[SOLVED] Is there a spot for a SSD for my W530?

[xra7en]

Rig:
Thinkpad W530, 16GB
Storage: 1tb Main, 1tb Secondary (DVD replaced with a hdd caddy)

I want to make these two drives secondary, and have a SSD OS/boot.
I heard there was a way by substituting the NIC card for the SSD but cannot find how to do that

1. What would be the best SSD for this setup? Link?
2. Instructions for Video that show this. As long as wi-fii works, the NIC I do not use

thanks

 

[delaro]

Well, there are actually two ways to add more SSD's.

1. M.2 to SATA Adapter - Dual Slot - for 2.5in Drive Bay
It replaces the single hard drive with 2X M.2's in RAID
2. Slim ODD Caddy for mSATA & M.2 SSD
It replaces the DVS drive for a m.2 but you will need to find the right one that will fit your laptop.

Replacing the NIC card with an SSD won't work, it wasn't designed for that use.

 

[xra7en]

nice.
couple things I want to keep the 2 x 1TB drives - one in the main, and one in the caddy(originally the DVD drive bay). I want to put a SSD in somewhere - so will have 3 drives. Optoin #1 looks interesting, if I read it correctly it will allow for 2 drives? I understand (sorta) what RAID is, but never really got into it.

EDIT:
Took a closer look at option #1, that might be what I am looking for. But it would seem I would loose the 1TB drive. Is that correct? Or buy a 1TB SSD

 

[delaro]

nice.
couple things I want to keep the 2 x 1TB drives - one in the main, and one in the caddy(originally the DVD drive bay). I want to put a SSD in somewhere - so will have 3 drives. Optoin #1 looks interesting, if I read it correctly it will allow for 2 drives? I understand (sorta) what RAID is, but never really got into it.

EDIT:
Took a closer look at option #1, that might be what I am looking for. But it would seem I would loose the 1TB drive. Is that correct? Or buy a 1TB SSD

Yes, you have to replace something to make space for the M.2 adapter.

 

[xra7en]

OK thanks
I'll experiment with it, the 1TB ssd are a smidge high LOL.
thank you for the info and links!!

 

[mchldpy]

Were you looking at the 2.5" SSDs like the 2.5" HDDs like you already have or just the M.2/NVME SSD style? The 2.5" SSDs are pretty cheap till Monday. You could put the 2.5" HDD that's in the DVD slot in an external case and run it in a USB 3.0 motherboard slot.

michael

 

[captaincharisma]

laptops would only have up to 2 ports for storage devices like HDD's. your only options would be to replace one of your HDD's with an SSD

as was stated already there are a lot of sales on sata 2.5" SSD drives right now so you should be able to find one with 1TB of storage for a good price

if you don't want to lose one of your 2 existing drives then your only option is an external one

 

[xra7en]

HI thanks for all the great suggestions!!
So got all my "toys" and here is what I finally went with:

SSD SAMSUNG 860 QVO (sata 6gb/s)

32GB RAM (some offname brand)

The 1TB I kept in the dvd caddy. and the 1TB SSD was used to replace the HDD 1TB. Only thing missing, is to replace the MOBO with a K2000M (I have the K1000M, still does great, but while I am upgrading.. )

So now I have an extra 1TB HDD, and 16GB ram LOL
(prob shove it in another laptop or sell it)

What do you guys think? Any recommendations on the K2000M or is that the best I can do for this model?