Post your T60 SSD speed

[mdclow]

I purchased (October 2009) a StarTech ECESATA1 (ExpressCard to eSATA) and I have been very pleased with it. I ESPECIALLY like that it is flush mounted as my laptop goes in & out of my briefcase a couple of times a day. It works fine when the laptop is in or out of the dock. It is available at Buy.com for $27.

Per the specs at: http://us.startech.com/product/ECESATA1 ... apter-Card it uses the SIL3132 chipset.

[OCedT60]

I purchased (October 2009) a StarTech ECESATA1 (ExpressCard to eSATA) and I have been very pleased with it. I ESPECIALLY like that it is flush mounted as my laptop goes in & out of my briefcase a couple of times a day. It works fine when the laptop is in or out of the dock. It is available at Buy.com for $27.

Per the specs at: http://us.startech.com/product/ECESATA1 ... apter-Card it uses the SIL3132 chipset.

Have you tried to benchmark the datatransfer rate using the expresscard and an SSD? Does the 2.5 Gbits bandwidth of the slot limit it?

[mdclow]

I only have one SSD, which is my C Drive, so I am not sure how this would be done?
If you give me a bit of guidance I am willing to give it a try. I am far from a Super Geek (which I would consider a compliment), more like someone who is on the trailing edge of the bleeding edge of technology.

[Turboqueef]

Here are the results for my new W510 (i7 720QM)

[redleaderone]

Hello, the following will be for T60 (SATA-I), Intel X25M-160 G2

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 136.533 MB/s
Sequential Write : 91.667 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 125.795 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 92.686 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 16.433 MB/s [ 4012.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 25.788 MB/s [ 6295.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 90.695 MB/s [ 22142.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 79.763 MB/s [ 19473.4 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 17.9% (26.6/148.9 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2010/11/20 13:09:49
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x86)

[skipio]

Mine:

Thinkpad T60p with Mushkin 90GB (Sandforce 1200 controller).


Update:
I tried again, this time on AC-power instead of battery with a slight improvement of performance.


And for comparison here is a Kingspec 64GB PATA SSD installed in my Thinkpad X40. I've had it for a bit over an year and with it the X40 has often felt quite a bit speedier than my T60p when the latter only had a HDD.
The downside was that the Kingspec totally failed on me last August but it was promptly replaced by the seller, memoryc.com.

[fefrie]

Installed as per my forum instructions: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 39#p721339

Seems quicker... Not amazingly fast, but I'm just web surfing mostly....

[db130]

A 2007-55U T60(SATA-I) with Intel X25M 80G: