SG05 / 6 installation details - 3.5" HDD fouling GPU

Participant · 18 Sep 2011 at 09:50

Hi, has anyone managed to fit:

- Full sized GPU.
- 3.5" HDD.
- SSD.

...in either of these cases, all in the standard trays and at the same time?

I'm currently suspending my 3.5" HDD from cable ties attached to the chassis, as the SATA connections foul my GPU when I install it in the drive tray.

I assume I need right angled SATA cables but can anyone confirm this will solve the problem, as there really isn't much room? How short could I get away with, any specific recommendations as to short round SATA cables with a decent connection?

Thanks.

Skyboat · 19 Sep 2011 at 18:25

Right-angled cables will be fine.

I'm using straight-ended connectors that don't protrude too much so they're currently bent downwards and just about clear the GPU.

My GPU, however, doesn't seem to 'sit' properly in the PCI-E slot when fully screwed into the bracket causing no end of issues

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 18:33

Hi, has anyone managed to fit:

- Full sized GPU.
- 3.5" HDD.
- SSD.

I can confirm that I managed exactly that without doing anything odd to the case or HDD placement. I used the standard SATA-II right angled cable which came with my m-itx mobo and was rather short, hence ideal for a case like this. Had an HD5850 in there, GTX460 and a few other GPUs in there. The standard cables take a bit of creativity to manage.

Participant · 20 Sep 2011 at 10:45

Skyboat said:
Right-angled cables will be fine.

I'm using straight-ended connectors that don't protrude too much so they're currently bent downwards and just about clear the GPU.

My GPU, however, doesn't seem to 'sit' properly in the PCI-E slot when fully screwed into the bracket causing no end of issues

I had that, no boot as the card was slightly unseated cause of the pressure of the HDD connector on the GPU. Surely your problem is caused by the same thing?

datalol-jack said:
I can confirm that I managed exactly that without doing anything odd to the case or HDD placement. I used the standard SATA-II right angled cable which came with my m-itx mobo and was rather short, hence ideal for a case like this. Had an HD5850 in there, GTX460 and a few other GPUs in there. The standard cables take a bit of creativity to manage.

Thanks for this. Neither the case nor the mobo came with them which miffed me somewhat.

Anyway I've ordered a couple of round 30cm SATA cables from an auction site, wanted 20cm but couldn't find any with right angles and round cables.

meansizzler · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:16

you can reverse the hard drive so connectors fit other way, i use 2.5" hd, but you may need to drill holes to line up hard disk

Participant · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:52

I considered that but these cables are like £2. Worth it not to have to faff around drilling the case and to avoid SATA cables going all the way across your motherboard.