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Hey i wanted to where else to mount my hard drives because i need to take the hard drive bay out to fit another graphics card in and the bay is in the way so where can i mount the hard drives i know about the hot swaps but i have 2 ssds and an hdd. i saw in a video that this guy mounted his with some brackets but are those custom or what?

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What? We don't know what case or HDD(s) you have..
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Why does it matter what case? its a spec o1 corsair and i said i have 2 ssd and 1 hdd
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because not all cases have the same mounting capabilities for SSDs and HDDs obviously. You have one HDD bay with 4 slots it looks like. That's the only place you have for HDD mounting. SSDs have no moving parts and can literally be thrown in anywhere. Best bet is velcro them to the bottom or back side of your case. You can use blu-tac instead if need be or just leave them lying there unsupported, but I wouldn't suggest doing that, it just won't do any damage if you do.
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Okay so i can just velcro the ssd's to the back thanks and what abou the hdd should i put it on the bottom with some velcro or what?
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If you have to, you have to, but make sure the HDD is properly secured. You really should not have an HDD outside of an HDD cage, since an HDD is a mechanical drive with moving parts, even bumping it can kill it. SSDs are different, they can be thrown about and survive easily.
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Screw it in! HDDs have moving parts so velcro isnt a good idea. SSDs can be velcro'd
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Arishat wrote Okay so i can just velcro the ssd's to the back thanks and what abou the hdd should i put it on the bottom with some velcro or what?


stick it in the hard drive bay, where its supposed to be. The case will come with screws for it.
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Okay Thanks alot guys
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Only safe option would be to buy a bay converter that changes the 5.25" Optical Drive bays to a 3.5" bay for your hard drive.
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