Cooler Master Hard Drive Rails w/ crap "screws"
I'll preface my review with saying that I wasn't aware these were Cooler Master branded hard drive mounting rails. The product images on Amazon confirm this upon further analysis. I bought these expecting generic china mounting rails, it was a nice surprise to see the CM logo on them. The rails themselves are nice, have rubber mounts for the screws and seem high enough quality for it's purpose. However, beware the included "screws"! They aren't screws at all! The included mounting "screws" have no philips engraving for use with a screwdriver, nor do the "screws" actually have any threading to them; they are threadless! Due to the way the included screws have been designed, they are essentially push pins that resemble smaller-than-usual thumb screws (again, no threads on them). To use these you must friction fit them into your storage drive by inserting them in the rubber screw holes. You have to press quite a bit for it to really seat in there and not back out. Not extremely difficult but if you use your finger/nail it is discomforting and not the easiest. To mount the rails and included screws to your drive I would recommend using a simple pen like I have shown in my product images. That should give ample leverage to seat the mounting pins in securely and easily. To summarize my review, I think the plastic rails themselves are okay and will certainly get the job done. I am not unhappy with my purchase, however I think for the money the mounting pins that are included are somewhat disappointing. They are technically "tool-less", but are slightly finicky and due to their design I think the only way to remove the mounting pins is going to require pulling the plastic rails and hoping it pulls the pins out with it. I am giving this product 5 stars out of 5 stars, mostly because I will likely purchase another set of these in the future and there is no critical design flaw that would stop you from using actual screws. I would like to see this product be a dollar or two cheaper though. While the product gets 5 stars, the ease of use and installation gets only 4 due to the mounting pins. Read more
















