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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!

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.

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

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.

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.

ZaZ wrote: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

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions!

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.