w520 can i swap out hdd with new OCZ vertex 3 SSD?

[Getit25]

as title says, does the motherboard in these things have the ability to work with SATA III ssd?

[commander]

there is a huge discussion about that on the internet. It is not confirmed yet if I know

[radiodavid]

there is a huge discussion about that on the internet. It is not confirmed yet if I know

there is a huge discussion about that on the internet. It is not confirmed yet if I know

Where on "the internet" is this being discussed? Links, please.

The mSata drive is not SATA 3.0.

[commander]

Try this

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo- ... -sata.html

and

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo- ... hread.html

There are a few more threads about that on that forum and they are also including links to blogs and more stuff about that. I hope it will support it, because if it doesn't I will not buy the W520 for that reason. (I also want to have OCZ vertex 3)

[Volker]

At least for now you can't replace your hdd with a Vertex 3 because those aren't in stores yet

[Q-Ball]

And if you read to the end of that first one you get this:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo- ... kmark.html

Note the first statistic.

Also, I believe that the xx20 series was delayed because of the Sandy Bridge flaw- which also points to the ports being SATA III.

It's too bad they still don't have ExpressCard 2.0 functionality, though.

Yeah- W520 quad-core + Vertex 3 (or equivalent) = best from Lenovo you can get.

[own6volvos]

The W520 fully supports the speeds of the Vertex 3 (and I have confirmed it on the T520 as well).