Gotenks98 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Hi all I am looking a for an attachment or adapter that will make a laptop size hard drive fit in a desktop size caddy in a system. This is for an older Dell precision workstation is super end of life. I am needing to put an SSD in it but trying to make sure the drive will be able to be screwed in. I contacted Dell and they don't have anything for this machine since it is so end of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) May different caddys/enclosures for this. https://www.google.com/search?q=3.5+caddy+for+2.5+drive&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/StarTech.com-2.5-to-3.5-SATA-Hard-Drive-Adapter-Enclosure-with-SSD-HDD/3231971.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotenks98 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, techbeck said: May different caddys/enclosures for this. https://www.google.com/search?q=3.5+caddy+for+2.5+drive&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/StarTech.com-2.5-to-3.5-SATA-Hard-Drive-Adapter-Enclosure-with-SSD-HDD/3231971.aspx OMG thank you so much for this. The 2nd link is exactly what I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Gotenks98 said: OMG thank you so much for this. The 2nd link is exactly what I need. Not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) That enclosure by startech looks overkill to me. I used that for my previous PC. Item is not sold anymore but there's surely an equivalent. Was a little bit less expensive from what i can recall. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817812011 This one is still sold by Corsair. A big 7$ CAD. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817979019 You can mount two 2.5 SSD on this one and it's not much more expensive https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817979019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Drive inside of that Startech thing, then inside of another caddy = likely lead to early drive failure due to heat issues. 15 minutes ago, LaP said: That enclosure by startech looks overkill to me. I used that for my previous PC. Item is not sold anymore but there's surely an equivalent. Was a little bit less expensive from what i can recall. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817812011 This one is still sold by Corsair. A big 7$ CAD. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817979019 You can mount two 2.5 SSD on this one and it's not much more expensive https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817979019 Those are all for a standard case though, he needs it to line up in a SATA caddy, those won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, xendrome said: Drive inside of that Startech thing, then inside of another caddy = likely lead to early drive failure due to heat issues. If it was a mechanical drive, sure. But SSDs so not generate that much heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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