2.5" SSD sled for Seagate Thunderbolt Adapter by mphardy 3d model
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2.5" SSD sled for Seagate Thunderbolt Adapter by mphardy

2.5" SSD sled for Seagate Thunderbolt Adapter by mphardy

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Last crawled date: 3 years ago
I wanted a fast Thunderbolt SSD but was not satisfied with the all-in-one options so I built a modular solution. This is a sled for a bare 2.5" form factor hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) mounted on a Seagate Backup Plus Portable Thunderbolt Adapter (STAE128).
Blackmagicdesign's Disk Speed Test reports a 350MB/s write and 380MB/s read speeds from my late 2013 13" MacBook Pro.
It took seven iterations but the fit is now suitably snug providing support to the bare drive and leaving much of the metal casing of the drive exposed and available for air cooling.
Settings used: 10% infill, 2 shells, 0.20mm layer height, no raft, no support
Total cost (1TB) = $707.43
$590 - Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-7TE1T0BW)
$88 - Seagate Backup Plus Portable Thunderbolt Adapter (STAE128)
$29 - Apple MD862ZM/A Thunderbolt Cable - 0.5 M
$0.43 - 9 grams of $48/kg Makerbot PLA Filament Cool Gray
To compare (1TB) = $919
$890 - LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt SATA III 1TB Solid State Drive with Cable (9000350)
$29 - Apple MD862ZM/A Thunderbolt Cable - 0.5 M
A $211.57 savings! Plus: easily swap the drive for others and be confident that you have one of the fastest large SSDs on the market. Also the LaCie is not bus powered ... must be plugged into the wall and it has a fan that emits sound.
The OpenSCAD file is included so you can make your own tweaks easily.
Updated: just made it a little better fit.

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