BYTECC Bracket-35525 3.5" Mounting Bracket Universal Adaptor For 5.25" Drive Bay or Enclosure

Pros: -- price -- strength

Cons: -- Screw holes didn't line up

Overall Review: I tried over and over, but could only fit 2 screws out of the four. 2.5" drives are so light it hopefully will hold!

Pros: The standard thing you would want to mount a 3 1/2" drive in a 5 1/4" bay. Good thickness stampings. Comes with mounting hardware. Have about 3 ways to rig it so you can mount the drive in any weird bay with low front clearance, low rear clearance, high floor, low ceiling, whatever. Nothing to scream about, just an adaptor, but looks functional and dependable. From having one, I would and probably will order another.

Cons: None really. Make sure the neck of your screwdriver is narrow -- I started using a 4-n-1 screwdriver and the barrel was too wide. Had to finish the job with a narrow-necked electronic screwdriver to get a straight drive. It's not ke a design error or anything, it's just the nature of the bracket.

Overall Review: I got mine to mount a 1 tb Western Digital Green HD in a Nettop 100's optical drive bay to increase cooling. Both devices were DOA so I'm consoling myself by writing this review. At least the brackets worked.

Pros: They do exactly what they're supposed to. Thick steel, decent screws included.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I recently purchased two more drives to max out my file server at 9 drives, but the last places to mount them were in 5.25" bays. The brackets work perfectly well and I even have a fairly specialized case. Rails are attached to 5.25" devices that then slide and lock into the case and can be pulled out "hot swap" style. These adapters connected to the drives and the rails with no problem and the drives are now happily installed and humming away in my file server.

Pros: It works. No instructions included, but there's only one way it will install correctly.

Cons: Little bit of a pain in the rear to figure out but I never could solve a Rubik's cube...so I could probably just stand to be a little smarter.

Overall Review: The drive is in the computer doing fine...so I can't complain.

Pros: Arrived on schedule and in excellent condition - Easy to install - all hardware included - solid construction - nice clean fit

Cons: none

Overall Review: The key is to attach the brackets to the hdd 1st, the side that has 4 pre-threaded screw holes attaches to the 5.25" bay sides.

Pros: Its a bracket, does what it suppose to

Cons: None

Overall Review: Can't see how anyone could mess up a bracket.

Pros: very sturdy construction, easy mounting in drive bay

Cons: does not include any screws, but if you are buying this you probably have a box full of them already.

Pros: I used this to place a 3.5 HDD into a 5.25 Optical drive bay. It works exactly like it should. Includes all the screws needed to do the job.

Cons: none