2014-05-14, 06:37
I gave an Atom D525 powered Arctic MC001 to my father with Win7 installed for use as an internet browsing/youtube/XBMC machine.
I'd like to take this back from him and turn it back into a pure openelec XBMC media player and buy him a NUC instead for the above duties
D34010WYK i3 version is within the budget I want to spend.
I have a spare 4gb sodimm and 2.5" 60gb SSD from the Arctic MC001 that I can swap into the NUC as they aren't required in the Arctic when I revert it to an Openelec machine.
However, the taller WYKH version which apparently I'd need to fit a 2.5" SSD is more expensive such that if I was to the spend the extra for the space for a 2.5" SSD I'd actually be just as well buying the smaller form factor regular WYK version and purchasing a 60gb mSata which kind renders the WYKH version moot for me.
So can anyone tell me whether a 2.5" SSD albeit not officially supported can nevertheless be squished inside the smaller WYK case or is it simply just not physically possible to fit one inside. I see on the taller WYKH version theres is a metal 2.5" Hotswap Caddy because obviously the metal chassis of a 2.5" HDD could short out the motherboard/sodimms if it were just squished into the case. However a plastic chassis SSD wouldn't carry such risks and doesn't necessarily need a caddy. It could just lay across the sodimms possibly.
Anyone done this? ie. Fit a 2.5" SSD inside the regular sized D34010WYK
I'd like to take this back from him and turn it back into a pure openelec XBMC media player and buy him a NUC instead for the above duties
D34010WYK i3 version is within the budget I want to spend.
I have a spare 4gb sodimm and 2.5" 60gb SSD from the Arctic MC001 that I can swap into the NUC as they aren't required in the Arctic when I revert it to an Openelec machine.
However, the taller WYKH version which apparently I'd need to fit a 2.5" SSD is more expensive such that if I was to the spend the extra for the space for a 2.5" SSD I'd actually be just as well buying the smaller form factor regular WYK version and purchasing a 60gb mSata which kind renders the WYKH version moot for me.
So can anyone tell me whether a 2.5" SSD albeit not officially supported can nevertheless be squished inside the smaller WYK case or is it simply just not physically possible to fit one inside. I see on the taller WYKH version theres is a metal 2.5" Hotswap Caddy because obviously the metal chassis of a 2.5" HDD could short out the motherboard/sodimms if it were just squished into the case. However a plastic chassis SSD wouldn't carry such risks and doesn't necessarily need a caddy. It could just lay across the sodimms possibly.
Anyone done this? ie. Fit a 2.5" SSD inside the regular sized D34010WYK