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    understanding the storage solution on T440s

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by iphetamine, Jun 19, 2014.

  1. iphetamine

    iphetamine Notebook Evangelist

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    I know that this has 2 m2 slots and an hdd slot. Ill be buying one with a 16gb + 500gb hdd.

    What would be better, add a bigger msata for windows + apps or replace the hdd with ssd?
     
    iphetamine, Jun 19, 2014
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Just depends on what you want to do with the machine... if you're only going to install Windows and not too many programs, something like a 128GB mSATA + the 500GB spinner might make sense. If you need more flash storage, a big 2.5" SSD will be cheaper than it's mSATA counterpart. Replacing the HDD would probably also marginally increase battery life.
     
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  3. iphetamine

    iphetamine Notebook Evangelist

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    I've been using this 128gb ssd for 3 years now and been fine, maybe because I always had an extra 500gb hdd for storage. However, I've read there's significant different between performance of msata vs ssd.
     
    iphetamine, Jun 20, 2014
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  4. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Your problem there is that M2 does not equal mSATA. *40 series have the former, not the latter.

    Choices are exceptionally limited to begin with, and 128GB My Digital SSD is the largest one currently available.
     
    ajkula66, Jun 20, 2014
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  5. iphetamine

    iphetamine Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm.. i might be better off with my current 128gb ssd, or possibly get a 240gb one.

    it takes the regular, 9mm ssd?
     
    iphetamine, Jun 20, 2014
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