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    SSD for Y410P - speed benefits of internal slot vs optical bay HDD caddy?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by notebook25, Jun 30, 2014.

  1. notebook25

    notebook25 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am adding an SSD for my brother's Y410P to put his OS and more demanding programs on.

    Should I just put it in a caddy and throw it into the optical drive, or would there be any benefits from opening it up, taking out the original hard drive, putting the SSD in its place, then putting the original hard drive in the optical bay with caddy?

    Thanks!
     
    notebook25, Jun 30, 2014
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  2. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    I just bought a SSD and made it my primary drive. I then put the former primary HDD in a caddy into the Optical DVD bay.

    Use the SSD in primary drive to do the heavy work and then save your work and files in the Ultra Bay Drive. Really speeds up your work and Works great!
     
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  3. roydok

    roydok Notebook Guru

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    Why not just buy an M.2 SSD to save the 1 terabyte HD and ultrabay accessory.
     
    roydok, Jun 30, 2014
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    berrykerry789 Notebook Consultant

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    Because there aren't many m.2.ssds on the market which means they are often significantly more expensive than the 2.5 inch ones.
     
    berrykerry789, Jun 30, 2014
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    Jason335 Notebook Consultant

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    My understanding is that the internal SATA connection is SATA3 6Gbps, while the ultrabay connection is SATA2 3Gbps. Modern SSDs are fast enough to be limited by SATA3's 6Gbps bandwidth, so connecting one to SATA2 would have a noticeable impact in performance.. The SATA2 connection has plenty of bandwidth for a traditional HDD.
     
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    notebook25 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Awesome info, thank you!
     
    notebook25, Jun 30, 2014
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