T21 And SSD, IDE

[davjc83]

I got a thinkpad t21 2647-47u its pretty much topped off cpu and mem wise, but I still wana speed it up a lil bit. I was checking some other posts out and noticed poeple put 7200rpm drives in a few, but I dont want to add another heat sorce! I was thinking SSD would be a good route now they have dropped in price a good bit. any opinions, advice or success stories? I was looking at a 16gig on ebay around $60, here are the specs.

■Brand: Kingspec
■Type: solid-state drive (SSD)
■Model: KSD-PA25.1-016MS
■Interface: IDE / PATA 44Pin
■Capacity: 16GB
■Flash Type: MLC

[Harryc]

Sounds like a good plan as long as you don't have a lot of storage requirements, but you can use an UB2000 2nd Hard Drive tray or external USB storage for that.

[nikki605]

Aren't there manufacturers of higher capacity IDE SSDs that would work in a T21?

[davjc83]

Price to size wise that was the cheepest I have found for a new one. the down side is it ships from china, so it takes forever to ship. also if there is something wrong with it you gotta ship it back... I found a 2.5 IDE Compact Flash adapter for $12 and an 8g CF drive for $18 the adapter holds 2 drives so if it works i will by 2 more larger drives. and of course ill put up some reviews

[nikki605]

Thanks. I'd be interested in what you find out. My T21 is semi-retired since I got the T410, but the HDD activity really slows it down. I've maxed out the CPU & RAM so I'd be interested in an SSD alternative to help speed it up but I don't want to spend a lot of money on such an old TP.