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    install SSD on Lenovo y410p

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by khaleel5000, Feb 3, 2014.

  1. khaleel5000

    khaleel5000 Notebook Consultant

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    khaleel5000, Feb 3, 2014
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    You could put an SSD into an ultrabay caddy (yes that requires you to remove the DVD drive) but it won't perform at full speed. If you want the SSD to perform as it should put you HDD into the ultrabay and the SSD into the laptop itself.
     
    LanceAvion, Feb 4, 2014
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    Eh? Why not?
     
    maverick1989, Feb 4, 2014
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    The optical drive is usually connected with SATA II, while the main drive will be SATA III, which offers higher speeds.


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    alexhawker, Feb 4, 2014
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    Is that y410p specific? Newer ODDs might be SATA 2 but they are on the SATA 3 controller and you could connect a SATA 3 connector to it and run it at SATA 3 speeds.
     
    maverick1989, Feb 4, 2014
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    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    Op, get the 879$ model. For only 100$, you get a far better screen, 2 extra gigs of RAM and a CPU that is more than twice as powerful

    You have 3 options for adding a SSD to this laptop:

    1) Buy a M.2 SSD and add it to the M.2 slot.
    Pros: no loss of functionality, cons: limited SSD storage space to 128GB

    2) Replace the main HDD with a 2.5 inch SSD.
    Pros: Power consumption/noise improves, because of no hard drive. Cons: no HDD storage

    3) Put a 2.5 inch SSD in the main bay, buy a caddy, put the HDD in the ultrabay
    Pros: High Capacity. Cons: Can't use DVD drive.

    Source: owner. I went with option 1).

    Buy this one here:

    Amazon.com: MyDigitalSSD SC2 Super Cache 2 42mm SATA III 6G M.2 NGFF M2 SSD Solid State Drive (128GB): Computers & Accessories
     
    Jobine, Feb 4, 2014
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    Ok, thanks guys.
     
    khaleel5000, Feb 4, 2014
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    Is there a reliable caddy available anywhere?
     
    Orange Robot, Aug 11, 2014
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    newmodeus ( NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks) makes caddies for a variety of makes/models. Mine works well and looks like OEM.
     
    alexhawker, Aug 11, 2014
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