Starting from scratch, the GDROM optical drive assembly is gutted, leaving just its metal case and PCB. The IDE cable for the hard disk is then soldered to the pads on the PCB. A 3D printed mount ...

The PCB that replaces the optical drive makes no compromises, either, tapping into the SATA connector pins and letting you add an extra 2.5mm SATA SSD. Adding an NVMe drive is an underappreciated ...

Known as co-packaged copper (CPC), or co-packaged cables in some circles, the basic idea is to take a copper cable straight ...