Harddrive doesnt fit into case because of caddy?

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I recently bought a Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive but it seems to have come with a caddy which i dont know much about but seems to not be able to fit into my Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case even though according to pcpartpicker.com it says all parts were compatible. Is there a certain way its suppose to go in because it doesnt fit into the bays.
 
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ThatVietGuy is right, if you don't have a motherboard with a built-in SCSI adapter it won't work unless you buy an add-in Ultra3 SCSI controller. It is ok to remove it from the caddy. Those same screws could be used to mount it in a 3.5" bay in the case. That caddy is probably only useful in a 5.25" bay (like the one a CD/DVD drive would be in).
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hitachi-Ultrastar-15K147-147-GB-Internal-15000-RPM-3-5-HUS151414VL3800-/271444961062?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item3f33616726
above is the pic of the drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811322078&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
and this is the case

also the screws for the caddy are a hexagon shape and arent very deep which makes me think its not supposed to be removed.
 
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No i just checked mine is a SATA the pic i posted was the closest one i could find to my model. my mother board is MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
 
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ThatVietGuy is right, if you don't have a motherboard with a built-in SCSI adapter it won't work unless you buy an add-in Ultra3 SCSI controller. It is ok to remove it from the caddy. Those same screws could be used to mount it in a 3.5" bay in the case. That caddy is probably only useful in a 5.25" bay (like the one a CD/DVD drive would be in).
 
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It looks like a swappable drive that was on a server of some type. The back has SATA data and power connectors on the left and a Molex power adapter on the right side. The label on the drive indicates it is a 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200 RPM drive. After looking at the picture I can see why it would not fit in a standard drive bay. Unless it is removed from the caddy I don't see how you can use it in the case you have.
 
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