Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)

[Atreides]

I'm looking to get an SSD for my X60s, and was wondering what the greatest read/write speed is the machine can handle. I know its a little older, so I'm doubting it can handle these 300mb read/write drives, or however fast they can get. Just want to make sure I'm not buying "more SSD" than my Thinkpad can handle.

[Harryc]

Theoretically it can handle half of that, or 150 MB/s. It is an SATA interface, not SATA II.

[Atreides]

Alright thanks Harry, I'll look for a drive that doesn't exceed 150mb read/write.

[AvalonXIII]

To be honest, sequential transfer speed is not the most important performance parameter for a SSD. The only thing that is limited in older Thinkpads is sequential speeds. The random read and write speeds are more important, and they're not limited. You can still gain 90% of the benefit of the new SSDs that exceed SATA-I specifications.

[Atreides]

To be honest, sequential transfer speed is not the most important performance parameter for a SSD. The only thing that is limited in older Thinkpads is sequential speeds. The random read and write speeds are more important, and they're not limited. You can still gain 90% of the benefit of the new SSDs that exceed SATA-I specifications.

Hmm.... So how would a drive like this perform? Too much? Too little?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227393

Or this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820139004

[PhilD]

Alright thanks Harry, I'll look for a drive that doesn't exceed 150mb read/write.

you can use a drive that exceeds 150mb read/write in your computer without a problem - your X60s will not use all the capability of a faster drive, but it will still work just fine.

[brumwald]

I have the intel 80 GB G2 SSD (recommended) in my x60s and it works great. But yeah, the sequential reads are capped - not that it matters that much.

Some numbers:
http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb895093/intel ... ata150.jpg

[Atreides]

I have the intel 80 GB G2 SSD (recommended) in my x60s and it works great. But yeah, the sequential reads are capped - not that it matters that much.

Some numbers:
http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb895093/intel ... ata150.jpg

Link isn't working :O

[Harryc]

It works for me ...

[Atreides]

It works for me ...

Sorry, working for me now, not sure what was up with it the first time.

Those are pretty impressive speeds, I suppose I would have to buy a super fast drive in order to reach the speed limit.