Recently, we covered WD Elements external HDD deals wherein the drives are selling for the lowest prices they have hit in a while. The discounts are still live on the 20TB, 14TB, and 8TB variants so check them out in this dedicated article here.
If you are looking for similar items, perhaps to set up your own mini home server or NAS or media server, then Silverstone Technology has an offer you may not be able to refuse. That is because its FS305-E hot-swappable HDD/SSD adapter cage is selling for a very low price of just $130 (purchase link under the specs table down below), making it an excellent affordable choice as a house for disk-mounting.
The headlining feature here is of course hot-swap support and functionality so working with it should be easy. You can pull a drive, slide in a new one, and keep working with no downtime. Thus for anyone managing multiple drives whether that’s game libraries, media archives, or scratch disks for editing, this should be a welcome quality-of-life upgrade.
SilverStone also thought about cooling and monitoring. A built-in fan plus the ventilation should keep the drives from overheating under load, while independent LED indicators give you real-time feedback on drive status that makes tracking and monitoring health and other things simpler.
Finally, security isn’t ignored either. Each tray comes with its own metal key lock, so you can physically secure drives against tampering or accidental removal.
The technical specifications of the FS305-E three 5.25" device bay to five 3.5" HDD/SSD adapter cage are given in the table below:
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Material | Plastic front panel; steel body |
| Transfer rate | Up to 12 Gbit/s (dependent on drive speed) |
| Bay application | Fits into three 5.25" device bays |
| Cooling system | 80 mm fan x 1 |
| Power connectors | SATA 15-pin x 1; Molex 4-pin x 1 |
| Drive support | Five 2.5" / 3.5" SAS (12G) / SATA (6Gbit/s) SSD or HDD |
| Host interface | 7-pin SATA connectors x 5 or SAS primary channel connection |
Get it at the link below:
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Silverstone Technology FS305-E All-Black Three 5.25" Device Bay to Five 3.5" SAS-12G / SATA 6Gbit/s Hot-swap Adapter Cage, SST-FS305B-E: $130.19 (Sold and shipped by Amazon US)
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