Stainless Steel Hard Drive Cage, 5.25" to 5x 3.5" SAS SATA HDD Cage for Computer, Hard Driver Tray With Fan Space - Adapter Bracket

For the price, it's great value. Assembly was easy enough, but I did catch the plans had parts labelled different than the parts were labeled, but it is obvious what's meant. There's no rubber mounting grommets so drive noise is transmitted to the case, but at this price and that's a minor quibble. The front mesh works great with adding a fan, just make sure the fan cable(s) is long enough.Overall, it works great as intended.

Initial impressions: (This is pre-install of any HDDs)Pros:Solid construction, and everything feels stable.Everything came as one package, and no missing pieces. I think I even have 2 extra 3x3 screws.Cons:A.So all the metal surfaces are obviously pretty sharp and not very safe. YMMV of course. But BE CAUTIOUS OF CUTS. If I had one of those metal mesh cutting gloves, i'd probably use that while handling the cage.B. So the construction instructions leave a lot to be desired. The pieces them selves are kind of labeled - but it's SUPER faint marking. You really have to look at it right, and in the right light to see. I think they probably would not have a hit to overhead if they printed this double sided or something with better instructions, and maybe used a little bit of paint or something to mark each piece.With that being said, this is probably worth the $20 I paid for it. I will update in the future when I secure my HDDs and begin that mounting process.

It holds hard drives, it holds a 120mm fan, it does a decent job.It comes disassembled and you have to assemble it yourself, but it's easy and shouldn't take more than a few minutes.In order to install a 120mm fan, I had to unscrew the front cover, then install the fan, then reattach the front cover.I gave it 5 stars because it's as advertised, but one thing I wish it had space for is a dust cover of some sort.

This is a great idea and allows fitting 5 HDD's in CD space for 4. Unfortunately does not work.Does not fit in standard ATX case. Maybe in ITX or Mini atx. Hits the MOBO in standard case. Most users of this probably want an ATX case. To use with ATX case would need either a very wide case or deep one with min 7" from front to MOBO, better with 8 or 9". Most of the cases today aren't deep enough. If you have a large case from years ago might work better. Also in order to use in standard case the tabs that support CDROM must be bent out of the way. Doable, but ruins the case if you want to use it for something else later. If there were slots in the sides where metal is bent for rigidity it might fit over the tabs, but it is not. Also is not stainless steel but that doesn't matter.

Like most people looking for drive bays online I'm building a NAS in my home. At first I wanted to buy the more expensive full enclosure racks, but I recently discovered that all those extra parts add up to many points of failure. I could ramble on and on about other enclosures, but this cage is the best choice for cooling, strength, cost, and reliability. I definitely recommend trying out this cage before buying any traditional $80 enclosures.

I have a small form factor computer that I use for my network storage, but it always had a problem of being drive bay limited. This, alongside some sata cables prying out of the box, have solved that issue. It's not the prettiest creature out there, and a fan is certainly recommended for keeping the parts cool, but if you need something to hold your hard drives that doesn't involve taping them to a box, this is a great home solution.

Overall decent quality. Plastic slides for the hard drives were a bit cheap but they work. I had to modify my case's peripheral bay and bend the tabs that would normally hold the cd drive and other stuff. Mounting holes on the cage were plentiful and had no issue matching to drive bay and mounting. Once in the bay is sturdy.I also modified the front intake and attached a dust filter to the front. I would recommend also inserting hard drives (if mobo still installed) and 120mm fan first before inserting the cage.Overall happy with the purchase.

The instructions are amazingly useless :)Two suggestions:1. Silver 3mm long screws are used for attach the four sides, the longer black screws attach the plastic drive slides.2. Use blue Locktite and your work is near forever....Screws are properly short. You must not let them back out.Only perceived negative? I'd like a part number and contact for ordering additional plastic slides. They are L/R specific. Break one, and you won't be happy. Problem is easily avoided by offering spares.May buy more of these. The machining is good, everything fits nice and tight without wobbles, and those drive slides have an authoritative SNAP when properly in place. Was considering an alternative aluminum design - but no more. Aluminum is great for heat dissipation, but structural integrity requires steel.