News Colorful Launches Thumbdrive-Size SATA III SSD

[Admin]

Colorful has announced the company's new SL500 Mini SSD that measures 26 x 68 x 7mm.

Colorful Launches Thumbdrive-Size SATA III SSD : Read more

 

[Aaron44126]

Most SSDs are already tiny. The 2.5" form factor is used just so that the drives can be physically mounted wherever a 2.5" HDD could be mounted. The drive is not full of chips (unless maybe it is a very high-capacity drive).

Here is a Samsung 860 family SSD with the case removed, for example...

 

[USAFRet]

Right.
The 2.5" thing is only for mounting compatibility.

There is nothing really special about that drive, except for lack of the 2.5" mounting.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Considering where some of those screw holes are, you can probably mount it. And depending on your setup, you could probably mount two of them in one 2.5" bay.