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    Just got my X220T and want to throw some upgrades on it!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by DaDeuce, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. DaDeuce

    DaDeuce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just received my X220T yesterday (nearly a month before my orginal estimated shipping date!), and I am quite impressed with it as it sits (I5, 4GB Ram, 80gb micro SSD). I would however like to throw another stick of 4 GB ram and a mechanical hard drive for bulk storage reasons. I think the ram is pretty straight forward (I'm going with this stick from newegg- G.SKILL 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory), however I want to make sure that I get the right hard drive. This is the one I'm thinking will work-> Seagate Momentus 7200.4 320GB 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive. I think this closely reflects an OEM drive (if its not the actual thing).

    So thoughts? Will this RAM & HDD work?
     
    DaDeuce, Jun 29, 2011
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  2. colinstu

    colinstu Notebook Enthusiast

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    The OEM drive is a Hitachi if I recall correctly.

    And just a fyi, your links are messed up (link to MS Live mail?!)

    That's all I can help with.
     
    colinstu, Jun 29, 2011
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  3. DaDeuce

    DaDeuce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Links should work now, I guess my email does something to links before processing them......
     
    DaDeuce, Jun 29, 2011
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    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe the X220T, like the X220 requires a slim hard drive. 7mm vs. the standard 9.5mm in height.
     
    bogatyr, Jun 29, 2011
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    DaDeuce Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know, but I want to make sure I picked the right one.... Newegg doesn't list the height. The model # matches the one listed in the thread for X220 hard drive compatability, but the last 4 digits are different.
     
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    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    The photo looks correct, as it has a spacer that you can remove. But beyond that I'm not sure.
     
    bogatyr, Jun 29, 2011
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    DaDeuce Notebook Enthusiast

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    So does anyone have a link to a hard drive that I won't have to remove the spacer from or modify? I prefer a minimum of 320gb & would like a 7200 rpm drive. I don't need another SSD as I already have a micro.
     
    DaDeuce, Jun 29, 2011
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  8. chaosphoenix

    chaosphoenix Notebook Consultant

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    The only 7mm HDs on the market that I know of are from hitachi and seagate. Hitachi offers 500, 320, and 250gb single platter drives, whereas seagate only offers 320, 250, and 160gb. They're listed at the top of the thread that mentions x220 drive compatabilities.
     
    chaosphoenix, Jun 29, 2011
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  9. Shayes

    Shayes Notebook Geek

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    the oem drive is the seagate momentus, but i dunno about the height of the ones they sell as consumer products. this is definitely 7 mm though
     
    Shayes, Jun 29, 2011
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    i put in 8 GB (two 4 GB sticks) of that same ram you are buying. it worked flawlessly
     
    Shayes, Jun 29, 2011
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    DaDeuce, Jun 29, 2011
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