Can a SSD be mounted in one of the optical drive bays?
2020823
yes it can, but you will need the proper adapter to properly secure it. Me on the other hand i just use zip tie to hold it in place.
1567106
The short answer is that there is room for it all three drives you mention, though there are not mounting brackets for all three. In this particular case, there are mounting brackets for two 3.5" drives (or two 2.5" drives with adapters), but you can still find spare space elsewhere in the case for your third SSD drive. In my set up, I stuck the SDD on a bracket somewhat behind the optical drive, using double-sided tape for mounting to the case lid. As SSDs do not have any moving parts and don't generate as much heat as spinning drives, this has worked fine.
913409
That's where I'm using it. It is in a tiny Foxconn AT-7500 which makes a wonderful desktop work computer. It will go anywhere a standard SSD will fit.
968022
Yes you can. You can add the SSD to the drive bay from the front of the system which is pretty awesome. I tried the hard way and well failed because of the OS i was trying with. But since then I've left the OS on the main drive which is fast... And everything that's important gets installed on my SSD and it's fast.
1103440
Yes you can mount any SSD to any hard drive bay I have this same exact case and I got a SSD.
1407331
Yes, it will be fine. The 3.5 can fit into the existing bay that I installed 2 SSD's in. The Solid State drive can then fit sideways on the left side of the DVD bay screwed against that slot in one of those cheap 3.5 to 2.5 conversion racks. I almost did that myself because I wanted an internal card reader. I changed my mind. One bit of advice. I installed a 120mm fan on the inside of the right hand vents. It runs a heck of a lot cooler with that cross ventilation. I am typing on the unit now & it's running really good. I installed 8 GBs of ram and a video card though. Good luck to you.
2094297
Almost all cases don't include optical drives, this one included. It does have a couple bays that you can mount optical drives to, however.
1089027
All the SATA ports are in the front of the case. Optical drives run on SATA if newer.
589856
The Optical Disk Drive (ODD) which is the DVD drive can be changed to an SSD with a caddy, but unless you are using it as storage I would never do that. You want an SSD with the OS and programs on it put where the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is currently. Because the current HD is on a SATA III port while the DVD drive I am seeing as being only on a SATA I port. Much slower to put the SSD in the ODD slot.
956156
Yes you can, unlike others I am not going to criticize why you wish to. That is your business. The two inside cages can be removed and you can either mount a ssd or 2.5 inch laptop drive behind the motherboard tray or you can use the two hot swap bays in the front to mount two ssd or 3.5" drives, or 2.5" laptop drives.
1712705
You can slide it into a StarTech 5.25in Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for 3.5in Hard Drive, I have not tried to mount a ssd in the bracket to see if the sata and sli lines up with the bracket mounting..
715351
I also mounted my SSD to the bracket. I seem to remember having to really bend the power cable to get it to fit because there's not much room between the bracket and the drive.
1438651
SSD would fit on the thunderbolt connector. Not sure about opening the drive though
1992147
Yes, there are several 5.25" bays in which you can install one. Behind the front door are removable blanks to expose them. Of course, I haven't had an optical drive now in... 3 years, but there's no reason why you can't have a couple!
1730832
I added the ssd. Really improved the unit. Not sure about another optical drive
1284269
No, Thermaltake case is designed for the physical dimensions of a SATA hard drive. The optical drive case is much too large to fit.
1567105
I haven't tried this myself, but if you have an empty expansion card slot, there are brackets that can be used to house a 2.5 inch SSD drive where a card would otherwise go. Amazon sells one made by Syba and one by StarTech. Also if your motherboard supports M.2, you can get your SSD in that form factor and save yourself a bay.