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Can anyone please tell me what the best 7mm SSD is?

http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/567397

Samsung 830 - Series MZ-7PC512N/AM 512 GB 2.5 Inch SATA III
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005T3GPXO
Crucial 512 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006W6J5L6
Intel 520 Series Solid-State Drive 480 GB SATA 6 Gb/s
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006VCPA1A
OCZ 480GB Vertex 3 Harnessing SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Low Profile
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083EZ096

I have a Thinkpad X230T, if that makes a difference.

Thank you for any help, gentlemen.

Hi Person,

What criteria are you using to define best?

New SSDs are being announced regularly that are faster.
Most current SSDs are pretty fast.
My first priority is reliability, then low power consumption.
Look for a 5+ year warranty.

My laptop, modest price, current first choice is the Plextor M3 Pro.
And I would take the M3 Pro over the newer M5 Pro until they get the M5 firmware dialed in.

For really BEST, look at enterprise drives.
And be prepared to spend thousands on a 500GB one.

For what it's worth, I have A Samsung in my X41T, an OWC Mercury in my T410 and an Intel 320 series in my X200S.
Performance is way better than with the original rotating drives.

Thanks and good health, Weogo

I have recently been investigating about the "best" (= most reliable, fastest overall) 7 mm SSD, and I have come to the conclusion that it is the Intel 520-series that's "best", from my perspective. If you have the time and energy to spend a bit of time yourself seriously going to the details, then I'm sharing the following references (reviews) with you:

Intel 520 'Cherryville' Series 240GB SSD Review in RAID 0

Intel 520 Series SSD Full Review - SandForce on Steroids?

Intel 520 240GB SSD Review (Round One) – Intel Releases Amazing SATA 3 SandForce Driven SSD

Intel SSD 520 Review: Taking Back The High-End With SandForce

Intel SSD 520 Review

Intel SSD 520 Review: Cherryville Brings Reliability to SandForce

Intel series 520 240GB SSD review

Intel SSD 520 240GB Review

Meet Intel's Cherryville: 520 Series 240GB SSD Review

Intel 520 Series 240GB Review

Intel SSD 520 240GB | Bjorn3D.com

Intel 520 Series 240GB Solid State Drive Review | KitGuru

Intel 520 Series 240GB Solid State Drive Review :: TweakTown USA Edition

(list of yet more reviews)

Since your X230T is a 6 GB/s device, it will fully support a SATA-3 SSD (see the Lenove TAbook)

Hint: Keep an eye out at Slickdeals and Fatwallet for super-deals!

Johan

I voted for the Intel 520 - in the poll and with my pocket book. 5 year warranty and very good performance.

You'd be hard pressed to perceive any performance difference between SSDs. They're all fast. I would buy on price, which would seem to favor the Crucial.

Weogo wrote:What criteria are you using to define best?

see

Johan wrote:most reliable, fastest overall

Weogo wrote:Look for a 5+ year warranty.

Isn't Intel is the only one with a 5 year warranty?

Weogo wrote:For really BEST, look at enterprise drives.

I need it to be 7mm because 9.5mm won't fit in the machine.

Weogo wrote:And be prepared to spend thousands on a 500GB one.

There are 480gb and 512gb SSD's for hundreds.

Johan wrote:I'm sharing the following references (reviews) with you

Whoa! Thanks for the impressive list!

wolfman wrote:I voted for the Intel 520 - in the poll and with my pocket book. 5 year warranty and very good performance.

I've been considering it.

ZaZ wrote:They're all fast.

True. I just like to research before spending alot.

I added "Plextor MP5" and "Other" as options.

Plextor 256GB M5S Series Solid State Drive SATA 6.0 Gb-s
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008OX1ZFE/

http://www.storagereview.com/plextor_la ... controller

According to this it is 7mm apparently.
Vertex 3 has 7mm models but Vertex 4 does not.
Any benchmarks or comparisons to other SSD's?

Added "Plextor M5P" and "Other" to the poll options.
The votes reset but I think it was 1 for each.

Alright, thanks for the advice.