SSD mounting requirements

[Citizen Cook]

Currently I have an SSD and a HDD in my PC.

I want to buy another HDD but only have room for two hard drives in my bag.

Could I remove the SSD and place it in the bottom of my PC case with Velcro?

I've heard that some people do this...

[Citizen Cook]

Diposting pertama kali oleh MancSoulja:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Citizen Cook:

My friend told me not to put the cage back in.
He said it would be better to remove it for airflow and cooling. He said it would be better to tape the SSD elsewhere rather than lose the airflow.

What say you?

Also, why do i need another fan? The GPU has a blower and the CPU is not overclocked. I’ve never had any issues with heat...

The HDD cage will have absolutely no impact on airflow or cooling.

Adding another intake fan will give your system positive airflow, which means more air is coming in than going out.

I see. Where can I put another fan though? I have one of the front, one on the back, and two on the top.

[MancSoulja]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Citizen Cook:

Diposting pertama kali oleh MancSoulja:

The HDD cage will have absolutely no impact on airflow or cooling.

Adding another intake fan will give your system positive airflow, which means more air is coming in than going out.

I see. Where can I put another fan though? I have one of the front, one on the back, and two on the top.

You can fit two 120mm fans on the front panel, one on top of each other. You may even want to use one of the 120mm top fans and have 2 intake and 2 exhaust.

Assuming you're using both the top ones as exhaust fans ofc.

[Citizen Cook]

I would like to overclock my CPU

[Jacknm2]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Citizen Cook:

I would like to overclock my CPU

Then I would suggest for the benefit of that CPU should it be able to overclock, is get an aftermarket Heatsink in order to better disapate current and new heat generated by the OC should you do it.

Intel stock heatsinks make me gag lol

[Citizen Cook]

I have an Intel i5 4670K (3.40GHz)

[Jacknm2]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Citizen Cook:

I have an Intel i5 4670K (3.40GHz)

Then you're good for overclocking, but I really do suggest getting a better heatsink.

I have an i7 4790k and I have mine OC'd, using an NZXT X52 Kraken AIO water cooling, the cooler itself is great but NZXT's software is garbage. You don't need one of these by any means, you can achieve the same level of cooling with a decent air cooler that is cheaper than AIO's, I just got lazy on water cooling, got it a discount and then regretted buying it lol.

I would recommend Be quiet Coolers, Noctua and at a pinch, cooler master.

[MancSoulja]

To be honest a cheap $40 AIO will do fine and probably get you up to 4.5Ghz+. Mount the fan at the back and use the fan that's there in the front where you're missing one.

[Jacknm2]

Diposting pertama kali oleh MancSoulja:

To be honest a cheap $40 AIO will do fine and probably get you up to 4.5Ghz+. Mount the fan at the back and use the fan that's there in the front where you're missing one.

From my past experience I really wouldnt recommend a single 120mm Rad AIO for any one, Would be better off buying the extra fan and something like the Hyper 212 Evo or Be Quiet Pure Rock Slim both of which would do good for a light overclock and are pretty cheap, the Be Quiet has 120w TDP cooling efficieny so would do an excellent job.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

> Reinstall the middle HDD Cage, your GTX 1080 Ti will clear that just fine.
> Move the Top 140mm Fan to the Side Panel (since there is no other placement for it really.
> Install 240mm AIO-Liquid-Cooler onto CPU; mount the Rad @ Top with its 2x included 120mm Fans below the Rad, blowing up.
> Install 1x 120mm Fan at the Front (this Case can have 2x front 120mm fans total) to further help aid in Front cool air intake
> If the middle HDD cage does impact airflow too much, remove it, but leave the front 120mm fan you would add-in. Then simply mount or lay added SSD drive to the bottom of the Case, under where you have current bottom HDD cage. As again, 2.5 inch SSDs are sealed and there is no harm in just laying it down at the bottom of the case. If need to secure it, just use double-sided tape or velcro adhesive

[Citizen Cook]

I have no idea how to overclock but i have been watching this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0CHs5_TdpXE

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What you mean how to OC?
It's all very simple.

Disable C1E, SpeedStep and Turbo

Lock in RAM with XMP

Manually lower the CPU VCore voltage as low as possible to keep CPU cooler overall. If un-stable when lowered, slightly raise this and then save & exit BIOS and re-test for stability until this is achieved.

To OC the CPU Clocks, just raise the Multiplier.


Do not OC until you do as we've suggested with regards to Fans and better, beefier CPU Cooling.

[Washell]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Citizen Cook:

I see. Where can I put another fan though? I have one of the front, one on the back, and two on the top.

More isn't necessarily better. Check temps before and after. No sense in living with a jetliner in the room when it doesn't even improve the situation.

Also: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998226&cm_re=ssd_adapter_2.5_to_3.5-_-17-998-226-_-Product

That will hold two 2.5" SSD's in a 3.5" drive formfactor.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Washell:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Citizen Cook:

I see. Where can I put another fan though? I have one of the front, one on the back, and two on the top.

More isn't necessarily better. Check temps before and after. No sense in living with a jetliner in the room when it doesn't even improve the situation.

Also: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998226&cm_re=ssd_adapter_2.5_to_3.5-_-17-998-226-_-Product

That will hold two 2.5" SSD's in a 3.5" drive formfactor.

^ That works too. This adapter allows 2x 2.5 inch Drives installed into the same space as a single HDD Tray. Then simply take this adapter after securing 2x SSDs to it and snap it into one of your HDD Trays and slide the tray back in and connect all your drives SATA Data and Power back up again.

Example of 2x 2.5 inch SSDs installed into the above Bracket.
https://cdn.cnetcontent.com/syndication/mediaserver/inlinecontent/stech/35d/134/35d134ccdc7543da98fdba2256d0cd1e/original.jpg

[Citizen Cook]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Bad_Motha:

What you mean how to OC?
It's all very simple.

Disable C1E, SpeedStep and Turbo

Lock in RAM with XMP

Manually lower the CPU VCore voltage as low as possible to keep CPU cooler overall. If un-stable when lowered, slightly raise this and then save & exit BIOS and re-test for stability until this is achieved.

To OC the CPU Clocks, just raise the Multiplier.


Do not OC until you do as we've suggested with regards to Fans and better, beefier CPU Cooling.

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[Revelene]

You can get away with shoving the SSD into a corner. As long as it doesn't touch any other exposed components, like the motherboard or back of the GPU PCB (if you don't have a back plate), it will be perfectly fine. I have 8 SSDs in a case that only has 2 SSD mounts on the back of the motherboard, since I removed all the drive bays to make room for other components. 6 SSDs dangling around randomly in the case. No one looks at it but me, so I don't care what it looks like. Serves the purpose of being an HTPC, blending into the back of my entertainment center.

Moral of my story, if you don't care about aesthetics, then it really doesn't matter where you put the drives. Just avoid touching exposed components. No biggie.