410s - larger SSD and/or 2nd hard disk

[tlw]

Hello,

I have a 410s in need of a larger SSD and a second SSD or HDD. Does anyone have any knowledge of the options available? Specifically, what's the largest SSD available for this computer? Can I add a second SSD or HD?
Either Lenovo or another brand is OK.

Thank you for any suggestion you may have!

[ZaZ]

I think Intel make some 600GB SSD drives if you're willing to drop $1k. A platter based drive is probably much more cost effective. You can add a second drive via the modular caddy if you're willing to forgo the optical drive.

[tlw]

Thank you.
For SSD, is the 1.8" form factor the only spec to consider for hardware compatibility?

[ZaZ]

Whoops my bad. I forgot the T410s was a 1.8". It looks like Kingston makes a 256GB 1.8" if you don't mind the high cost of entry. You can still do a platter based drive in the optical bay. I say do a smaller SSD for the main bay as the boot drive, then add a larger drive in the optical bay.

[Q-Ball]

If you can find a SuperTalent CoreStore MV, and don't mind giving up an mPCI-E slot, that will fit and will show up as a secondary drive.

You can't use it as a boot drive, however- unless you're willing to do some tweaking.

Please review this thread for proof that this will work.

You may need to flash a modded BIOS- it's not clear if that was done in the thread or if that was in reference to booting from that card itself.

[sir_synthsalot]

Whoops my bad. I forgot the T410s was a 1.8". It looks like Kingston makes a 256GB 1.8" if you don't mind the high cost of entry. You can still do a platter based drive in the optical bay. I say do a smaller SSD for the main bay as the boot drive, then add a larger drive in the optical bay.

OWC makes a 1.8" 240GB. It's a little bit less expensive than the Kingston. They say a 480GB versison is "coming soon".

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_1.8

[tlw]

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions!

[Brian10161]

I strongly recommend staying away from the 1.8" MSATA HDDs. They are ungodly slow and really take forever to boot in comparison to a good 2.5" SATA 7200 RPM drive or definitely an SSD.

I have the 128GB SSD by Samsung in my T400s and it's speedy, but it's write speed is a little slower that I'd like.

I'm very intrigued with the SSD sir_synthsalot linked too. Must be checking it out for myself.