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    SSD for Lenovo T420?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Gillatorby, Jul 28, 2011.

  1. Gillatorby

    Gillatorby Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking at Newegg...
    Here are some that have decent-high reviews. Which one should I get?

    Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 470 Series MZ-5PA128/US 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    Newegg.com - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726 CHEAPEST!

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ProductSimilar-_-20-167-042_1_AG-_-20-227-706

    Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
     
    Gillatorby, Jul 28, 2011
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    Gillatorby Notebook Enthusiast

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    Of course, feel free to suggest others :)
     
    Gillatorby, Jul 28, 2011
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    Gillatorby Notebook Enthusiast

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    Or should I just get the factory installed SSD that comes with the T420?
     
    Gillatorby, Jul 28, 2011
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    madmattd Notebook Deity

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    Personally I'd stay away from OCZ. Too many issues with Sandforce controllers still. And OCZ refuses to acknowledge most of them. Any of those others are great drives though.
     
    madmattd, Jul 28, 2011
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    sr1650nx Notebook Consultant

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    Check out the Crucial M4, the successor to the C300 you listed. The Samsung 470 is a good option as well. If you're on a budget, the Kingston V+100 series drives have a very low cost per GB (especially if you find them on sale).
     
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    The 96GB Kingston V+100 was on sale on Newegg for $100 a few days ago, but is now $140. Still a good price.

    Anywho, I'd recommend that, or the M4, 470, or the Intel 320 (or 80GB 310 series or MydigitalSSD mSATA if you want to keep your hard drive). madmattd is right in that you should stay away from Sandforce-based drives (knocking out OCZ altogether, basically).
     
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    Lenovo has been using two brand of SSD in their notebooks, namely Intel (G1 and G2), Samsung (MLC: PM800 & PM810 and SLC.) So you would have maximum chance of compatibility with these two. They even provide customized firmware for these.

    Otherwise, prepare to see the infamous HDD error 2100
     
    kf_tam, Jul 31, 2011
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    Consider using an mSATA SSD in the WWAN slot of your ThinkPad T420; then you can have a hard drive as a second drive for storage capacity, with the mSATA SSD being your boot drive.
     
    LoneWolf15, Aug 1, 2011
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    If you do that and decide to get the Intel 310 series mSATA, avoid the 40GB version and get the 80GB instead.
     
    Jarhead, Aug 1, 2011
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