[SOLVED] Does a SSD have to be fitted into my Storage bay ?

[BeanzOnToest]

I have a HDD and my loading speeds have been quite slow recently, so i wanted to get an SSD instead. I opened up my PC to find my storage bay, and found a ton of cables running around it and through different holes within it

I do not want to move all these cables around (not that they have much slack and can be moved anyway), but I still want to get an SSD.

So, i was wondering:
Can i get an SSD and plug it into the motherboard with SATA 3 and a powerline cable, yet not actually fit it into the storage bay. Just let it sit and the bottom of my PC, plugged in? Is this possible, and if so is this safe?

Any replies would be massively appreciated,
Thanks.

 

[siaan312]

Yes, that's perfectly safe.
most people mount ssds with doublesided tape anyway.

also, if your motherboard supports it, you can get m.2 drives which are much easier to work with.
(not all m.2 drives are NVME drives that cost more. M.2 is a physical connector that can also be used for sata, and those drives sometimes even cost less than the normal 2.5" sata drives)

 

[BeanzOnToest]

Yes, that's perfectly safe.
most people mount ssds with doublesided tape anyway.

also, if your motherboard supports it, you can get m.2 drives which are much easier to work with.
(not all m.2 drives are NVME drives that cost more. M.2 is a physical connector that can also be used for sata, and those drives sometimes even cost less than the normal 2.5" sata drives)

that's great, thanks so much

 

[popatim]

Yep. My servers 8 bays are filled with drives so the SSD & backup HDD are taped to the bottom LoL

 

[Nemesia]

In my old system I have 2 SSD just hanging in the cables not even taped to anything. SSD doesn't have any moving part and if you don't move your system you can literally put them anywhere.

 

[siaan312]

In my old system I have 2 SSD just hanging in the cables not even taped to anything. SSD doesn't have any moving part and if you don't move your system you can literally put them anywhere.

It's still good practice to at least strap them somewhere, so if you need to move your system or god forbid, ship it, the ssds wont bang up stuff in there or break themselves. no moving parts does not mean unbreakable.