Are HDD caddies worth a try?

Yes.

Source: I have one.

>>58591646
if you make an ssd your main drive, and put use a caddy for a storage drive (2tb or something) its definitely worth it

Definitely, I picked one up for my T420 and it was the best decision I could've made.

>>58591646
absolutely.

too bad my macbook doesn't allow for one.

my old xps 13 had one, and my t61 used to have one before i traded it for an extra battery

>>58591646
What is this? an HD instead of optical or something?

people still use laptops with optical drives?

Not as long as you already have a 2.5" bay. My laptop currently has a mSATA SSD and a 2.5" HDD for storage, why would I need more? Newer laptops will have gotten rid of the mSATA port, but will have M.2 instead.

>>58591759
I still have discs from like 96
Shit is nostalgic as fuck

>>58591759
optical drive has been taken out and is using the sata interface for a hard drive or ssd instead

>>58591646
idk senpai, I'd rather put more battery in that space

>>58591646
I have one, shit is cash money yo

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>>58591646
purchased one yesterday, i have a 120gb ssd and plan on putting the stock 380gb hdd in the caddy.

>>58591646
Worth it if you want more space for your laptop or another method to transfer file from one computer to another quickly with a HD dock.

>>58591646
literally zero reason to ever use a mechanical drive
please try and keep up to date with modern technology, since ssd's are several years old and are already becoming obsolete themselves

>>58591646
Theoretically you could set up a software RAID array (likely RAID 0) by booting from a flash drive.

>>58595873
space per dollar. That alone will keep HDDs around another ten years.

>>58595873
>already becoming obsolete themselves
What?

>>58591646
Yes. I have a SSD and HDD in my T420 (SSD is OS and HDD is bulk storage) and i can use the ultrabay for a 3rd drive for other oses/cloning a disc from one in the main HDD bay.

>>58594662
That's cool, Ryan

>>58595956
OMG r u a hacker??

>>58595907
>being poor

What are these do they go in your disk drive ? Are read write speeds effected ?

>>58591662
this
>>58591701
and this

Source: I also have one