I have just bought a new SSD for my desktop PC, but I have run into a bit of an issue in attempting to install it physically.
I have this case for my computer, which has a drive bay area that looks like this. My current HDD sits inside that thing like such, using two clip/slider things that attach to either side, which look like this.
I did buy this mounting kit for the SSD so it would fit in a standard 3.5" hard drive enclosure. However, when I try putting it into the drive bay, it (unsurprisingly) will not fit into place, probably because it expects something like those clips or whatever to keep it in place. Although the bracket I bought does come with screws to attach it to a drive bay, there is no place to screw it in.
Although I could just detach the slider clip things from my current HDD and attach it to the SSD bracket without too much fuss, I do want to install a secondary 2TB HDD which has been sitting around forever unused, and that one set of the clippy sliders (wtf do I call them even) won't be enough to cover both drives.
So my question is, how should I go about making both of those drives fit in my case? Do I need to buy something extra to keep it in place? I have looked around on newegg and amazon and have found nothing close to the things holding my current HDD in place, nor anything else that looks useful and trustworthy enough. Another set of those clip things would be ideal, as they fit perfectly into the area, but they are nowhere to be found. Unless I'm looking in all the wrong places.
Or am I completely missing something obvious and simple here. I would appreciate if someone would lend me some advice on this, as I have done some looking around and have found no solid answers. I don't want to proceed with this until I'm sure I know what to do.
I have this case for my computer, which has a drive bay area that looks like this. My current HDD sits inside that thing like such, using two clip/slider things that attach to either side, which look like this.
I did buy this mounting kit for the SSD so it would fit in a standard 3.5" hard drive enclosure. However, when I try putting it into the drive bay, it (unsurprisingly) will not fit into place, probably because it expects something like those clips or whatever to keep it in place. Although the bracket I bought does come with screws to attach it to a drive bay, there is no place to screw it in.
Although I could just detach the slider clip things from my current HDD and attach it to the SSD bracket without too much fuss, I do want to install a secondary 2TB HDD which has been sitting around forever unused, and that one set of the clippy sliders (wtf do I call them even) won't be enough to cover both drives.
So my question is, how should I go about making both of those drives fit in my case? Do I need to buy something extra to keep it in place? I have looked around on newegg and amazon and have found nothing close to the things holding my current HDD in place, nor anything else that looks useful and trustworthy enough. Another set of those clip things would be ideal, as they fit perfectly into the area, but they are nowhere to be found. Unless I'm looking in all the wrong places.
Or am I completely missing something obvious and simple here. I would appreciate if someone would lend me some advice on this, as I have done some looking around and have found no solid answers. I don't want to proceed with this until I'm sure I know what to do.
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