Features:

  • Converts an available 3.5" HDD bay drive to accommodate two 2.5" HDD or SSD (Solid State Drive)
  • Supports any computer cases with an available 3.5" drive bay (both screw-on type or tool-less type)
  • Screw pack included to mount the drives
  • For use in 3.5" internal drive bay
  • Quick and easy installation
  • Compatible with all types of 2.5" hard drive. Including SSD DRIVES!!!
  • Convert any 2 2.5" Hardrive into a 3.5" drive bay
Quality steel frame adapter for 2.5 inch drives.

This was a pleasant surprise. From the look of the picture, I was expecting a plastic or tinny aluminum frame. instead I got a very nice rigid steel frame with some heft to it. Unlike some of the adapters I've bought in the past, all the holes in the frame matched both the 2.5 inch SSD and the 3.5 mount in the PC. There's room for two 2.5 inch drives, but I only needed one. I've wondered several times why they couldn't just match the holes on a standard drive. Well, this time they did. I mounted the 2.5 from the bottom and the 3.5 portion from the side in just a couple of minutes. Even the overhang was just right to clear the connectors. I know it's just a simple adapter, but it's the best adapter I've had on my bench. Great price too.

Solidly built bracket for SSD & other 2.5" drives

Works as intended. The metal enclosure is easy to install and fits right into any available 3.5" hard drive bay. It feels like it is made of a high quality metal and even though the metal is thin, it is not easily bendable. My HP computer has a special hard drive enclosure in that it does not just mount the drive as some cases do and it fit right into the enclosure with no problems. The only way I can see this enclosure being an issue for someone is if their computer is designed to accept 3.5" drives with the bottom screws (where the cut-out logos are). Also, if your SATA cables are just short enough to reach the end of a 3.5" hard drive, this could cause an issue that doesn't allow you to reach the connectors on the 2.5" drive you are installing since the 2.5" drive you will be installing in the bracket is center mounted and the connectors do not sit flush with the edge of the bracket. If none of these circumstances apply to you, the enclosure should work just fine as it did for me.

Nice SSD conversion kit! Very good product for the money!

Right Price. Nice quality - better than I expected. Fast delivery. Installs easily and securely in an older tower interior hard drive cage. It comes with good screws to secure the drive to the frame and the frame to the larger interior cage - a big plus! Holds 2 SSD's. One could fit 2 of these frames in an old standard interior tower drive cage designed to hold 2 old drives and still have good circulation. The SSD drives will sit lower in this frame. And the frame will sit lower in the interior drive cage. The net result is that the SSD connectors sit quite a bit lower than the old hard drive connectors. The SSD drives will sit basically in the middle of the old cage. You will need straight, not right angle connector ends. You may want to think about your cable lengths when you purchase. I needed to purchase new longer cables... But I needed to anyway. Very good product for the money.

Perfect for my application!

Exactly what I was looking for to mount two SSD SATA drives in a rackmount 1U chassis, which requires mounting the cage from the bottom. Many cages do not have the screw threading for that. This one does. Note: If you're planning on mounting two drives, take caution with your drive heights-- the "bottom" drive does not have very much height clearance and even a Samsung SSD will sit very close to flush to the drive above it. I would be very skeptical of trying to mount traditional 2.5" HDD laptop drives on this guy, unless they're very short. There is also a "lip" on one end of the cage that may interfere with any drive that's longer than standard sizes in the bottom slot.

Bought an SSD and it won't fit now, this is your fix!

Solidly built, extremely affordable, and big plus - comes with screws! If you have an off the shelf desktop, and buy an off the shelf SSD for it, you'll quickly realize several things: 1) The SSD won't come with mounting screws. 2) The SSD is 2.5" and your desktop probably only has 3.5" hard drive bays. 3) The SSD probably didn't come with a SATA cable, and your desktop probably doesn't have a spare one. This product solves #1 and #2, and the case will even take two 2.5" drives, so you can install two SSDs for example, in one 3.5" drive bay. SATA cables are cheap, so if you need one, don't forget to pick one up. Also you're PC might be out of power connections. If it is, they sell splitter cables to convert one plug into two. SSDs don't draw a lot of power, so chances are almost non-existant you won't have enough power - you possibly just won't have enough connections. If you are REPLACING a drive, #3 won't apply to you. You'll re use your existing power and SATA cables.

Great kit. Two mounting heights is a plus for right-angle cables

This mounting kit was perfect for my setup. I installed a Samsung 850 EVO. Rails installed perfectly (note: the mounting kit does not include rails; I happened to have some already). The drive sat deep in the slot, which caused a problem with the right-angle SATA cable. However, since this mounting kit has two mounting positions, I installed the drive in the higher position and the right-angle SATA cable worked great. Also, Sabrent customer service was excellent. I initially had a problem with the installation and posted a negative review. Despite this product have thousands of overwhelmingly positive reviews, a Sabrent customer service person commented on my review and they sent me a replacement mounting kit absolutely free. As it turns out, the problem was user error (I'm an idiot!) and not on Sabrent's end. But I very much appreciate the excellent customer support, and will purchase Sabrent whenever possible in the future.

Well-adapted.

This thing does exactly what it should do: lets you put two standard 2.5" drives in a single 3.5" bay. It is great for cabled drives, but won't work with hot-swap cages that expect the SATA power/data headers in the standard locations. Things I liked about this cage: powdercoated black instead of bare steel. Came with 6x 3.5"-friendly screws and 8x 2.5"-friendly screws, enough for every screw location in this sled. Great price. Great fit and finish; I didn't have to bend anything anywhere to make it fit the 3.5" bay. Something to note: this holds two drives. Both drives are set towards the center of the adapter, so the SATA power/data headers are set back an inch or so from where they'd be on a regular 3.5" drive, plus offset towards the center of the adapter. You'll need to ensure that you have enough slack to reach the SATA power/data headers with the cables you have, or get longer cables "just in case." This bit me when I replaced the 3.5" drive in my wife's HP desktop with an SSD; I had to use a different SATA data cable. If you are looking for this kind of adapter, you really can't go wrong with this one. You can't really see the adapter in the pic attached to my review, but that's what's holding the Samsung SSD.

Essential accessory for a Dual SSD Install

Great to have when installing a pair of SSD's, nice space saver, only needs one 3.5" bay or other convenient place to install this. Just make sure it's secured. Most PC's has an extra, if not more, 3.5" drive bays. Cost of item is great also. I have two in my main PC, running 4 SSD's. At the price, it's good to keep a spare one handy, as there's always times when PC enthusiasts needs this item. Also noteworthy, this is metal, which is better than plastic, which if moved may or may not be usable again & the metal provides extra grounding & acts as a heat sink (metal to metal contact throughout). I've had one plastic model & didn't like it at all. What I don't recommend, is to install two 2.5" HDD's in here, unless extra cooling is provided (fan pointed at the dual drives). Without a fan, a dual HDD setup will cause both to run too hot. Though it's OK to use the adapter to install a single 2.5" HDD w/out a fan in a 3.5" bay. Good to make use of the extra HDD when upgrading a notebook drive to a SSD, have another low profile PC with this item installed for that purpose.

The best SSD bracket so far...

This is the best bracket for SSD mounting in nearly any desktop PC. It has screw holes in the same places as a standard hard disk. Regular side bolt 3.5" bay -> WORKS Flat mount that uses the bottom drive screw holes -> WORKS Tray mount with screws or posts that grab side screw holes -> WORKS This is one of the few SSD mount brackets that fits in these types of scenarios, and you can fit a 2nd SSD drive as well! When you install this, be prepared for issues connecting power (or Sata) if your PC has angled plugs. If your current power cables barely reach the old HDD, they will be too short because the SSD plugs will sit about an inch deeper into the bracket due to the smaller size. Use straight plug sata cables and buy one of these splitters to solve the length and 2nd SSD power plug needs: Electop SATA Power Y Splitter Cable 6 Inch Also be sure to use the screws that come with this bracket and not the ones from your old drive, some are larger and you can strip out the screw holes trying to mount it. If possible, connect all data/power cables before sliding bracket into the PC, connections can be hard to reach once its bolted in.

Did Exactly What Was Required

I have an older tower computer that I use in my garage to drive a hobby CNC machine. It had a 3.5" hard drive and I wanted to swap it for a 2.5" SSD drive to increase speed. Mechanically, the new drive in this adapter had to fit where the old drive sat so I needed an adapter like this one. Electrically, no adapter cable was needed because the old drive and the new drive were both "SATA" interfaces. If this is not the case for you, you need to order a different adapter. The adapter mounted the 2.5" drive perfectly and also installed in the 3.5" slot perfectly. All of the holes "lined up" where they were supposed to. The quality of the adapter is good and I was glad to see that it was metal and not plastic. A quantity of screws were also provided, more than were required. I would recommend that one carefully ensure that the screws used to secure the drive to the adapter are correct to avoid stripping the threaded holes in the drive.

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