Hey, quick question that I'm too dumb to know the answer to and can't seem to find any info about anywhere.
I just got a 2.5" HDD and put it in the dedicated place in my Fractal Meshify C case. It's on the side, and there really isn't enough space for it - the drive is too thick for the panel to come back on normally. When I put the panel back on the case it pushes right up against the drive and the panel clearly isn't flush with the case.
Is this an issue? Or will the drive be fine?
That space is designed for a SSD, which is half the thickness of that thing, typically.
I'm not sure why you'd go with a 2.5" piece of spinning rust in 2023 (the performance of those small spindles at 5400 or 7200 rpm isn't great), but if it's preventing you from closing the case I'd leave the panel off or relocate the drive.
If you insist on running it as-is I wouldn't worry about the case panel putting pressure on the device, it's not likely to damage the disk and the case panel is cosmetic.
Storage space I guess. Looking at it closely, this is a 5TB HDD.