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    What is replaceable in the Yoga 2 13"?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Raftina, May 1, 2014.

  1. Raftina

    Raftina Notebook Consultant

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    RAM: No. It is soldered onto the main board.
    HDD: Yes, but with limited choices of upgrade options. It uses 5mm HDDs with a fairly new connector called SFF-8784.
    SSD: Yes, with standard M.2 SSDs up to 80mm long.

    Note that the HDD and SSD are in different slots, and both slots should be present on any Y2 13 you get.
     
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    bitfidelity Newbie

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    Excellent, thank you.
     
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    Ipaqman Notebook Guru

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    It is simple to put an SSD in the empty M.2 slot in the Yoga 2 13. Since it already has a 500GB drive, I chose and installed a Crucial M550 M.2 128GB SSD card. You need a mounting screw. This card is available from Newegg for about $100. My total cost for the Yoga 2 13 is $899 including the SSD.

    My Yoga 2 13 now boots from the SSD to the desktop in less than 13 seconds and has 628GB of storage. Its PCMark 7 score is 4935 with the SSD. This card has twice the write speed of the Samsung SSDs used by Lenovo.
     
    Ipaqman, May 3, 2014
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