SilverStone SST-FS305B - 5 Bay Aluminium Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane with Fan and Lock for SAS/SATA HDD, black

Quality of the materials is great, and looks absolutely stunning. The covers run smooth and the drives work seamlessly. However there is room for serious improvements that make it not recommended for all situations, all related to silent pcs. Specially two issues:- The fan at the back is pure rubbish that works too loud and unnecesarily fast. There is absolutely no situation where you would want a small (80mm) fan spinning at 3000rpm (or 2400 rpm on low (excuse me??)) to cool some disks. Disks don't get that hot, specially on prosumer pcs, where this product will probably be used. Even at 2400rpm the noise is absolutely unbearable. I removed mine right away (easy, just 4 long screws). It would be better if it had a 120mm or 140mm fan spinning at 1000ish rpm, and would be certainly enough.- Where is not a hint of any noise dampening material anywere. It would be great if the covers had some.Overall, the construction is good, compact (fitted in my small Antec Solo) and does what id should do very well. So just take a star for that s***ty fan.Also, the product description in Amazon at the time of this writing is not correct, is a 3 x 5.25 bay case, not 2 x 5.25(I'm spanish. English is not my mother languaje. Bear with me)

When I first received this item and installed it i was delighted with it. It was perfect for my needs.... A home server tucked away in my closet. As the other reviewer stated the fan on this is LOUD. And comes preset to High. This didnt bother me at first as it was in the closet. but then recently after roughly 3 weeks or so the fan was vibrating and causing alot of noise. I actually thought it was my psu fans starting to fail at first. but when i turned the fan down to low it has stopped the vibrations and noise. It is back working as i would expect now but I would definitely advise putting your fan to low before installing.I may end up returning this item if the noisey fan returns.Pros:-Simple installation.-Plug and Play,essentially.-really convenient for server.Cons:-Loud fan, even when running perfectly and at Low speed.-Cheap fan, which in my case is causing issues.If this item worked perfectly I would give it 4 stars. I take one away for the cheap fan. And one away as my particular one has started to run into issues after 3 weeks of use.

After installing in computer I inserted a a seagate 3.5 harddrive . There was a large crunch . The drive would not come back out .I had to remove the unit from my pc & take the top off the unit to retrieve the drive . I discovered the eject mechanism was made of a thin piece of plastic that had broke . I have used different manufactures of this type of drive in the past with no problems. I went with the silverstone version because it matched my case. I cant send the unit back because I had to remove the top to get my drive back im not happy

This needed sturdier components for both eject mechanisms. Both a 2.5" and 3.5" drive ended up getting stuck in my item and I ended up having to unscrew the case in order to push out both drives. The mechanism for the 3.5" drive relied on a plastic hinge which in any case would not have lasted long and had broken in my case and the one for the 2.5" was unable to engage once a drive was inserted. I always read the reviews before buying except in this case and I would urge anyone looking at this to do the same or just AVOID ALTOGETHER!

I cannot get it to work.

This is not fir for purpose. All of the inside is made of plastic. The drives do not fit properly, are hard to insert and even harder to remove often jamming as the plastic front does not match the plastic trays. Avoid at all costs. Not fir for purpose.

Not very good.. Difficult to go out the hard disk drive and broken the ejection system, because is in plastic and must be in metal. If I could I wanted my Money back.. Sorry

Strange, all the reviews and pics seem to be for a different product , not the SilverStone SST-FP510 hot-swap drive bay adaptor. Ignore my star rating, it was required to upload my comment.

Had to fiddle to get a disk drive to line up in either bay. Couldn't eject from either bay, drive were stuck and had to be pushed out from the back. The only thing that worked correctly was the USB-3 ports. Way to much money for just those.

BonjourAcheté le 20 Juillet 2020.Comme je doit faire une extension sur un ordinateur sous Windows 7 ce rack me sera utile.le 18 Avril 2021 j'ai voulu faire une extraction d'un SSD impossible de sortir le disque SSD.J'ai démonté le rack pour voir pourquoi je ne pouvais pas extraire le SSD et je m'aperçois que le mécanisme d'extraction est en plastique au lieu d'être en fer ce qui fait ressort. Déçu par ce rack et je ne comprend pas que pour des économies de bout de chandelle on soit obligé de le mettre au rébus.Je ne félicite pas la Marque SilverStone, Je ne sais pas si il est toujours sous garantie

Ho acquistato questo prodotto nonostante l'assenza di recensioni, per utilizzarlo al fine di effettuare dei backup nel mio pc in hard disk "nudi".Ho finito per utilizzarlo non solo per scopi di backup ma anche per accedere rapidamente a qualsiasi disco, comodamente tramite Hot-Swap (deve essere supportato ed abilitato nel bios della vostra scheda madre)Si connette internamente tramite un cavo sata (uno per il dispositivo da 3.5", uno per il dispositivo da 2.5") ed utilizza l'alimentazione nello stesso formato.Le porte USB3 sono stabili e veloci, molto pratiche da usare (le uso più delle porte frontali incluse nel case!)Sono pienamente soddisfatto dell'acquisto, scrivo questa recensione così che qualcuno come me in cerca di necessità particolari possa valutare questo dispositivo.Richiede un accesso esterno da 5.25" dunque non è adatto a tutti i case, ma svolge il suo lavoro più che perfettamente.Gli interruttori indipendenti poi sono un'ulteriore sicurezza per il già citato Hot-Swap (è possibile spegnere il disco, quindi fermarne la rotazione, prima di estrarlo, evitando così brusche interruzioni elettroniche)

Este tipo de rack de 5.25'' donde colocar discos duros de 3,5'' (y en este caso de 2,5'') son muy prácticos para tener discos duros "externos" usando simplemente discos duros internos normales, que son más baratos y se pueden guardar en cajas de plástico par almacenarlos y transportarlos. Además quita el engorro de un alimentador más, los cables por fuera y al ir directo al SATA de la placa permite velocidades superiores, en especial para SSD.SilverStone es una marca bastante reconocida de cajas, y tiene tanto cajas como accesorios bastante interesantes y algunos con un acabado en aluminio atractivo. Pero este rack es bastante endeble: todo de plástico, algunos discos se atascan en las ranuras, como es de plástico hay que forzar la puerta con cuidado y en definitiva no cumple su función con solvencia, así que me cuesta recomendar este en concreto.Hay otros racks como algunos de la marca Orico o IcyBox que son mucho más robustos. Sí que es verdad que le salva de la quema total que incluya un par de puertos USB 3.0 con conexión a la placa, y que ambas ranuras tienen su interruptor individual y correspondiente LED que indica si se ha activado o no.Luego en cuanto a diseño interno, quitando la robustez, podría tener compartida la conexión de alimentación, porque además teniendo interruptor individual por disco no tiene sentido.Sólo lo veo útil si simplemente quieres apagar y encender los discos sin querer sacarlos frecuentemente, por tema de reducir ruido/consumo en ocasiones, y además poder tener un par de USB 3.0 que igual no tengas integrados en la caja. Si no es el caso, mejor buscar otro más robusto.

Das Gehäuse wirkt fast zu schade es in den Computer einzubauen, mit dem hübschen gebürsteten schwarz eloxierten Aluminium.Wirklich toll sind auch die Festplatteneinschübe, die extrem positive Antwort auf die Bedienung geben: Man spürt genau, wann der Hot Swap Mechanismus ein- und ausrastet.Wie andere Rezensenten schon erwähnten ist der Lüfter richtig laut, auch in der langsamen Einstellung. Er sitzt aber in einem mit vier Schrauben befestigten Käfig, so dass man ihn problemlos abstecken oder gegen ein gesteuertes Modell auswechseln kann. Siehe Bilder.