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My computer case has only two HDD/SSD slots. I have four disks. Three SSD disks I was able to place it quite easily in a basket for one 3.5 HDD, using parts printed on a 3D printer. Below I will tell you what I did. I understand that this article will be interesting not to everyone, but I decided to share this life hack, so to speak, and at the same time show What are the benefits of a 3D printer in everyday life?

Recently, my computer is housed in a Hiper HG302 Shadow case, here I talked about it: Moving to a new computer case using the Hiper HG302 Shadow as an example.

And everything would be fine, but two slots for installing SSD / HDD is real few. I have 4 SSDs in my system and the fifth one lies, although they are small in volume, but how they say there is never too much space.

In the case review, I talked about how I was able to install three SSDs. to me I needed a special bar, on which I screwed two SSDs on both sides. This is what it looked like:

But then I bought myself another SSD. I talked about it here: GeiL Zenith Z3 512 GB SSD review: high quality and budget.

And I decided that all four disks should be left in the system. You can, of course, just throw them into the niche of the system unit. But it's not very aesthetically pleasing. So I decided that I needed some fasteners. I got on the thingverse and found there such a simple model

By the way, I also looked to the side like this:

But it was not clear how to place it in the basket for disks, so I settled on the first option. Printed four identical parts:

Printed with a layer of 0.2mm, each part is printed on my printer 20 minutes.

Now you need to get the basket from the system unit. Here it is:

As you can see, it is designed for only two hard drives. One placed inside the basket, the second is screwed on top.

Removed from the basket SSD fastened to the printed parts.

Three disks for files placed inside the compartment, and the fourth, on which I have installed the system, screwed on top of the basket. At the same time, he took into account that you need to have gaps between the case so that you can insert a SATA cable without problems:

Then I put the basket inside the system unit and connected wires:

At the same time, naturally, I twisted the screws several times, so how at first I placed the disks on the wrong side ( with connectors back ), twisted it a second time, because I did not take into account the gap between the basket and the body. Unable to insert SATA cable ( in the photo above, the disks are located upside down, exactly as it should be, so that in them it was convenient to insert wires ). After installation, I fixed all the wires on the screeds, did cable management so to speak.

As a result, with the help of a 3D printer and an hour and a half spent for printing and 20 minutes for assembly and reassembly, I got a convenient location already three SSDs in a bay for one 3.5 HDD. Everything is securely fixed, does not dangle, does not stagger, does not rattle. Of course, this is not visible inside the case, but my inner perfectionist is satisfied.

With this article, I do not encourage everyone to run after 3D printers or similar adapters. Just told me how 3D was useful to me home printer. It was not necessary to do all this, but if I can, why not not yes?

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