Please post any 42mm m.2 hdd you have found.

I want to make my y410p as powerful as possible. It seems like the best way is to run a SLI ultra bay, and an ssd, but I don't want to forfeit my 1tb mechanical. That leaves me with the m.2 slot as my only option for an ssd. I have been looking every few days for the last month for them but can't find any 42mm options. Has any one else had any luck?

 

Toshiba 24GB NGFF SATA3 SSD for ThinkPad X1 | eBay

Got a 24Gig here, quite a penny.

 

Nope, NGFF 42mm is meant for caching and the maximum capacity I've seen is 64gb which means 128gb should be possible given enough years.

To sum it up, NGFF will eventually take over msata in 2 years or so.

 

any more options?

 

Not at the moment.

 

I found this, which allows you to turn an M.2 NGFF drive into a Sata III 2.5'' drive:

NGFF M 2 SSD to 2 5" 22Pin SATA Adapter with Case for Intel SanDisk ADATA SSD | eBay

 

I think the Sandisk U110 is available in 128 GB.

 

First commercially availible M.2 drive? And it's 128 GB?

+rep

 

Not clear from the Sandisk site which capacities are 42 mm. Also not available for purchase anywhere, so not very useful.

Damn Lenovo for not making space for 80mm!

 

80mm wouldn't fit in the current 14inch design of the laptop unless Lenovo would do some redesigning.

 

Intel SSD Pro 1500 120 GB:

AnandTech | Intel's SSD Pro 1500: SF-2281 with vPro Support, Aimed at OEMs/SIs

Intel® Solid-State Drive Pro 1500 Series (M2): Specification

Thanks to user zalcorus for the info.

Note the SSD is double-sided, so might not fit.

 

According to this article Plextor is coming out with 128 and 256 GB 42mm SSDs
Plextor's NGFF SSD to Deliver Speeds of Up To 700 MB/s

 

Never got a reply from Plextor, asking for release date or more information.

 

128 GB MyDigitalSSD available to purchase for $100! According to AnandTech this brand is OK.

Many thanks to user pipspeak for the link!

MyDigitalSSD 128GB Super Cache 2 42mm SATA III 6G M.2 NGFF SSD | FNet HybriDisk Software | My Digital Discount

User panzer06 found it on Amazon with free shipping within the US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DY5C72W/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Edit: wrong drive on Amazon, don't buy it.

 

Wow! That looks epic! I would definately consider putting my Windows on that.

How does it perform against, say, a Samsung 840?

 

Slow, Phison controller.



Picture Source: http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/my...6g-m.2-ngff-ssd-with-fnet-hybridisk-software/

 

Bummer.

 

Yeah MyDigitalSSD drives were never known for performance, just competitive pricing. Don't know how long-term reliability is either since they're so new to market. I would wait for something like the Crucial M500 to show up in M.2 form.

 

Wait for the Intel Pro 1500 and 530 series later this year. I took a look at their roadmap and it looks like 120 GB 42mm variants are planned to be released soon.

 

Yeah, HP claims they'll be available before the end of the year in their Elitebook 840 G1. Likely to cost a lot more than the MyDigitalSSD though.

 

Will these Intel drives be available for retail though? It looks like they're for OEM's.

 

Newegg and Amazon both are selling the 530 series 42mm 80GB, so the other ones will probably be available but in OEM packaging.

 

What bugs me is that you can get a 120GB Intel 530 2.5'' for the same price. Basically 1.5x the capacity

Also you can buy a much faster Samsung 840 EVO 120GB for 20$ less.

 

Ugh, don't even bring those POS's up. Samsung is conveniently hiding the fact that it uses really cheap TLC flash memory that has half the life of MLC flash. So essentially, you are paying a tiny bit less for a product (over their regular 830 or 840 series) that will last half the time. No thanks!

 

Don't sweat it, i'm more of an OCZ person myself

 

I think AnandTech said limited quantities for retail.

 

MyDigitalSSD 128GB Super Cache 2 42mm SATA III 6G M.2 NGFF SSD | FNet HybriDisk Software | My Digital Discount

I just ordered one of these.

Cheers,

 

Just curious guys, is it possible to install Windows 8 on one of the 128gb m2 ngff drives? Like how you could install OS's with the mSata drives?

 

The stock 24GB SSD cache drive shows up as a boot device in BIOS, so it should be fine.

 

I don't know about you guys, but i'm not buying any M.2/NGFF drives until they deliver those PCIe based controllers.

 

I'm really surprised these drives aren't PCIe. Apple and others have PCIe drives, so this is lame. On the other hand, better a SATA SSD than waiting around with a HDD...

 

Regarding anyone saying MyDigitalSSD Drives are Slow. I guaranty no one (without benchmarks) in a blind taste test could ever tell the difference during normal use. The statement that the MyDigitalSSD Drives with the Phison S8 and S9 controllers in them are slow is like saying a Nascar car (MyDigitalSSD) is slow compared to a F1 car (fastest SSD) compared to a Geo Prizm (HDD).

The M.2 that we offer is blazing fast for the density there is nothing like it apples to apples. The S9 controller in the SC2 drives is revolutionary. I guaranty you cannot find any main stream MLC/TLC 64GB 2.5" drive that could hold a candle to the 64GB SC2 M.2. In most cases the main stream 2.5 inch 32GB and 64GB Drives are actually slower than a hard drive and this is not the case with the SC2 line which is 20-40 times faster than and HDD where it counts IOPS and 4k speeds while also being 2-4 times faster than and HDD for Sustained R/W.

Also regarding reliability we have actually been offering SSD on and off since 2007 under the MyDigitalSSD name and not once during that time have we had trouble with reliability. In fact we believe we have the lowest defect rate in the industry at .03% that is right just 3pcs out of 1K compared to others at 1.5-3%. We feel the reason for this is because our SSDs operate at a lower temp as well as draws less power vs. other SSDs. Most of the SSDs out there that go bad do so due to running for long periods of time and high temperatures.

My 2 Cents

 

Jobine, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but your computer is not going to work with the PCI-e Drives when they do come out. Your computer will only accept SATA M.2 SSD. Same with the Y510P.

 

Oh bummer.

 

MyDigitalSSD, can you confirm the 128GB Super Cache 2 42mm fits into the T440s (in terms of thickness)? Is the T440s also limited to SATA?

 

It is built to M.2 42mm spec there should not be any issue. If there is you can return it and as always we will note any issues with any known computers on the description.

Let me know how it turns out.

The y510p requires some fanangling in the BIOS to run the SSD as the main drive. Yours may be the same.

In your BIOS, under Boot, change Boot Mode to Legacy Support, and change the Boot Priority to Legacy First, then exit saving changes and go back into the BIOS. Now under the Boot menu you should have a boot order on the bottom of that boot window

MyDigitalSSD

 

The Intel 530 M.2 SSD's appear to be 80mm ( Newegg, Intel). Earlier I think they were listed as 42mm, but that apparently was a mistake.

 

Yeah, that's unfortunate. They should hopefully be releasing the 42mm 530 and Pro series drives soon.

 

The MyDigitalSSD 128GB drive works great as a boot drive replacing the too small 24GB version that came with my system. Just turned on Legacy support in the BIOS and cloned the original 1TB drive to the new SSD using Acronis TrueImage 2014.

Cheers,

 

If I pick up one of these 128GB SSDs would it be better to clone my C drive to it OR should I just install it and continue to use it as a cache drive?

 

128 is far too big for cache. I would clone C: and use the 1TB for bulk data.

 

Yes 64GB will be plenty if you want to go the Cache route. 128GB is great for running your OS and programs and maybe any project related data files and folders that are frequently being accessed by your programs.

One way is as easy as plugging it in and running a piece of software and done. Other requires complete system clone or reinstall.

If you chose to run in maximized mode with fnet then it will be like running from an SSD. Using it as a cache drive is a lazy or should I say easy way to get full SSD Speed. So for you folks out there a 24GB at $35 or 32GB at $45 would be well worth the pocket change.

If you are comfortable doing a clone or reinstall and want more freedom with the way the SSD is used then the 64GB or 128GB used as a boot drive is the one for you.

Matt

 

I take it you need to update your Lenovo y510 configuration in your sig. Now that you are running on a battery sipping M.2 no need for that power hungry 2.5" SSD. Also now that your outcast 1TB HDD is back home I bet you like having the space without fear of eating your battery as it should rarely ever spins up.

Matt

 

It's a gaming only setup so the M2 is my test bed for Windows 8.1 without messing with my perfect 8.0 install on the Samsung SSD. I never run on battery and it only ever leaves my desk if I wish to Game while on the road. All my work is done on a Mac with VMware for those pesky Windows only work programs.

But yes, the benefits you mention would manifest themselves for the average user.

Cheers,

 

I bought one of those MydigitalSSD 128GB NGFF/M2 drives off amazon and was able to get it to work as a main drive for my Y510p. I use the 1TB HD as my storage device now. Highly recommend the drive. The system feels like my old laptop with mSata. Here's a benchmark on the drive:

The sustained write is a little slow but for SSD's all i care is Random Read/Write and that's 25-50x faster than the 5400 1TB HD that that's in there.

 

What makes you say this? NGFF/M.2 by definition uses PCIE.

 

It uses PCIe as a bus, but the storage controller is still sata based.

 

That is true but not entirely correct. The BUS to the M.2 Slot on the Lenovo computers are SATA not PCI-e. So you will not be able to get a PCI-e BUS SSD Controller to work with any of these Lenovo M.2 computers.

 

Very good results, in fact your sustained read and 4k R/W performance is even better than our original test results from the 1st batch. I might also mention that is over 100MB/sec faster read and write than the optional 24GB Lite-on with 0% on it. You have yours 23% full and it is not slowing it down a bit.

FYI if anyone has not caught this the win 8 issues we had earlier with our 1st batch has been fixed. It was a simple FW issue.

UEFI Boot mode still not usable yet but figuring it out. Works as cache or additional storage in UEFI right now. If you are using it as your main drive simply use legacy boot until we figure it out. If you must use UEFI use it in maximized mode with Fnet as a cache drive and you won't be able to tell the difference vs. running straight off the SSD except for the loss of usable space but who really cares about that when you have a 1tb HDD inside and absolutely everything you touch on your computer will be cached (24GB will not cover the average user (cache software will have to pick and chose what goes on there), 32GB will cover the average to above average user and 64GB of cache is usually as much as you would need even at an enthusiast level). Fnet allows you to specify how much of the SSD you want to use as a cache drive so you could leave space free to put another OS on like win 7 or Linux.

MyDigitalSSD

P.S. Not knocking a 24gb cashe drive as any cache is better than no cache but that being said a 32gb will go a long ways vs. a 24gb. Could mean the difference between fitting your most used programs vs. just your os and a few other things.

Also just noticed we have a success story with UEFI boot. Go take a look at the comments of our one review on amazon.

 

Any chance of a 256GB 42mm SSD? Looking for a boot+ app drive, and 128GB just isn't going to cut it. I'd like to keep the 1TB drive as storage.