--- product_id: 2640883 title: "5.25\" Bay Adapter for Slim Optical Drive, 2.5\" Trayless Rack for Hard Drives HDD SSD, USB Hub - SY-MRA55005" brand: "syba" price: "S$83" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 category: "Syba" url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2640883-5-25-bay-adapter-for-slim-optical-drive-2-5 store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # 6Gbps Transfer Trayless Design Tool-less Install 5.25" Bay Adapter for Slim Optical Drive, 2.5" Trayless Rack for Hard Drives HDD SSD, USB Hub - SY-MRA55005 **Brand:** syba **Price:** S$83 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🔧 Upgrade Your Tech Game! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 5.25" Bay Adapter for Slim Optical Drive, 2.5" Trayless Rack for Hard Drives HDD SSD, USB Hub - SY-MRA55005 by syba - **How much does it cost?** S$83 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2640883-5-25-bay-adapter-for-slim-optical-drive-2-5) ## Best For - syba enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted syba brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Dual USB Ports:** Stay connected with built-in USB 3.0 ports, providing easy access for all your devices right at the front. - • **Hot-Swap Ready:** Utilize the patented NSS connector for trouble-free hot swaps, supporting up to 50,000 cycles for ultimate reliability. - • **Seamless Data Transfer:** Experience lightning-fast USB 3.0 data transfer rates of up to 6Gbps, ensuring your files move at the speed of business. - • **Effortless Installation:** Enjoy a hassle-free setup with tool-less installation, making upgrades and replacements a breeze. - • **Versatile Compatibility:** Easily mount a slim optical drive or 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD in a single 5.25" bay, perfect for maximizing your workspace. ## Overview The Syba 5.25" Bay Adapter is a versatile solution for mounting slim optical drives and 2.5" SATA HDD/SSDs in a single 5.25" bay. With a data transfer rate of up to 6Gbps, tool-less installation, and dual USB 3.0 ports, this adapter is designed for efficiency and ease of use, making it an essential addition to any professional's tech arsenal. ## Description This Syba 5.25" bay adapter for slim Optical drive and tray less Caddy for 2.5" SATA III HDD/SDD with 2 USB 3.0 port offers multi-purpose functionality, able to mount any slim IDE CD/DVD drive in a standard 5.25" drive bay of your computer and house a 2.5" SATA III HDD or SSD. This adapter also includes two USB 3.0 port in the front face which a 19 pin USB 3.0 pin connector to be attached to the USB 3.0 header on the motherboard. Review: Great product, works as intended. - So one more update, with original and first update below... After several months of random problems with hard drives failing, I was able to solve the problem with a higher powered power supply. This 5 bay housing was not the issue at all. Though I had no real help from Syba, I was able to determine that my problems started when I added an additional drive to the system, thus apparently surpassing the capabilities of the power supply. I'm not really sure why the problems only manifested with the drives in this enclosure vs the drives mounted in the case, but the bottom line is that this device works flawlessly now that power is sufficient. ----------------------------------- Below is my original review. I am updating the review just over a year later because the device is failing. For a few months, I have had issues with drives failing in the unit. After replacing the drive, things would appear to work for a while. Now, replacing a drive will not work. Taking the drive out of this enclosure and directly attaching it works perfectly fine. So as nice as the hot-swap enclosure was, I feel it should last much longer than a year, thus I am reducing the rating of this product. It is virtually unusable at this point. ----------------------------- Wonderful addition to my system! I run my old desktop as a backup server, and this allows me to have hot-swappable RAID drives. Only problem I had was not reading the manual thus not realizing there were power buttons under each drive which needed pushed after inserting the drive. So much easier than powering down a system and removing screws to replace a failed drive. Nice solid aluminum construction, no worries about breaking flimsy parts. Review: Well built, compact RAID storage answer - This is likely the best built multi-full-height-2.5" drive mounting solution on desertcart. There are others, if you're using nothing but SSDs, but at the price of SAS SSDs versus spinning rust SAS drives, as well as the diminishing redundancy caused by larger capacity drives, this makes a perfect solution for a decent RAID enclosure for one's desktop tower computer. Much less expensive than even many of the 8-drive SAS enclosures meant for smaller SSDs, and made of mostly metal construction versus the other ones out there. Throw in eight enterprise SAS drives of modest (~1.5-2TB) size and you've got a great solution for a RAID 5+0, 6+0 or 1+0 ultra-reliable or ultra-fast large-ish storage bin. Offload all those important files to a 10 or 20TB external drive that you take to off-site locations and you're pretty much covered for data integrity. As you grow and upgrade (who wants to spend $500+ each - that's $4000!!! - on eight 8TB SSDs today?) to large SSDs at a later date when they become more affordable, this enclosure will still work. One can have quite a large, reliable, fast storage bin with eight 4-8TB SSDs - all of which this hardware will accommodate. So far, so good, it looks nice and stays cool. If it continues to work well, I will grab a SAS extender and another one of these enclosures in the near future, as my old tower case has room for exactly one more. ## Features - USB data transfer rate up to 6Gbps - 5.25" front bay mount design - Tray less rack for 2.5" SATA HDD/ SSD - Mount a slim Optical Drive into a single 5.25" bay - Tool-less Installation - Able to support 12.7mm Slim Optical drive - Patent NSS Connector - Trouble Free 50000 Cycles Hot Swaps - Built-in USB 3.0 19-pin Header Cable for the front two USB 3.0 Ports ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Compatible Devices | Laptop | | Max Number of Supported Devices | 1 | | Data Transfer Rate | 6 Megabits Per Second | | Global Trade Identification Number | 08101540164190 | | Manufacturer | Syba | | UPC | 810154016419 796594140894 191120013619 | | Hard Drive | Desktop | | Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 | | Series | SYBA MULTIMEDIA INC | | Item model number | SY-MRA55005 | | Item Weight | 1.4 pounds | | Product Dimensions | 6.4 x 5.6 x 2.4 inches | | Item Dimensions LxWxH | 6.4 x 5.6 x 2.4 inches | | ASIN | B0081IOSOW | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Date First Available | May 8, 2012 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Syba - **Color:** Black, white - **Hardware Interface:** SATA 6.0 Gb/s - **Hardware Platform:** x86_64 - **Item Weight:** 1.4 Pounds ## Images ![5.25" Bay Adapter for Slim Optical Drive, 2.5" Trayless Rack for Hard Drives HDD SSD, USB Hub - SY-MRA55005 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51gexlHF1YL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Can the 2.5" slot hold a 15mm thick HDD ? ? ?** A: Dear Customer,Thank you for your interest in Syba products.The HDD bay is 10mm thick. Unfortunately this dimmension will not support a 15mm thick HDD.Regards, SYBA CST RZ161122 **Q: Does this >>> tray less rack for 2.5" sata hdd/ ssd <<< there is no rack for the ssd???** A: There is a door on the enclosure for SSDs. It is the small door with the silver button and silver strip on it. Your SSD slides directly in there. **Q: can this be used to install a DVD/ bluray player removed from a laptop?** A: It will depend on the size of the optical drive. First, you will have to remove the front cover from the driver or it will not fit in the bay. Most optical drives are wider than standard 3.5" drives and will not fit in the adapter bay. It probably will not work mechanically, even though it would work electronically. The 2 bays are 2.5 inches and 3.5 inches wide respectively so there is no way to fit a 5.25 inch optical drive into the bay. You can install the optical drive internally, I have done it myself. **Q: Where can i also get the rack for 2.5" sata hdd/ ssd?** A: Dear Customer, It's built into this enclosure. You just slide your 2.5" HDD or SSD into the slot covered by the door on this enclosure. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product, works as intended. *by B***N on April 16, 2017* So one more update, with original and first update below... After several months of random problems with hard drives failing, I was able to solve the problem with a higher powered power supply. This 5 bay housing was not the issue at all. Though I had no real help from Syba, I was able to determine that my problems started when I added an additional drive to the system, thus apparently surpassing the capabilities of the power supply. I'm not really sure why the problems only manifested with the drives in this enclosure vs the drives mounted in the case, but the bottom line is that this device works flawlessly now that power is sufficient. ----------------------------------- Below is my original review. I am updating the review just over a year later because the device is failing. For a few months, I have had issues with drives failing in the unit. After replacing the drive, things would appear to work for a while. Now, replacing a drive will not work. Taking the drive out of this enclosure and directly attaching it works perfectly fine. So as nice as the hot-swap enclosure was, I feel it should last much longer than a year, thus I am reducing the rating of this product. It is virtually unusable at this point. ----------------------------- Wonderful addition to my system! I run my old desktop as a backup server, and this allows me to have hot-swappable RAID drives. Only problem I had was not reading the manual thus not realizing there were power buttons under each drive which needed pushed after inserting the drive. So much easier than powering down a system and removing screws to replace a failed drive. Nice solid aluminum construction, no worries about breaking flimsy parts. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well built, compact RAID storage answer *by C***N on March 13, 2024* This is likely the best built multi-full-height-2.5" drive mounting solution on Amazon. There are others, if you're using nothing but SSDs, but at the price of SAS SSDs versus spinning rust SAS drives, as well as the diminishing redundancy caused by larger capacity drives, this makes a perfect solution for a decent RAID enclosure for one's desktop tower computer. Much less expensive than even many of the 8-drive SAS enclosures meant for smaller SSDs, and made of mostly metal construction versus the other ones out there. Throw in eight enterprise SAS drives of modest (~1.5-2TB) size and you've got a great solution for a RAID 5+0, 6+0 or 1+0 ultra-reliable or ultra-fast large-ish storage bin. Offload all those important files to a 10 or 20TB external drive that you take to off-site locations and you're pretty much covered for data integrity. As you grow and upgrade (who wants to spend $500+ each - that's $4000!!! - on eight 8TB SSDs today?) to large SSDs at a later date when they become more affordable, this enclosure will still work. One can have quite a large, reliable, fast storage bin with eight 4-8TB SSDs - all of which this hardware will accommodate. So far, so good, it looks nice and stays cool. If it continues to work well, I will grab a SAS extender and another one of these enclosures in the near future, as my old tower case has room for exactly one more. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ No ventilation! My 3.5 HDD runs hotter than I like. *by E***T on January 26, 2026* Works OK so far. No ventilation up there so 3.5 HDD runs a bit hot! I want to add a small fan asap. ## Frequently Bought Together - Syba 5.25" Bay Adapter for Slim Optical Drive, 2.5" Trayless Rack for Hard Drives HDD SSD, USB Hub - SY-MRA55005 - 6in Slimline SATA to SATA Adapter with Power - F/M - HLDS BU40N Ultra Slim 9.5mm UHD 4K Blu-ray SATA 3.0 GB/s Optical Drive for PC --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2640883-5-25-bay-adapter-for-slim-optical-drive-2-5](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/2640883-5-25-bay-adapter-for-slim-optical-drive-2-5) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*