Can I put SSD onto my HDD with double sided tape?

[UniQuadrion]

Hello,
I am new to the Tomorrow I am going to recieve a 500 gb SSD and I was wondering if I can put that SSD onto my HDD with double sided tape? Is there anything wrong with that? If I don't put my SSD onto my HDD, I will have to buy a SATA extension cord since my sata cable (from PSU) cannot reach to lower level of my case. Only way to get around that is to adhere SSD onto HDD with a double sided tape. I am just wondering if these 2 would interact somehow and break each other. Please let me know how would this work out for me.

Thanks

 

[Someone Somewhere]

As long as you're not touching either metal or tape to the HDD's printed circuit board (SSDs are usually fully covered), you should be OK.

Might be heat issues if you don't have good airflow.

 

[UniQuadrion]

Heat is not my issue. My case is THOR and is super cooled since I made a good airflow through fans intakes and outtakes. In addition, what do you mean "as long as I am not touching HDD's printed circuit board"? My HDD is also fully covered. My other concern is vibration. Since HDDs are RPM (revolution per minute) there is a vibration that comes along with that. Will my SSD be affected by this vibration? It is going to be taped on to HDD for good.

 

[smorizio]

your sata cable wont reach to the lower 3.5 hard drive tray?? most power cables have two sata cables that wil lreach two hard drive bays. if not your better off buying a 4 pin molex to sata adaptor for the ssd.

 

[UniQuadrion]

I have 1 HDD (1 tb) and 1 SSD (128 gb) installed already. The SSD that I will recieve tomorrow will be the 3rd storage. However I might look into that "4 pin molex to sata adaptor for the ssd" Could you still tell me if vibration could damage SSD?

 

[MarkW]

Hard drives can and do get hot. Surely you have a spot somewhere in your case to mount a 2.5 inch device. Most cases come with 3.5 inch sleds you can mount the SSD to, and slide it into a 3.5 inch bay.

 

[UniQuadrion]

I sure have a the all the space in the world to fit many SSDs into my THOR rosewell case. My only problem is the SATA cable that comes from the power supply. If I go with 4 pin molex to SATA which I never used before, I will not have to tape these 2 together. Lets say I went with 4 pin molex to sata, where will I connect 4 pin molex side to?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

A molex cable coming from the PSU.

 

[UniQuadrion]

Gotcha, long story short putting SSD on my HDD can damage my SSD since HDDs "can and do get hot" due to many spins (friction). Thanks guys

 

[MarkW]

There should be a SATA cable with multiple power connectors on it. Or there should be another SATA Power Cable you can use. I cannot image that you do not have at least 4 SATA power cables on a power supply.