Fitting an SSD into Antec P180

D3lirious · 4 Nov 2009 at 19:27

I'm thinking of splashing out on a nice new SSD around xmas time but having had a quick look in the case I can't see how it could be mounted.
Has anyone managed to do this?

Stuff · 4 Nov 2009 at 19:33

Hotwired · 4 Nov 2009 at 19:38

Above is out of stock.

2.5" to 3.5" drive adapter

Attach to 3.5" bay rails and insert into cage.

No?

That's quite similar to how I put 3.5" HDD's into my 5.25" bays on my P180 Mini.

EsaT · 4 Nov 2009 at 20:07

As solid state component without moving parts SSD doesn't generate any vibrations so you could attach it to case in any way you want.

Geckovich · 4 Nov 2009 at 20:51

Duct tape it to, well, anything.

Parsley · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:06

Geckovich said:
Duct tape it to, well, anything.

My SSD is duct taped. The awesome thing about an SSD is it doesn't get hot and doesnt vibrate so I just taped it to the bottom of a drive bay with nothing in it

. Can't even see it.

D3lirious · 5 Nov 2009 at 08:20

Cheers, I might take the tape route as reading around indicates that the screws needed to attach drives to the P180 cage are too big to fit into the 2.5" to 3.5" adaptors (or some similar issue).

Venares · 5 Nov 2009 at 10:25

Velcro is always a nice option too

reflux · 5 Nov 2009 at 10:28

Mine's just resting loose in the bottom of my case. Doesn't vibrate and doesn't get hot so no need to mount it tbh.

bob055 · 5 Nov 2009 at 10:40

reflux said:
Mine's just resting loose in the bottom of my case. Doesn't vibrate and doesn't get hot so no need to mount it tbh.

yea mines the same!

Arcane · 5 Nov 2009 at 15:52

I like these!

mjones1 · 5 Nov 2009 at 15:59

I have seen people put it behind their power supply on the p182.

Mel_P · 9 Nov 2009 at 11:15

Can only see those dinky brackets on USA / Canadian web sites!

focus130 · 9 Nov 2009 at 11:30

Look at my post (number 7) for what I used. Cost me about a £5.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18076823

genan · 10 Nov 2009 at 13:51

Mine`s taped as well for the time being.