Will this work off the SATA drive controller in my desktop? If so, does it come with a 2.5" to 3.5" Hard Drive Mounting Bracket?
1564035
This Drive is for laptops, and is available in a package that nicely fits inside the laptop. However, for fitting this is a Desktop, you shall have to buy a mounting bracket externally.
1564036
It will work with a desktop SATA connection without a problem. My drive didn't come with a bracket but the thing weights virtually nothing and can be secured to one side of your case with only two screws. Heck, one of my machines just has a couple of rubber bands holding a drive in place. A benefit of having no exposed circuitry and not moving parts.
1564037
Normal SSD's, like the SanDisk Extreme, plug into typical SATA connectors and power connectors. They do not normally come with special mounting brackets to adapt them to a 3.5" drive bay. Some drive bays have screw hole alignments and screws for mounting SSD's, or even special smaller form factor bays for them. Plus you can just buy a cheap mounting bracket. I have even taped an SSD to a drive bay before.
1564038
It does work with your sata controller. It fits your in a 2.5" slot, but you will need to get a mounting bracket for a 3.5" bay on a desktop.
1564039
It should work with no problem. I tested it in a 9 year old MSI MB and it worked just fine. As Roberto said, it doesn't come with a bracket. But unless you are a neat-freak, you can just get some clear packing tape and tape the edges to the inside wall of the unit. No one will see it anyway. Just a thought.
1564040
Yes, it will work off any SATA 2 or SATA 3 controller. There is no mounting kit that comes with the drive. I use an Icy Dock but there are many enclosures available that will do the job inexpensively.
1564041
It should work in your desktop just fine. However, it does not come with a hard drive mounting bracket. You'll need to get one separately. That said, however, the one I got had problems with the screw holes on the bracket not lining up with the drive. So you may want to go to a local store to get that just in case.
1042380
I have this running on a desktop with Windows 8, and it works great (about 1 month so far). I'm not positive, but I think it did come with a low-profile bracket also (not needed in my case).
317823
There is a 3.5" to 2.5" metal bracket in the resellers box.bare drive version is just a bare drive.
1745391
it supports full Sata III with USB3.0 but 3Gbs with esata cable..... which is what i use. It is very fast and by far the best Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5-Inch hard drive i have ever used bar none !
869113
Yes it should. It has 2 SATA connectors not one. You should be more concern with will it fit in you PC case? Does the mounting screws hole match up? I hope this is helpful. Bye
1193530
It does not "hold" drives. You can use this to connect a bare drive to your computer via USB. One at a time. It supports both SATA, via the slots on top, and IDE via an included connecting wire. Both desktop hard drives ( 3.5") and laptop hard drives (2.5") are supported.
445423
Sorry man, I'm not sure. But if it could fit standard 3.5 inch drive type of HDD mounting, if should fit.
1296483
It should phisically fit any desktop tower computer (3.5 inch) as laptop would have 2.5 inch. I looked up your comp and I would say that yes it should work just fine. If it was bult on the vista OS it is deffently in the SATA II era. You shouldn't have any problems with it reading the size ether (up to 1.5TB) according to what I read. One thing I would do is look for a SATA II version of the drive drive. On paper any sata mother board should be able to run any sata divice (with the speed limitations of the motherboard). But somtimes the controller on them that sets the speed doesn't automatically work. Usally a simple fix but may not be within the comfort zone of some users to have to deal with it. hope this helps!
468122
The cabling will depend on the hard disks you place in the bracket. The bracket itself mounts in place of a floppy disk or other small hdd in your desktop pc.
2119190
Yes. It comes with a 2.5" to 3.5" bracket. The SATA connectors are basically the same.
121510
Yes. The 2.5 inch height is what you need. I think your controller is SATA II and this is III. That won't matter, it will fall back to your controller speed.
1191590
This drive has standard SATA connectors that fit the same as desktop drives. It's 2.5" so you need a mounting bracket to secure it into a desktop case. No special cables just a bracket so you can secure it into the case.It's surprising that there is no desktop version but they must feel that desktops have the room to use an SSD for boot/applications and a separate large drive for storage so the market is not there for a desktop hybrid. I don't agree but nobody is selling a 3.5" hybrid drive so I must be wrong.
1420619
I didn't measure the tray before installing it, so I don't have the exact measurements. But it slid right into the drive bay where a normal standard sized 3.5" drive would go. The holes on the side lined up with the holes in the case's hard drive tray perfectly. I can't say whether your tooless brackets rails will work or not (I've seen several different styles myself), but I would expect them to line up if they are designed for a standard hard drive mount.
1102467
Make sure you have, or this unit comes with, a drive caddy so it will securely fit in a 3.5 drive bay. As long as the bios supports sata the this drive will work as a replacement for a standard desktop drive.
378107
Since this box isn't a raid box yes does not matter what drive you put in it. It will just mount it to the desktop
1427763
Yes, you have a SATA controller so this drive will work. You should be able to install an even larger drive if you want as well.
422777
No, this is 3.5" and designed for desktops. You are going to need a 2.5" laptop drive.