3.5" SATA Hard Drive in a 5.25" SATA Optical Drive USB Enclosure?

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As you may have figured out by the title, I was wondering whether a 3.5" hard Drive would work in a 5.25" enclosure such as the Vantec Nexstar DX.

In theory it should work, provided that I add some 3.5" to 5.25" brackets to the hard drive.

Is there any reason why this won't work? The reason I ask, is I can get a 5.25" SATA USB enclosure for less than half the price of a 3.5" SATA USB enclosure.
 

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