OCZ Solid State Drive 3.5-Inch Adaptor Bracket 2 OCZACSSDBRKT2

by OCZ

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 0.4 x 4 inches ; 5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002I8MUU0
• Item model number: OCZACSSDBRKT2
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank

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  Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Internal Laptop Components > Solid State Drives

• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 21, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

SSD Adapter Bracket

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Non-standard hole spacing, December 17, 2009

By	S. Lionel (NH USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: OCZ Solid State Drive 3.5-Inch Adaptor Bracket 2 OCZACSSDBRKT2 (Electronics)

I bought this OCZ bracket to hold the Intel X25-M 160GB SSD I ordered separately, not realizing that Intel includes a bracket in the package. The OCZ bracket is small and aluminum compared to the larger (longer, deeper and heavier) steel Intel bracket.

When I tried to use the OCZ bracket, though, I was puzzled to find that the mounting holes on the side of the bracket didn't match that of a 3.5" drive. My Antec P180 case doesn't use slide-in brackets for hard drives, so it didn't fit there. I wondered if it would fit cases where slide-in brackets were used, but when I compared the hole spacing to some spare brackets I had, it didn't match those either.

Checking other review sites, I see that some people had the same issue I did, while others said that the bracket fit their case perfectly. You should check your own case before ordering. The holes in the OCZ bracket are at 3/4" and 2-3/8" from the first hole, closest to one end of the bracket.

Needless to say, the Intel bracket had standard-spaced holes matching a 3.5" drive and worked for me. The OCZ bracket did not.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertised, April 21, 2010

By	Dressi "K N D" (Gainesville, Ga United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: OCZ Solid State Drive 3.5-Inch Adaptor Bracket 2 OCZACSSDBRKT2 (Electronics)

This is a light weight, alluminum bracket for fitting a 2.5" haddrive into a 3.5" drive bay. SOOOO many people mistake these 3.5" bay adapters as 3.5" converters. They are not. These will NOT work in a hot swapable drive solution. They will NOT fit into a 3.5" harddrive mount inside a case, regardless if you have standard or non-standard mounting solutions. The screw holes are appropriately sized for a 3.5" bay and fit my rails without being flimsy. One of the design aggrivations I run into is when a bracket like this is flimsy and hold rails in their slots, meaning they were meant to be screwed into the bay and not railed in. This however works with my rails and holds up without bending. I wish it would hold 2. There are those out there.

Again, this is NOT a converter. I don't know WHY so many people buy these things, thinking they are converters and then give them low ranks because they were the ones who were confused. But...then again I understand less why there aren't MORE converters out there. ICY seems to be the only game in town when everyone and their grandmother makes these bay brackets. People have more harddrive slots than 3.5" bays. It would make more sense to have more of that already easy to use solution.

5.0 out of 5 stars not always needed, July 1, 2010

By	Druuge - See all my reviews

This review is from: OCZ Solid State Drive 3.5-Inch Adaptor Bracket 2 OCZACSSDBRKT2 (Electronics)

Bought this together with a new intel SSD
only to find out that it comes with a similar solution. so I never used it.
just posting so you people will check better than I did before purchasing this :)

from the outside it seems like a quality adapter.