SSD for lenovo w520

Hello,
I have a 2 year old w520 running windows 7 64 bit.  I want to upgrade the HDD to an SSD but I remember there were some issues with certain SSD drives not working well with these machines.  Will any of the newer intel SSD drives work ok with my laptop?
Thanks.

I popped a newer Intel 520 in my 530, and the responsiveness is so much improved it is unbelievable.  I use my laptop for video editing, and moving large files into and out of the program is so much quicker now, pretty much instant responses.
The laptop was booting in under 30 seconds after the SSD, but now has gotten very slow, taking longer to boot than my HDD MacBook Pro.....very strange, but after it boots, it's a speed demon.  No issues, and the factory system restore disks worked to install to the SSD, unlike some system restore disks which have a heart attack if the disk size is smaller or different than the original spec HDD.......not too small, but simply smaller won't work on my HP disks.
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