7MM SSD @ amazon for 155

[rsutoratosu]

Hard to find 7mm drives, so here's one. First time owning transcend product.. hopefully it wont disappoint.

Specs:
Read up to 560MB/s, Write up to 534MB/s
Next Generation SATA III 6Gb/s Interface; SandForce Driven
Ultra-slim 7mm form factor; TRIM Command support
Intelligent Block Management and Wear Leveling; Supports S.M.A.R.T.
AES 256-bit Hardware Encryption

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008M9 ... os_product

[barrywohl]

I bought this Crucial 500 gb SSD drive for my X230T. The OEM carrier and rails fit perfectly, so it was an easy install.
It was about $430.
I didn't transfer any OS or applications. I am doing a fresh install with Windows 8 Release Preview x64 and it is going well.
Barry

[maxx228]

Transcend's SSD 320 is not a good idea...

as ssd review

[Mononofu]

You don't necessarily need a 7mm SSD - I'm using an OCZ Vertex 4, which is 9.3 mm thick.

It is a tight fit (I left off those rubber wrappers for the side of the hard drive) but you can get it in there if you are careful. It works perfectly (my ubuntu boots in less than 10 seconds, including bios). I only have one minor issue with the disk: If I do a cold boot, the bios doesn't detect the disk. However, if I quickly press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the laptop once the Lenovo logo comes up (~ 1 second after pressing the power button) the drive works perfectly fine. Again, this only happens on a cold boot - if I just reboot, it works fine. Maybe it's some bios setting?