Amazon.com: Customer reviews: ORICO 2.5 to 3.5 Hard Drive Adapter HDD SSD Mounting Bracket Tray for 7/9.5/12.5mm 2.5 Inch HDD/SSD with SATA III Interface

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Screw threads NOT the same as standard 3.5" HDD

December 13, 2017

I like this product a lot, and there is only one reason that I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 stars, and that is because the brass inserts for the screws are not 3.5" hard drive thread, they are floppy drive / CD Rom drive thread (finer thread) which in most applications will be fine, but if you are mounting it in a device that uses special screws (as I was, a 2009 21.5" iMac), you have to find alternatives. The OEM mac hard drive used an insulated screw on one side and a spacer on the other side, both standard HDD thread. I had to force the spacer studs in because I had no alternative and find longer FDD thread screws. The fins being plastic make no difference to me as SSD's don't really generate heat

Pro's:
Cheap
Great Fit
SATA/Power connector in standard 3.5" hdd locatoin

Con's:
Brass inserts use FDD threads instead of HDD threads

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blarg

PLASTIC!!!!

December 19, 2017

Although this thing looks like a giant heat sink and says it has "great heat dissipation through fins", IT'S PLASTIC.

Plastic is an insulator, not a conductor and the fins DO NOT go all the way through so they actually impede airflow. It's basically a molded piece of plastic with metal bolts embedded for securing it.

It DOES fit fine and works ok for SSD's which don't get particularly hot, but I wouldn't put a 15k SAS drive in it.

Whatever claims the vendor has for heat dissipation as complete 100% BS. Do not use it if you're looking for any kind of heat mitigation or putting into a hot low airflow environment.

Also, I ordered two of these. In one normal hard drive screws worked just fine and I had no problems with them. On the other one I had to re-tap the threads because normal hard drive screws did not fit.

At $7.99 this product is extremely overpriced given that it's just a hunk of molded plastic with sometimes-working screw holes. I'm going to use the two I ordered because returning them is more hassle than it's worth, but I certainly wouldn't buy them again.

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blarg

PLASTIC!!!!

December 19, 2017

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Marcel V.

This is not a great heat dissipation SDD tray

September 21, 2018

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Upon receiving this product, I didn't realize it is made of molded plastic - I should have read the description more thoroughly. I had wished it was made of metal so the heat dissipation would have been better. Furthermore, the sides of the 'fins' is completely enclosed so there is NO AIRFLOW ACROSS the fins or SSD; I honestly don't understand how the manufacturer could imagine there is good air flow.

I use to test heat sink dissipation efficiencies for a well know military power supply company and I can assure you any claim for good heat dissipation could not be true. If the manufacture differs in opinion, I'd be happy to review their thermal analysis for this product.

A fully open tray would dissipate heat better than this tray... using a fan based ssd tray would be even better.

In the end, the SSD's we use are electronic which should be kept cool.

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Sage

It Only Looks Like a Heat Sink

May 21, 2018

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It's appearance is that it's a good heat sink too. However, it's made out of ABS plastic, a plastic that isn't particularly good at conducting heat. An open-frame adapter made of metal would be better because metal does conduct heat away from the drive. If I can return it, I will return it.

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Peter Walsh

Screw threads NOT the same as standard 3.5" HDD

December 13, 2017

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J. Haug

September 13, 2017

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Be aware if you plan to use this for upgrading an iMac internal hard drive: The screw holes along the sides of this caddy are not the same size of screw hole that's on the side of a standard mechanical 3.5" hard drive. So, you can't move the iMac mounting studs from the factory drive over to this. Well, not very easily anyway.

Because I didn't want to wait for another caddy to arrive, I used an in-between screw size to widen the threads slightly, then used high torque to drive the iMac studs into the sides. This worked okay, but I wouldn't suggest planning on doing it that way.

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ktsharples

The air fins are pointless; but it’s still a good product

April 6, 2019

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As practically everyone has mentioned; the vents in this drive sled are blocked off, and it’s made of insulating plastic; so this will not give a large thermal dissipation rate. It’s interesting that they made heat-sink fins, but blocked them off on the inside cavity. Keep in mind however that SSDs don’t really generate much heat, so unless you’re using this in a low-air-flow setting, you should be just fine.
I purchased two of these (for the price), one for a MacPro and one for a Windows PC. I did not have any issues with the screw holes; the bottom mounting holes worked with a MacPro drive sled with the Apple screws, and the other worked just fine with standard HDD screws in the windows machine.
As a tip; check to make sure your SSD isn’t sitting at an angle off the SATA connector, I found that my Kingston drive was a little on the skinny side, and as such was sitting at an angle off the internal SATA connector. I folded a sticky note and stuck it under the opposite side and it was sitting level.

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Joor

Works great in most applications

September 10, 2019

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As the title states. I works great in most applications. This alone is why I couldn't give it more than 3 stars. If I could have given it 3.5 stars I would have. So first, like other people I looked at it and thought it was made of metal because it looks like it is. That was my bad. But it doesn't seem to be getting any hotter than just the bare drive. I think in most situations where you are replacing a 3.5 drive or must want to add a 2.5in drive in a machine this will work perfect. That was not the reason I purchased these. I also purchased an Orico 4bay usb c enclosure that these drive chassis were going to be used in. This didn't work out the way that I had hoped, but they did work. The chassis/adapter is thinner than a 3.5in drive.

This caused a problem with this enclosure because the slots were wide enough to fit the traditional 3.5in drives. Since this chassis was thinner they sprung forward in the enclosure. They worked fine but I think over time it would probably ended up damaging the SATA connectors in the enclosure. I am giving these a 3 star review solely because images speak a thousand words. The description wasn't as good at it could have been.

Although I only gave these 3 stars I do think they are worth the price I paid. If I needed a 2.5 to 3.5 chassis/adapter, I would buy these again, as they do perfectly align the drive as if it were a 3.5in drive.

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September 25, 2019

Was converting an old PC into a FreeNAS box, and wanted a better solution to storing a spare drive in the system instead of simply having it hanging out in the open inside the PC case. Purchased this Orico hard drive mounting bracket (B01LZWX6PD) along with a StarTech hot swap 3.5 HDD rack (HSB100SATBK).

Mounted the hot swap rack into the system, inserted a SSD into the mount, and put the whole thing into the PC without any issues. I thought at first I might run into a snag, seeing that the mounting bracket was ever so slightly shorter than an “normal” hard drive, but those worries quickly evaporated.

Installation went pretty smooth, and the PC had no issues recognizing the Kingston SSD I inserted into the mounting bracket.

I would have no issues repurchasing this setup should the need arise. While not entirely necessary, it was worth spending the extra couple bucks for this solution.

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September 6, 2017

I have several exactly similar adapters made out of aluminum, 3X the cost. When screwed into my server trays, the geometry of placement of the external SATA connector is exactly right, allowing me to position a 2.5" spinning disk drive or SSD inside it and have the external SATA connector line up with where the tray plugs into the computer. Most importantly, the plastic material is perfectly adequate for heat dissipation of an SSD inside the server. No need for aluminum to accomplish the heat transfer. I had no issues with mounting a 2.5" drive into the adapter, the screws provided are exactly right. Beautifully packaged too!

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Jack Sprat

SUPER 2.5 IN. DRIVE CONVERSION - BEST DESIGN IN THE BUSINESS Fantastic product !

October 5, 2019

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I service, build, use computer and have for about forever. Used several different types of this product. However, this version is the best, most useful and well throughout unit on the market. Easily transforms your 2.5 in. SSD or HDD into a perfect duplicate of a 3.5 inch Drive. Its fits perfectly into any unit that requires a 3.5 in drive. I just rebuilt my personal computer going from large, hot, noisy, 3.5 inch drives using this product. Heat dissipation, noise, and difficult fits simply were not there. Slip in a 2.5 in. SSD 2 TB drive and clone the system took about 2 hours and the heat produced by the two 3.5 inch monsters is a thing of the past. No heating of system, reduced current needs, NO noise, just fast easy operation. This design is the best on the market, without any question. You have got to update your system using these !!

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