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Considering X1C (4th gen). Desire hardware encryption drive. Lenovo only has 256GB for this model. I can get a third party 1TB drive with encryption. Will the X1C take the typical 2.5" SSD drive (samsung, intel, etc.)?

Thanks!

Nevermind on this. I'm now leaning more towards the P50 for the flexibility.

Hello zekeblue,

Greetings!

Please be aware that X1C (4th gen) uses the M.2 SSD which is like a long chewing stick size SSD with no external housing.
X1C *does*not* use the 2.5" SSD that you seem to be looking for.

The 1 TB SSD in the M.2 Format NVMe is starting to come out with limited choices, but I do not think these come with hardware encryption:
[Note: I am a fellow user of X1C 3rd Generation; I do not work for any of the SSD companies listed below!]

Samsung SM961 (NVMe) -- No hardware encryption.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsun ... 32117.html

Sandisk X400 (M.2 format) -- I find Sandisk advertisements *very* confusing, info not clear:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10296/the ... ssd-review
~Caveat #1: Encryption only comes in the SED models only (TCG Opal 2.0), whatever this means (is it referring to the 2.5" SSD will not fit into the X1 Carbon at all?)
~Caveat #2: This SSD does *not* use the state-of-the-art NVMe standard that the X1 Carbon 4th Generation uses. I was told in another thread on this same sub-forum that it uses ACHI, but I am not so sure of this (do not see this info on the above Anandtech article).

X1C (4th gen) has no slot for 2.5" SSD, you can replace the M.2 SSD with a high speed PCIe M.2 SSD, such as Samsung V-NAND 950 PRO.

Samsung also released new M.2 960 Pro or Evo. Uses PCI-E 4 lanes.

Cheers, thinkpadcollection