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Hi Thinkpad'ers!

Can anyone confirm that the T430 and the OCZ Agility 3 works together?

My first concern is that the SSD is reported to be 9mm heigh and the T430 data SEEMS to be 7mm, but I'm not entirely sure what to make of it.

OCZ:
http://ocz.com/consumer/agility-3/specifications

T430:
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd024705#ssd

I hope you can help!

It won't work. As you've noted the T430 uses a 7mm drive, but the OCZ drive is 9.5mm.

I know that 9mm is more than 7mm and it should not work in theory, but having fiddled with computer for a lot of years, I also know that it doesn't mean that it might not fit

The reason I posted here was to get a confirmation that it either will or will not work in practicality.

Like this dude:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-Th ... -p/1433839
Response: "Any 2.5" ssd will fit width- and length-wise You'll only need the rubber rails with the <9mm depth variants."

I hope I can find someone here who've installed a 9mm drive in a supposedly 7mm drive slot.

I wouldn't recommend anyone do that, but if you insist:

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500- ... d-p/983517
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500- ... d-p/924113
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=106159

LasseFJ wrote: Like this dude:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-Th ... -p/1433839
Response: "Any 2.5" ssd will fit width- and length-wise You'll only need the rubber rails with the <9mm depth variants."

Yes, an W530 will fit both sizes - 7mm or 9.5mm:
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd024683

I think we're done here

Reading your input I would not recommend anyone installing a 9mm drive into the T430. The trigger for me was reading one guy who did and got an unstable machine when picking it up in the corner where the harddrive was connected.

Personally I'm thinking of installing it without the internal Harddrive tray and see how it feels compared to the original harddrive with the tray.

Again - I think it's safe to say that the conclusion is: It's a no-go to install a 9mm drive onto a 7mm slot in the T430.

(I will post back to let you know what my personal findings was on installation)

There's a plethora of good 7mm SSDs that do not sport the questionable SandForce controller...

Just decide what size you need and how much you're willing to spend and we can come up with recommendations...

Absolutely, the thing is that I can get a used one pretty cheap and don't want to spend lots of money on it.

I've got an OCZ Vertex 2 that would not boot everytime, but sometimes and I think that was because of the Sandforce chipset.

If you're buying used...Samsung 830 or Crucial M4 aka Micron C400 are hard to beat. Excellent drives that age gracefully, and should be quite affordable.

My $0.02 only...