Please recommended best SSD for T410s

I just bought a lightly used T410s with an HDD and the disk is really slow. It measures much slower than the than 2.5" 5400 RPM disk in my T61. The general performance impression of this T410s is a step backwards from my older Thinkpads because of the slow load-times for all applications.
So what is the best SSD to install in a T410s. I looks like the 1.8" market is limited compared to 2.5".
(I recently installed a OCZ Agiity-3 240Gb (2.5" SSD) in a T500 that it is much faster than the Intel SSD that came factory installed in a friends T410s) Does this mean that the best 1.8" drives are not equal to a SATA3 2.5" drive?
OCZ and Kingston have 1.8" 128Gb SATA2 models that are similar in specs, and the Kingston is about half the price ?
Any recommendations ?

I'm not up to speed, but if you find an older Intel X-18m, it will work. While not as fast at the latest drives, it is MUCH faster than that hard drive.Your other choice is placcing a drive in the DVD bay. I have 2 drives (1 hard drive and 1 SSD) in my T400. I use an external blu-ray drive when I need an optical drive.
T61p, T400
formerly x23, x40

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Hi,
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What is the best/fastest SSD for a T410 at the moment that i can order from Lenovo?
And if i dont order the ssd from lenovo but buy one from market what is the best that fits in the 410?
T410 only supports 1,8" right? Are there any problems expected with a not lenovo certified ssd?
And is there a list of the original manufacturer of the Lenovo SSD's so i can look for Tests?
Thank you for your help!

The T series will have SATA 3 controllers (420, 420s, and 520).
Physical size doesn't matter for speed.
1.8" should be every bit as fast as 2.5".
The 3 things that modify speed are:
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I don't think that Intel will release 510's in 1.8", though that might change in time.
Also, in terms of the T410s, the only thing you have to worry about is battery life. You can't have a 9-cell battery in the T410s but you can in the standard T410.
You also need a 1.8" drive for the T410s IIRC whereas the T410 can take any 9.5 mm x 2.5" SSD you can throw at it (also, the T420s has will have a similar problem when it comes out since it's got a not-that-common 7mm bay but the T420 can take 9.5mm drives as normal.)

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Any other brand than Crucial? I am more interested in the Intel series. Which Intel series should I be looking at? Like I said, I don't need mammoth sizes. Good speed is a +.
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Best SSD For t400

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We have been starting to replace alot of the old hdd with sdd for our thinkpads and have ran into alittle trouble with some of the ocz agility 2 and the ocz vertex 2 ssd drives being bad, My question is what SSD drive is most compatible with the t400, t420s and the x100e laptops. we are looking for hi iops. Any Suggestions would be wonderful.
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I currently purchased a Mid-2012 Macbook Pro Non Retina. Model ID: MacBookPro9,2.(i7, 2.9 GHz)
My question is: as of today (April 2015) what is the best SSD available (around 500GB in size) for my specific laptop? I've searched quite a few communities and just around Google and have found numerous options that people swear by and the same options that people swear against. What's been difficult is a lot of the posts were created much earlier on (which is expected for a MBP from 2012). I have read good (and bad) things about Samsung 840, 850 pro, 850 evo; as well as hearing good things about Crucial's M4, Mx100, Mx200. My preference is to spend approximately $200 for a 500GB unless there is clear evidence that I need to splurge on an OWC Mercury Extreme Pro because the Samsung/Crucial drives will just cause me trouble.
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That is correct and that is why I was recommending that people buy that 2012 MBP non Retina that Apple was selling until just recently. Having the SATA connection while slower than PCIe allowed you more flexibility in purchasing upgraded drives.
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So you bought one of these? Be aware that if you modify the laptop in any way your warranty will be void unless the work is done by an Apple approved tech if Apple becomes aware of it.
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