Need advice for SSD for Laptop

Duke · Mar 31, 2013

Hi,
I'm looking to buy an SSD for my Lenovo t410. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking to spend less than $150

Fendle · Mar 31, 2013

If you're going to be using it as your main drive, you should go for a bigger one but

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

128GB for 140.

szskateman22 · Mar 31, 2013

Duke said: ↑

Hi,
I'm looking to buy an SSD for my Lenovo t410. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking to spend less than $150
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Make sure you're running the T410 instead of the T410s

Also:

LenovoForums said:

The T410s only supports 1.8" SSDs.

The T410, on the other hand, will take standard 9.5 mm 2.5" drives.

Since the T410 only has an SATA II connection it won't get the full benefit from the new SATA III drives since the data can only be transferred so fast, but buying a SATA III drive isn't necessarily a waste (the Micron/Crucial RealSSD C300 comes to mind) of that speed.

I'd suggest anything with a SandForce controller for the maximum possible speed- don't bother with the other, slower controllers.
The one exception to this rule are Intel SSDs since they provide superior random read speed in small file size.

Your computer will boot up faster with an Intel SSD than a SandForce one (that's why the Lenovo rep used an Intel one rather than a SandForce one in the bootup demo mentioned in another thread on this forum).

The only thing is that Intel SSDs fall down on the job when writing data (their speeds on writing are very bad compared to SandForce (70 MB/s vs 275 MB/s for the SandForce).

Also, try to get an SSD with the 34nm flash size since they last longer than the 25nm ones. Also, 34nm drives are usually larger than the 25nm ones, not that certain manufacturers would tell you this.

If I'm not mistaken, Lenovo uses Samsung drives (470)?
Those aren't SandForce drives.

In short, get the cheapest SandForce drive you can (for the capacity you need).
Remember, large-capacity drives outperform the smaller ones.
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In other words, a SATA III will perform only as well as a SATA II SSD does. The SATA II SSDs do not exactly out-perform 7200 drives in my opinion - I ran tests (only real advantages are lower power/no spinning/slightly (and I mean slightly) faster booting). Anyways, if you are really bent on getting an SSD, I would try to find a cheap SATA II SSD.

Duke · Mar 31, 2013

Thanks so much! Yes, it is indeed T410 not 410s I greatly appreciate help!

Noodles :) · Mar 31, 2013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-148-587&IsVirtualParent=1

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