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Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:17 pm
by 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.
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:36 pm
by Harryc
Theoretically it can handle half of that, or 150 MB/s. It is an SATA interface, not SATA II.
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:58 pm
by Atreides
Alright thanks Harry, I'll look for a drive that doesn't exceed 150mb read/write.
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:40 am
by 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.
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:47 pm
by Atreides
AvalonXIII wrote: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
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:14 pm
by PhilD
Atreides wrote: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.
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:08 pm
by 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
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:56 pm
by Atreides
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:17 pm
by Harryc
It works for me ...
Re: Maximum X60s drive access speed? (SSD question)
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:33 pm
by Atreides
Harryc wrote: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.
