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Given it's limited to SATA3 speeds, why not just replace the internal hdd with a SATA3 SSD? My X260 is very happy with a 2tb Samsung drive. I suppose this would
by zwayhowder 7y ago
Given it's limited to SATA3 speeds, why not just replace the internal hdd with a SATA3 SSD? My X260 is very happy with a 2tb Samsung drive. I suppose this would be lighter, but we are talking about 50g of extra weight for a 2.5" SSD.
Some of the future mods though look very cool. I particularly would like the Unifying Mod & WHQD mods.
- jchw 7y agoIs it actually limited to Sata 3 speeds? Assuming ExpressCard can at least get you a PCI Express 2.0 lane I’d expect it to be at least a couple hundred MB/s faster at least theoretically. Also I assume NVMe’s long command queue really benefits SSD performance for random access, so I suspect it may even be worth it just for the interface...
- bluedino 7y agoThe PCIe 2.0 standard doubles the transfer rate compared with PCIe 1.0 to 5 GT/s and the per-lane throughput rises from 250 MB/s to 500 MB/s. So it's actually less than SATA 3 speeds (600MB/s)
- bnt 7y agoWouldn’t you get some (minor?) battery life improvements from swapping out the spinning 2.5” with an SSD?
- LeifCarrotson 7y agoIt's not SATA, it's NVMe. And vintage ThinkPad enthusiasts are not typically concerned about weight unless they're going for "more is better".
- rasz 7y agoits pcie 2.0, slower than sata3
- LeifCarrotson 7y ago500 vs 560 MB/s, but more efficient... it's a tossup IMO.
- yttriumtyclief 7y agoThe intention isn't to be faster than the internal bay, it's to add another drive to machines with limited drive support. For instance, X230 only has a single SATA3 drive accessible. You can add an mSATA, but they don't come in very large capacities and the mSATA slot is limited to SATA2. This mod adds a third drive, one that goes up to 2TB at ~SATA3 speeds. So, depending on the model, it can either be a nice addition or a huge addition.