ShaunDarkLord Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi AllI purchased the UK model Y510P (In the UK we have only one choice - non-SLI, 16GB with Blu-Ray), which can with a 1TB hdd with 8GB of cache. When I opened up the laptop, I discovered that the hdd had the cache on-board, and that the SSD slot was empty.I've since replaced the 1Tb with a 512GB 840 Pro SSD, which is nice. Is there any advantage to populating the SSD slot? If so, what do I put in there?ThanksShaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKWORLD Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 You mean the msata slot, right? If so you could actually just buy msata ssd and keep your stock 1TB as a storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varroa Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Sorry Darkworld but the SSD slot is not msata, it is M.2. (NGFF). You can keep the 1 TB HD and just add a M.2. SSD into the slot and you will have two drivers and you can clone your C drive over to the SSD. The only problem with the M.2. SSDs are they are rare right now and only MyDigitalSSD has one available in the 42mm lenght (which is the size you need). I bought one and really like it, you can find them on Amazon.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyVanRijn Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Problem I got with that M.2 42mm SSD was the controller. I decided to buy a crucial m500 and wait until the M.2's will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunDarkLord Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thanks all - I'll wait until there's a better choice of M.2 SSDs - That MyDigital has a few negative reviews on Amazon UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imwwy888 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 You may try Plextor M6M which has capacity upto 512GB and 80K IOPSThanks all - I'll wait until there's a better choice of M.2 SSDs - That MyDigital has a few negative reviews on Amazon UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick Nick Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 The 42mm part is anoying, I'm seeing enough 80mm versions for purchase but I guess these wont fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varroa Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Nope, only 42 mm will fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffknight Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Yeah, Lenovo threw us a curve ball, but we'll start seeing more 42mm ssd's as soon as more manufacturers start including the slots on laptops. Unfortunately for us, right now they're only available on top-end machines. Once they start showing up on mid-range laptops, we'll have a better go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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