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    The Lenovo SSDs

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zordex, Sep 8, 2009.

  1. zordex

    zordex Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which SSDs do the T400's come with? I understand from reading on SSDs many of them take more power than regular HDs, some have performance issues, you need to make sure they are compatible with TRIM command etc...

    Should I go with the Lenovo SSD which is now at 50% off, or bite the bullet and pay for an OCZ or Intel SSD which are getting great revues?
     
    zordex, Sep 8, 2009
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  2. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    SSDs are not going to consume as much power as a spinning HDD in average power consumption. The TRIM command is something that will come new with Win 7 and need firmware updates to enable.

    My understanding is that lenovo uses Samsung SSDs or the occasional Toshiba (not sure what controller these use). TRIM is going to be supported eventually by NEW samsung SSDs but I am not sure if they have announced them yet. The ones shipping now are probably not going to be those. And as far as I know samsung is not going to release a TRIM supporting firmware for older models.

    That being said the cost of an SSD upgrade from lenovo might be cheap enough for it to be worth it to get the upgrade right now. You will be hard pressed to get a Gen 2 Intel SSD right now, as they are in very high demand.

    That being said the Indilinx based controllers (the good OCZ models) offer good performance as well and with TRIM like cleaning retain pretty much all their performance. There software to do the TRIM style command just manually right now. This will also let non-windows 7 users manually clean their drives up.

    But if you want a lot of information read Anandtech's articles on SSDs.

    I still think you can get great performance with the Samsung MLCs that generally come with the Lenovo laptops. Most users are very happy with them.
     
    jaredy, Sep 8, 2009
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Samsung or Toshiba for power of 2s (32/64/128/256GB) and Intel for 80/160GB.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 8, 2009
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  4. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oh right, Lenovo has the intel drives too...

    I think they are still the Gen1 drives that won't get TRIM support :\.
     
    jaredy, Sep 8, 2009
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    pem69 Notebook Consultant

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    What computers are offering the 80/160 drives? I'm not seeing them anywhere...
     
    pem69, Sep 8, 2009
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  6. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    They might not anymore. I hadn't seen them recently, which is why I didn't mention them. But I think some users got them in the past. Maybe lenovo will offer them again when the Gen2 are readily available.
     
    jaredy, Sep 8, 2009
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  7. hbrocks

    hbrocks Notebook Geek

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    The T400 we're ordering only had the 128G available.
     
    hbrocks, Sep 8, 2009
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