I think I've got this straight now. The X300 wants a 1.8" enclosed SSD, the X220 wants a 2.5" enclosed SSD, and the X220 can also accommodate an mSATA bare-board SSD if it doesn't do wireless?
Looking at my X300 with 64GB, what if anything do experts here recommend for an upgrade? I think someone recommended myDigital SSD back in Feb-Mar when we were talking, they seem to go up to 128GB and have mixed (but only 2?) reviews on Amazon. Good pricing though. Crucial doesn't make a 1.8", though an old thread somewhere (Lenovo forum maybe?) has people raving about a 1.8" C300 that I guess is out of production. Kingston V+ 180 are cheapish though I've had less than stellar recommendations of them off-list. OCZ Vertex 2 comes in 40/90/180 and used to come in 60/120/240 which are discontinued for some reason. Lenovo branded (Samsung?) is a bit pricey but available. Are any of these good choices? Bad choices? Any other choices? I may have another ship-to-US window in the next few days so Amazon Prime is a positive factor but not essential in this case. And what will I use to migrate? Is there a 1.8" cable out there or a 1.8-2.5 adapter I can use with the Apricorn cable I bought? Obviously it won't be USB 3.0 on the X300. Thanks! -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] Monday, July 9, 2012, 3:51:16 PM, I wrote: > I'm using my old X300 as a replacement machine while my X220 gets working > again > (another thread). The 64GB SSD is becoming an ever bigger challenge since > someone else uses the machine now. We've worked really hard to keep even 5GB > free on an ongoing basis, I tried to restore my current emails and dropped it > to > <2GB! > Are there any limits on what drive I can use in this X300? Something analogous > to the Crucial M4 D1 (7mm) vs. D2 (9mm) issue, I mean. > Amazon Prime has a Kingston SVP180S2/128G for $219, or 256GB for $421; Lenovo > 43N3406 128GB for $329 > I'm also confused because many (e.g. OCZ Nocti, 120GB=U$140) seem to be bare > circuit boards but then the Kingston has an enclosure. Kingston's memory > picker > is saying I want SSDNow V+180 which comes in 64, 128, 256. I think I'm > misremembering a need for mSATA in the X300 when it was really for the extra > drive in the X220 maybe? > Crucial's memory picker says the X300 will take a WD Scorpio Blue HDD 1GB > SATA-300 (5200rpm), is that right? The X300 only offered the SSD when new. Not > sure I want to put in a HD but 1TB is intriguing at that price. > The Kingston looks like the best price ($219 for 128GB) in a name that I > actually recognize. And 5/5 on Amazon (only 3 reviews). Does anyone have > comments on this drive? I'm thinking 128GB should be enough because it's going > from 64GB (so expectations of keeping it lean). > Thanks! > =aw > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
