Solved Acer Aspire X1301 - adding SSD as additional hard drive but no room!

[acerofspades]

Hi there,

I have an Acer Aspire X1301 desktop pc which is running so slowly. I was advised that installing an SSD would speed it up and give it a new lease of life ...so I purchased one! Sadly however, upon opening the pc case, I realised that there was no spare space inside for me to be able to install the new SSD and retain the old hard drive for storage purposes :-(

However,I do have a 5.25" optical drive in there which is broken and hasn't been used for years (I have an external optical drive that I use when I need to).

So I guess my question is can I remove the internal optical drive and use that bay to house my new SSD? If so is there such a thing as an adapter that I can buy to be able to mount the drive into the large bay? Can I use the same cables or will the SSD require different connectors?

I would be very grateful of any advice - I haven't attempted anything like this before!
Thanks

 

[Anshad Edavana]

Hi

I think this is what you are looking for : Sedna SATA III Internal 2 5" HDD SSD Dock Includes 5 25" CD ROM Bay Kit | eBay

 

[acerofspades]

Hi

I think this is what you are looking for : Sedna SATA III Internal 2 5" HDD SSD Dock Includes 5 25" CD ROM Bay Kit | eBay

Thanks Anshad, that looks a bit like what I am looking for, although it doesn't need to be a dock, just a bracket of some kind (and hopefully a bit less expensive!)

 

[Anshad Edavana]

Hi

I just found what exactly you are looking for : Akasa 5.25" to 3.5" Device / SSD / HDD Adapter (AK-HDA-05) - FrozenCPU.com

Hope this helps.

 

[acerofspades]

Hi

I just found what exactly you are looking for : Akasa 5.25" to 3.5" Device / SSD / HDD Adapter (AK-HDA-05) - FrozenCPU.com

Hope this helps.

That's perfect - thank you very much!