Reddit reviews ZTC 512GB Armor 42mm M.2 NGFF 6G SSD Solid State Drive. Model ZTC-SM201-512G
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512GB ZTC Armor Solid State Disk SATA 6GbpsM.2 NGFF 42mm form factorUltra-compact SSD, currently the smallest in the marketRead speed up to 550MB/sec - write speed up to 490MB/secBased on Toggle 2.0 MLC NAND Flash
512gb m.2 2242 SSDs exist; I have one running on my W550s now.
https://www.amazon.com/ZTC-512GB-Armor-Drive-ZTC-SM201-512G/dp/B00Z8BYOWG
> 512GB models have been announced and should be appearing soon
Not quite true, 512GB models are already available:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Z8BYOWG
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Information-512GB-MTS400-TS512GMTS400/dp/B016W1PP5K
Yeah. That sounds like Falco.
It's supported, and that SSD should work, though I only have experience with MyDigitalSSD and ZTC.
I've heard of some issues with Transcend with ChromeOS/Linux, and I'm not sure they've been fixed . . .
Drives I've used and can recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NY4VIPA/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EZ2E8NO/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Z8BYOWG/
I have a y410p (basically a 14" y510p) so I can help you out. Just like my laptop, yours can support a minimum of 3 main storage devices; a single 42mm M.2 SSD and 2x 2.5" HDD/SSD drives.
Again don't bother with the ultrabay graphics card. Today even 755m SLI overclocked is a joke in terms of performance. At best you'll just beat out a MX150 (basically a GT 1030), but you won't touch a GTX 1050. Take it from someone who had the best scoring 755m SLI setup until a couple of months ago. Your ultrabay is much better used on a second SSD caddy.
If you have any more questions be sure to post them.
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I just ordered this ZTC Armor 44mm from Amazon because another user said that it worked on a Broadwell series Thinkpad. Its difficult (impossible) to find a review but the specs look decent and its a good price. I was confused that 42mm is [not] the same as 2242 and that limited my options.
Here is the 500-ish GB SSDs I found so far:
| Item | \$ | Keying | Interface | Command | Compat? | 4K R/W | What's tested | Notes |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------:|--------|-----------------|----------|---------|---------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Transcend 512GB SATA III 6GB/S MTS430S 42 mm M.2 SSD 430S Solid State Drive TS512GMTS430S | 80.99 | B+M | | SATA III | No | "80,000 IOPS" | (product page) | |
| Transcend 512GB SATA III 6GB/S MTS400S 42 mm M.2 SSD 400S Solid State Drive TS512GMTS400S | 234.99 | B+M | | SATA III | No | | | |
| Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2242 DRAM-Less Low Power Internal High Performance SSD (SB-1342-512) | 69.99 | M | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | NVMe | No | 42 | RND4K Q1T1 | On sale |
| Lexar NM520 M.2 2242 512GB NVMe Solid-State Drive (LNM520-512RBNA) | 143.10 | B+M | PCIe Gen3 x 2 | NVMe | Yes | 39.39 | 4KiB Q1T1 | Weird reviews |
| MyDigitalSSD Super Boot 2 (SB2) 42mm (2242) SATA III (6G) M.2 NGFF SSD Solid State Drive (512GB (480GB)) | 89.99 | B+M | | SATA III | No | 30.64 | 4K | |
| Docooler Solid State Drive M.2 2242 Gen32 PCIe NAND Flash 128GB/256GB/512GB SSD NVMe PCIe Flash Netac | 125.99 | B+M | PCIe Gen3 x 4?? | NVMe | Yes | | | no reviews; 2 weeks ship time? |
| KingSpec 2242 NGFF 512GB M.2 SSD SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive for Ultrabook (512GB) | 69.99 | B+M | | SATA III | No | 20.74 | 4KiB Q1T1 | "very low random 4k read/write speeds"; hot? |
| KingSpec 512GB SSD 2242 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3x2 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive for Thinkpad T580 T570 T480S L570 L480,Dell E7450 | 126.98 | B+M | PCIe Gen3 x 2 | NVMe 1.3 | Yes | | | |
| SSD SATA M.2 2242 500GB Dogfish Ngff Internal Solid State Drive High Performance Hard Drive for Desktop Laptop SATA III 6Gb/s … (500GB, M.2-2242) | 71.00 | B+M | | SATA III | No | | | |
| ZTC 512GB Armor 42mm M.2 NGFF 6G SSD Solid State Drive. Model ZTC-SM201-512G | 58.99 | B+M | | SATA III | No | | | |
| Dogfish SSD M.2 2242 500GB Internal Solid State Drive Laptop Hard Drive M2 SSD (500GB) | 75.00 | B+M | | SATA | | | | |
| Dogfish M.2 2242 500GB Internal Solid State Drive Laptop Hard Drive M2 500g (500GB) | 99.00 | B+M | | SATA III | No | | | |
Probably I will try the KingSpec one...
Ok, so i've been doing some digging around,
Based on these pictures: http://thehikaku.net/pc/lenovo/16ThinkPad-X260-2.html
The X260 has the same M.2 slot as the X250.
This guy put an M.2 ssd on the X250 as a bootable drive with no problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AuJJyyDJo0
This is the Biggest M.2 SSD i have been able to find: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Z8BYOWG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2U7R8LL42Q26Q&coliid=I3FG3LKEZW6ISV&psc=1
and lastly, the different types of M.2 slots: https://www.ramcity.com.au/blog/m.2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list/189