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    SSD for W520

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jakub17, Jul 3, 2011.

  1. jakub17

    jakub17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which SATA III ~128gb SSD is best for the W520? If you have an SSD in your W520, how has it performed?
     
    jakub17, Jul 3, 2011
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    Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast

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    The Intel Series 510 120GB drive.
     
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    It depends on how you define "best"? Fastest benchmarks? You're talking SandForce, but I would avoid SATA 3 SF controller based SSDs as Corsair had a huge recall of their Force 3 series, OCZ may have their own. Reliability? You are looking at Intel. Other worthy contenders are Crucial or Samsung, but personally I'd stick with Intel.
     
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    jakub17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    by best I'm referring to reliability--i.e. it should WORK on my w520
     
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    badhabit_wb Notebook Consultant

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    i started out with a vertex 3 had a bunch of issues. bsod's freezes, etc. it is amazingly fast, when it works. i've had an intel 510 for a week and a half that was imaged from the v3 and it's worked great. rock solid. no freezes, no bsod's, nothing but rock solid dependability. you deciide which you'd rather have.
     
    badhabit_wb, Jul 5, 2011
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    jakub17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks man that's what i was looking for. let me know here if any problems do pop up with the intel. and i assume that you ARE reaching SATA III speeds? because i asked a lenovo rep and they told me that the w520 is only SATA II, but I figured he didn't know what he was talking about.

    Also, did you need to do any tweaking to get the intel to work, or did you just slip it in and it was ready to go?
     
    jakub17, Jul 6, 2011
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use a crucial 260 GB on mine. It's ultra-reliable and silent.

    Renee
     
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    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    I think intel's 320 beats the 510, even though the 320 is 3Gbps SATAII and the 510 is 6Gbps SATAIII. Recomend you check out reviews from anandtech.com. PCPer.com does good reviews too, great podcast too.

    I personally use intel's x25-m SSD (second Gen) in two computers. I chose intel for their reputation for SSD drives that don't fail.

    Here are AnandTech.com reviews
    AnandTech.com intel 510 review
    AnandTech.com intel 320 review


    Graphs from AnandTech.com intel 320 review, here.

    320 beats 510 in Random Write
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    320 beats 510 in Random Read
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    320 beats 510 in Sequential Write
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    320 beats 510 in Sequential Read
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    Anand's conclusion on the intel 320 drive, from his review
    Quote from Anand's intel 510 review


    PCper.com reviews (Graphs aren't as pretty, but still great info)
    PCper.com intel 510 review
    PCper.com intel 320 review
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, Jul 6, 2011
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