Reddit reviews StarTech.com 6in Slimline SATA to SATA Adapter with Power - Slim SATA (F) to SATA (M) - Slimline Serial ATA to SATA (SLSATAADAP6),Red

Slimline Sata adapter.

I just build with one in my HTPC the other day:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009JXKQ9O/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009JXKQ9O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Around 20 days, I also replaced the front fan to help with the noise. I did need this for the DVD drive to work:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009JXKQ9O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Just get an adapter and buy the laptop part. You might also need a slimline sata adapter.

A few comments:

• The HDD cage ships attached to the bracket the way you have it, but it's really intended to be mounted vertically, so the SATA connectors are on the bottom or top instead. See for example this pic from PC Perspective's review. You'll need to use right angled SATA cables where they connect to the drives to properly clear the GPU.
  
  
• You'll also need to manage the cables a bit below the drives and around the GPU, to ensure you've got enough space for everything. The USB cable, in particular, looks like it will need to be routed differently (possibly over the GPU).
  
  
• Not positive the front panel will close properly with the power cable and that adapter, you may have to look at a different style of slim SATA adapter instead - something like this.

So, this is going to be bastardized as all hell. Assuming you don't want to bother keeping the DVD drive, you need a Slimline SATA to SATA adapter to convert the power leg to the right size, then a female-to-female SATA Power cable in order to get from that adapter to the cable you've got.

If you want to keep the DVD drive.... ah hell. Don't want to keep the DVD drive. That'll add a splitter to the female-female and another (but reversed) SATA to Slimline SATA Adapter.

And, to be clear, every single one of those power junctions is a spot that is likely to catch fire on you. Make sure you can keep an eye on this unholy abomination every so often. If you haven't heard about that, google "melted sata cable" and you too can start worrying about how you hooked up your desktop's drives.

Yep, it would. I have an M1 with that exact same drive, it works fine.

Remember to get a slimline SATA power adapter for it.

It's a slimline drive, which uses a physically smaller connector. You will need an adapter, such as: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Slimline-SATA-Adapter-Power/dp/B009JXKQ9O/

Oooh, I found something! You'll have to get it 3D printed though:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2824941

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If that's not your kind of thing, maybe 2 of these cut this in half:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0756MZTPG/

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And add one of these per drive:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009JXKQ9O/

Ah, perfect, thanks, I didn't realize it was called Slimline. I've just ordered one of these, so I think that should work: Startech Slimline SATA to SATA Adapter

I recently put in a Seasonic Focus Plus 850 W Platinum without any major problems. There were 2 things I encountered 1) next to the Pcie slot is an 8/4 connector that’s labeled CPU/GFX. luckily the Seasonic came with several breakaway cables 6+2, 4+4, etc. So I didn’t have a problem having a cable to match; and 2) my mini bd player has only a mini sized sata that fits. And that’s NOT in the Seasonic box. But (simply) I bought a power jack/mini sata combo from Amazon. You just plug the mini into the bd player and the normal sized cables in the other end.

All worked the first time (although wire dressing is a mess with all those netted/heat shrunk cables).

In case you have a bd/dvd and want to change out the PSU, the mini power/sata cable is here:

StarTech.com 6” inline SATA to SATA Adapter with Power - Slim SATA (F) to SATA (M) - Slimline Serial ATA to SATA

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009JXKQ9O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lu68Bb7FKA8S9

hey there, I looked into it a little, and I found out how you can hook up the ODD I have (Apple MBP Drive) to a standard setup, you just need this.

I still have the ODD for sale if interested.

EDIT: Or a connector like this

Yea, that looks like it would fit the bill. Either that or this one which I got from the frequently bought together section of amazon.

Yep, that's the kind of cable you'd need, here's one in stock in a bit of a different form factor https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-6-Inch-Slimline-Adapter-SLSATAADAP6/dp/B009JXKQ9O/ref=pd_sim_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BVWF9961S8P8GQR4R25D, you would then plug in both SATA data to the motherboard and power to the PSU.

Note you won't have a place to mount it in a regular case either, so unless you're going to figure out your own mount solution you'd need a bay adapter such as that https://www.amazon.com/Syba-Adapter-Optical-Drive-Components/dp/B0081IOSOW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510203832&sr=8-1&keywords=5.25+slim+bay+adapter

Can also convert to external with one of these https://www.amazon.com/Firstcom-External-Enclosure-Optical-Blu-Ray/dp/B0151PHSNA/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510204058&sr=1-3&keywords=usb+slim+odd


The cheaper option is to just get a regular desktop drive.

Thank you very much! I changed the case edition to the one you suggested and found myself a drive that fits in there. (Found this one)

You mentioned I might need a slimline to sata converter cable. Do I need this one or that one? (It's still the same mainboard as above (Link)