Sharkoon Shoves Four SSDs in a 5.25-inch Drive Bay
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Sharkoon has announced a simple accessory that would make empty optical drive bays useful.
Sharkoon has introduced a rather simple but clever accessory that should put those unused optical drive bays to good use for some users. It's called the 5.25" Bay Extension that is simply a steel construct that allows users to place either two 2.5" drives and a single 3.5" drive or four 2.5" drives. 

As it is intended that any 2.5" drive installed would be an SSD, those mounting holes do not have anti-vibration grommets; however, the 3.5" drives do. The bracket measures 116 x 146 x 37 mm and weighs roughly 150 grams.
Sharkoon's 5.25" Bay Extension will be available in black, red, blue and green, with no word on pricing or availability yet.
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Seems like a stupid design to me...
I would also look at removing standard drive bays in mid and full towers while using these in the 5.25" drive bays.
Great front-to-back airflow anyone?!
Seems like a stupid design to me...
I'm thinking two drives side by side facing down and two side by side facing up, mounted with the bottom screw holes of the drive.
Although this does also allow a 3.5" so maybe it's more intelligent than it appears at first glance.
Although this does also allow a 3.5" so maybe it's more intelligent than it appears at first glance.
Yes but the 3.5" drive is on the top, not the bottom, Additionally if you were using a side by side two deep approach, you could use either 6x 2.5" drives or 4x 2.5" drive + 1 3.5" drive.
Looking at the pictures, the bottom mounted drives are very inefficient at using space.
Seems like a stupid design to me...
Yeah you'd think at least one or more of the power cables would get blocked by the drive cage which means you'd have to find some way to keep said cables from constantly getting unplugged.
Seems like a stupid design to me...
Yeah you'd think at least one or more of the power cables would get blocked by the drive cage which means you'd have to find some way to keep said cables from constantly getting unplugged.
I thought the same thing initially, but if you look at the exploded view of the top image, it appears the lower set of drives is set back a bit within the bracket. This would solve the problem of anything being blocked.
The two bottom SSD drives need to be staggered in depth(with the top one's connector panel protruding father than the bottom one) or the cables, which are mostly right angle connectors (for data and power) would not fit into both drives at the same time.
The two bottom SSD drives need to be staggered in depth(with the top one's connector panel protruding father than the bottom one) or the cables, which are mostly right angle connectors (for data and power) would not fit into both drives at the same time.
True. While you can easily find SATA data connectors with 2 straight ends, the power connectors would be a problem.
They should have just set the bottom back similar to the top setup where there are four SSDs attached.