smaller hard drives ?

[R B Customs]

Hey guys im after a hard drive to window mod and put facing outwards in the front of my PC.

normal 3.5'' HDDS are just ... and i mean JUST too ong to fit ( cant plug em in without killing my caase)

so...
are there any SHORTER hard drives out there? cant seem to find any basic measurtments of laptiop drives
Rick

 

[tom_e]

i know laptop drives are thinner although im not sure if they are actually any shorter

 

[semi-pro waster]

are there any SHORTER hard drives out there? cant seem to find any basic measurtments of laptiop drives
Rick

I won't ask how hard you have been looking but on a straight link through from OcUK's website you get to Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 series Basically all laptop hard drives are almost exactly the same size so you are looking at 10cm end to end plus you will need a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter so that you can use the ordinary IDE cable which will add a bit. Hope that helps

 

[rpstewart]

There are 2.5" SATA drives out there from Hitachi & Seagate but I don't think OCUK stock them. They take standard SATA power and data cables so no need for clumsy adaptors and big cables - might be what you want if there are windows involved.

 

[oxygene]

or if you want to go even further and make it silent I have on mine an ide to compact flash adapter and a 6gb compact flash card, about 4 inches square altogether I think