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    Which SSD fo a new L520

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by roger21, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. roger21

    roger21 Newbie

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    Hi,

    I'd like to buy a L520 and add a SSD on my own for performance and because it's cheaper than the one sold by lenovo but I'm really not sure which one. I read there could be compatibility issues with newer ones, I'm looking for and "OK" SSD not the brightest (something with a good quality/price ratio) and 120+ GB.

    I thought about the Crucial M4 128 which seems OK+ with a good price but again I'm not sure if it's compatible, also it's SATA 3 and some tech spec of the L520 (not from lenovo) talk about SATA 300 which would be SATA 2 (since SATA 3 is also called SATA 600) ...

    any advice or information on all that would be great, thanks
     
    roger21, Aug 1, 2011
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  2. Kurusi

    Kurusi Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would also appreciate your advice on this matter.
     
    Kurusi, Dec 9, 2011
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    twagen Newbie

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    Two weeks ago I purchased a Samsung 830 Series 6Gb/s of 128GB capacity. Prices have come down nicely. Installed and runs fast & flawlessly. Just slide it it the drive bay. The SSD Magician bundled SW works great, though I did not use it to clone the old drive as I was moving from XP to Win 7. Another nice thing is the drive comes with a handy USB cable that enables you to connect the old drive and use it as an external USB drive, though without a housing. FWIW, you may find a drive with slightly higher IOPS performance but I checked around pretty extensively and some of those drives required special SW firmware and BIOS settings. Just make sure ACHI is enabled in BIOS prior to boot with the Samsung.
     
    twagen, Mar 29, 2012
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