Alternative (cheaper) hdd mount?

[mrapoc]

For this (top one)

Mountain Mods 120mm Hard drive rack

I dont care about the finish really, just want a way of mounting hard drives directly onto 120mm fans

 

[tinytomlogan]

Never seen any others dude.

 

[TopSecret]

I used these plates on my MM U2 UFO, they came with the case. I couldn't find any for sale on their own on the MM site, but worth dropping an email to em?

 

[mrapoc]

Never seen any others dude.

ok thanks mate

I used these plates on my MM U2 UFO, they came with the case. I couldn't find any for sale on their own on the MM site, but worth dropping an email to em?

yeh maybe, I can get them for £16 off that uk site

are they good? how exactly they mount?

 

[TopSecret]

Two plates to a fan, one either side of the fan casing, using normal fan screws to fix. You then put your HDD in between the plates and fix normall HDD screws. You can have 2xHDD's per fan. It works well in my rig.

EDIT: 16 quid seems a little steep for what they are mate, shocked at the price tbh.

 

[Rastalovich]

Little Rascal has an interesting approach

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=21878

What I've got is about 6 of these, in a 4x drive variant:

.. and without the cover.

Not sure who sells them anymore tho.

 

[mrapoc]

i'm looking at how to fit the hdds to the fans of a rad

grrr complications xD

 

[TopSecret]

Easy with those plates. The mounting holes are spaced just like a fan, so you could have rad-fan-hdd mount easy peasy. I used one turned on it's side as a mount for my DDC pump.

Now imagine this plate turned so its vertical, one on either side of the rad and your hdd's in between. Simple. That would lay the drive horozontally, you could do em vertically too, by just laying the plates horozontally.

 

[mrapoc]

yeh they seem the best idea

yet the price

dang =/

 

[TopSecret]

Mebbe worth posting up on forums, see if anyone has any spare for a decent price? I only have one left, else I would have given a couple to ya. Failing that, you could knock something similar up easy enough.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Thats the ones I was on about Mrapoc ROFL.

 

[FarFarAway]

One of these:

http://www.jab-tech.com/Nexus-Double-Twin-Hard-Drive-silencer-pr-4120.html

 

[TopSecret]

They arent for fixing a drive though, they sit between the drive and cage to dampen noise/vibration. He would still need something to fix the drive too.

 

[FarFarAway]

Aye I know, but they do allow a hard drive to sit in the 5 1/2" bays

 

[TopSecret]

Ahh with ya, but he wanted to fit the drive to his rad/fans Is it me having a blond moment here or you

 

[FarFarAway]

Neither really, was just offering an alternative

 

[TopSecret]

Cool . I was beginning to think I had missed something in my slightly tipsy state. I think the drives would probably look better tucked away in the 5.25" bays anyways, than stuck on a rad. I reckon the HDD's are probably the least exciting part in a rig, so I always try to keep them out of the way. Why are you wanting to mount them on the fans/rad Mrapoc

 

[tinytomlogan]

He wont have any 5.25" bays with the plans I spoke about with him thats why he needs them for a fan mount....

 

[mrapoc]

ok the new idea is that i'll just go air and sell my pump

seems a lot more cost that what i can afford - comfortably

Thanks Tom for the ideas and sorry to mess you around

Pump for sale now