I am dealing with a Precision T1700 and need to add another hdd (actually a ssd). When I opened it up I was astonished to see that there are exactly two hard drive cages, plus the dvd cage which has space for another 5.25" device. The two main hdd bays are already occupied by hdd in raid 1. There isn't even a third SATA 3 port on the motherboard.

I'm used to building my own pcs. I find it incredible that a config like this considered a workstation layout by dell. Close to zero expandibility.

Is there a "normal" was to adding a third hdd? I could use the remaining front panel 5.25" bay but mounting a tiny ssd in that seems kind of absurd. I could always look for a bracket that goes from 5.25 to 2.5, but is there some other option?