Ssd upgrade mounting questions

[dajones]

Looking to add a Ssd drive to my alienware x51 system. The case is very well put together in that everything has a place but not much space left over. Am I able to get a bracket or something that allows me to fit 2 ssd's or 1 ssd and 1 laptop drive into the same place that the original drive came out of?. I have a spare Sata connection on board. Pictures to show what I'm talking about.

 

[Cookie]

Bit of velcro on the case and on the SSD and it'll be fine. They weigh nothing and don't exactly generate any heat

 

[RichyMa]

Bit of velcro on the case and on the SSD and it'll be fine. They weigh nothing and don't exactly generate any heat

This. Don't forget HDDs used a Disk so it was more vital that they were held firmly in place, where as SSD is flash memory and won't be affected by a bit of movement.

Providing the cable is secure that is.

 

[iain187]

You can get bracket that sits in the 3.5" mount and gives you 2.5" mounting holes

However you'd have to get rid if your existing drive to fit it in looking at your pics there...

 

[dajones]

That was the plan iain. ideally i want to remove that 2tb drive and replace it with 1 ssd and one normal drive of the same size (laptop size?) piggy backed in the same place.

 

[sburrell93]

That was the plan iain. ideally i want to remove that 2tb drive and replace it with 1 ssd and one normal drive of the same size (laptop size?) piggy backed in the same place.

This would be what you're after. Just make sure your power cables will fit into the drives if they're sitting right on top of each other

http://bit.ly/1lnLSdt

 

[dajones]

That looks like it could be perfect, one more question, I've got a spare sata port so that's ok, for power is it ok to get a sata power Y splitter to power the drives with no running issues?

This would be what you're after. Just make sure your power cables will fit into the drives if they're sitting right on top of each other

http://bit.ly/1lnLSdt

 

[sburrell93]

You should be fine to use a splitter. Providing the PSU is powerful enough to power both drives then it'll be ok