DSLRKIT 2.5" SSD to 3.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive HDD Adapter Caddy Tray CAGE Hot Swap Plug

My Dell XPS8930 is probably the slowest PC I have ever owned even after installing more RAM it drove me nuts with how slow it was.I had to wait for SSD drives to be less expensive before taking the plunge and replacing the HDD with a new Crucial SSD all I needed was a decent 3.5 to 2.5 convertor and this item looked the part.On delivery it didn't disappoint and was a complete doddle to fit into the existing HDD bay with minimum effort on my part. As easy as flicking a light switch. The item is well made and although I didn't need them there was a set of screws for those who have to screw this item into their PC HDD bay.My PC is as fast as lightning now. The item is very well made and worth every penny!

Fitted replacement SSD into this caddy then installed it in the PC housing. Worked perfectly

All fitted ok and with extra screws incase the ssd/ disk has different threadsGreat to add 2.5 ssd/disk in older 3.5 slot neatly.

This adapter is well made, works well and is reasonably priced. I've used it to upgrade a 2009 iMac to SSD and it performed the job admirably. It would work equally well with other iMacs which use a 3.5" drive. The basic idea of the adapter is that it allows you to fit a 2.5" drive in a any bay designed to take a 3.5" drive and it succeeds in this. The mounting holes are identical to 3.5" drives as is the location of the SATA connectors (which is important in the case of the iMac and probably also in any device with hot-swap bays).There are two minor niggles in the design which prevent me from giving it the full 5 stars. One is that the adapter is very thin, certainly much thinner than any real 3.5" drives. This makes it unsuitable for use in tool-less bays, which are actually quite common. Also, there are four mounting holes on the sides of 2.5" drive, but none on the underside (see pictures), and there could be situations where having those additional mounting holes could be useful. For most people though, this isn't going to be an issue.

There are plenty 2.4-3.5" adapter brackets and I have used many different designs over the years. They all work, they all do the job and by and large it matters not whether you get a cheap plastic one for 99p from a well known auction site or a super-expensive brand name model made of anodised aluminium with a fancy logo.However, there are times when it does matter, and a case in point is upgrading an older iMac's hard drive to SSD. The iMac is built to the 3.5" form factor and assumes everything is _just so_ in terms of size, shape, placement of screws, connectors etc and in this case, a bracket like this one is essential.There will be similar cases in the PC world too. Certain servers, hot-swap caddies etc. If that's the case for you, get this bracket. Otherwise, save yourself the bother and the money and get the cheapest available adapter.

I wasn't sure if I should spend the amount I did on these caddies, as there are cheaper ones available, but I'm really glad I did, as the build quality is superb. Both the internal and external SATA connections are solid and high quality and the Caddy is really sturdy and has a professional feel.There are no jumper wires, to worry about. your SSD or 2.5" drive just slots onto the internal plug and screws in with the provided retaining screws (2 types provided) then the whole unit just behaves as if it is a standard 3.5" drive and slots easily into my Mac Pro drive bays.

The media could not be loaded. I recently upgraded my desktop PC with a Samsung SAM 850 Pro 512GB 2.5 inch SATA III Solid State Drive (great drive, very pleased with it).This happened to be the recommended caddy when buying the SSD and it was spot on. Feels nice and solid, the drive fit snugly in place and in total it about 5 minutes to get it all installed. Note that it doesn't come with any screws, you'll need to provide screws to mount the SSD in the caddy and screws to mount the caddy in your case.

This is an excellent product.It effectively converts the 2.5" SSD into a 3.5" disk. This is important because it keeps the connectors in the same place and the mounting holes are in the same place too.Keeping the connectors in the same place as on a 3.5" disk means you can mount the assembly in hot plug adaptors, for example on servers.I have often found it difficult to mount SSDs in Dell PCs. The PC I used one of these adaptors in had a plastic caddy with the 3.5" drive fitted into it.None of my SSD brackets worked.However, this adaptor worked easily.I would definitely buy again.