2 x VelociRaptor in this Does anyone know if 2 WD VelociRaptor drives, which are 2.5" without their mounts but maybe thicker than an SSD, can fit in this?
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I would say no. I had a Velociraptor until recently, when I traded it to a friend for something else. Two normal thickness SSD's almost touch. I'd guess/assume that two Velociraptors pulled from the heatsink caddy and put into a bay like this would be too tight of a squeeze, or at least be physically touching. I also don't think the Velociraptors are bolted into the 3.5" heatsink caddy with normal screws or nuts, I think they use something else. I again don't have the drive now but I don't remember it being a bolt that fit any tool I own personally. Then again, mine was slightly older, a SATA II 300gb model so maybe the newer ones come out of the caddy easier. I would say no. I had a Velociraptor until recently, when I traded it to a friend for something else. Two normal thickness SSD's almost touch. I'd guess/assume that two Velociraptors pulled from the heatsink caddy and put into a bay like this would be too tight of a squeeze, or at least be physically touching. I also don't think the Velociraptors are bolted into the 3.5" heatsink caddy with normal screws or nuts, I think they use something else. I again don't have the drive now but I don't remember it being a bolt that fit any tool I own personally. Then again, mine was slightly older,... » Read More I would say no. I had a Velociraptor until recently, when I traded it to a friend for something else. Two normal thickness SSD's almost touch. I'd guess/assume that two Velociraptors pulled from the heatsink caddy and put into a bay like this would be too tight of a squeeze, or at least be physically touching. I also don't think the Velociraptors are bolted into the 3.5" heatsink caddy with normal screws or nuts, I think they use something else. I again don't have the drive now but I don't remember it being a bolt that fit any tool I own personally. Then again, mine was slightly older, a SATA II 300gb model so maybe the newer ones come out of the caddy easier. « Show Less
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Don't know about physically fitting, but putting two high spindle speed drives that close to each other seems like a bad idea to me.
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I'm using a Samsung 830 SSD in mine. I cant remember if I've also got a mechanical 2.5" in there too. It should take 2 of any SSD or 2.5" mechanical hard drive (search for laptop internal drives).These are very fiddly to build and hard to manage the cables inside, very little space inside so take your time. I broke the external USB 3 connection when I built mine because its tricky.
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There are 4 drive bays. I haven't done so, but I understand you can rig the DVD slot for an additional drive. I have already added USB external without a problem. As far as the larger that 2TB drives - sorry, I haven't tried that. I'm running two small drives to handle the OS in a RAID configuration and 2-2TB drives in a RAID for everything else. Just haven't had a reason to upgrade beyond 2TB yet.
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I used 4TB Drives from WDC and Seagate, they work fine. I don't know if 5TB drive would work or not.
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I have 5- 3.5" 3TB drives in mine. You could probably use the 5.25" bays to mount up to 2 additional 3.5" drives with some adapters.
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The drive is tall, height may be a problem. You will need a little more than 15mm of vertical space.
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I have a Western Digital "2.5-inch" drive installed in this enclosure. The model is: WD7500BPKT. This drive measures 2.75" x 3.75" and it looks like it fits securely. It doesn't look like your drive will fit if it is 3" in width.
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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.
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No, that drive is a bit too tall for this case. The WD drives tend to be a little shorter.
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Yes, I have one built with 4x6TB WD RED drives in an 18TB RAID-5 volume. I was able to format it with GPT, NTFS. I tested copying files, and I ran a chkdsk /r to test the free space. Everything looks good so far. I am going to be using it soon to fill with data.
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not internally.. it's too thick... but you can install in an external enclosure. Make sure you buy one that can fit its height because it's thicker than the average 2.5" drives.
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Can you run RAID that way? Id like to install 2 2TB drives, for large capacity RAID.
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The drive bays will work with a 2.5" SSD. I am running one as my boot drive. You just need to mount the screws in one side or the bottom. It's simple to do.
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Do a google search for that. I doubt you can mount a second hard drive in there, but I'm not sure.
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Currently running four 4T WD drives , Win 7, 64 bit machinr. No idea if they support boot, using all for storage with four other 2T and 4 other 1T drives. Most are Seagate.
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The 2TB version should include a 2TB 2.5" HDD inside. As you've seen, there are other versions that have a 1TB drive, or a 500 MB drive. This is "user serviceable" so you can switch it out with a different 2TB 2.5" HDD.
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That really feels like false advertising - and that is true of all the RAID mirror vendors - not just WD - really gives me a bad taste. If WD are gonna call it a Mirror 4TB then WD should include 2 X 4TB drives and not make us all look for the truth.