lined up well and the supplied screws attached the 2.5" drive securely to the tray. The 3.5" mounting hardware salvaged from the old iMac HDD fit the trays outside flanges perfectly, and the drive mounted in the 27" iMac without incident. The iMac booted right up, thinking it was my wife's MacBook. After changing the computer name and attaching it to her Apple ID, the old iMac now has a new owner ! Based on my experience, I would highly recommend this product.

metal product that allows SSD mounting into DROBO 5S enclosure

this easily allowed me to mount my SSD drives into my DROBO 5S enclosure. The product is all metal. The SSD drives attached by small screws included with the product. It slides into the drivable mounting system without difficulty. I do not foresee any issue with heat sink functions or system cooling. This product is much less expensive than the one recommended by the DROBO manufacturer

These were perfect to mount 1

There are plenty of reviews here but none that touched on the use I made of them. These were perfect to mount 1.8 inch SSDs with standard SATA connectors into 5.25 inch caddies for my Supermicro server. I am ordering another pair for some Norco hot swap trays on my file server they will work just fine. The SSD securely plugs into the inside connector - no screws necessary, the outer connector is perfectly placed for the backplane. They come with screws but not the type you would need for hot swap trays, which require countersunk heads - I believe M3.

These rule. They're cheap, small, and strong.

These rule. They're cheap, small, and strong. They aren't pretty, and they aren't fancy. They require tools. But the work perfectly, and allow you to fit twice as many SSDs in the same number of bays. PRO: -half height 3.5" size means you can fit twice as many disks in the same number of bays. Alternatively, if you space them the same as 3.5" drives, you'll be able to move twice the volume of air between them, for better overall system cooling. -perfect fit for SATA / SAS backplanes. -all hardware included. You just need a Phillips #2 or #3 screwdriver. JIS drivers should work too. CON (just some nitpicks, nothing major): -unfinished steel. I would have preferred painted or plated, but it's fine. -some edges aren't perfectly clean, and a few were slightly bent. It doesn't matter much in practice, and this adapter won't really be seen once it is installed. -Regarding SAS Support (this is for servers, it probably doesn't matter for most customers): Supports only single-port SAS. If you use dual-port drives, you'll lose access to the second port.

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