Great, thanks. I had searched the forum and had some positive hits on folks using 16gb of RAM in their T420's and T420s, but better safe than sorry... Glad to hear the Corsair works specifically as that is the set with the most reviews and feedback currently at Newegg. Was also considering the G.Skill set or if I was just going to be cautious about it and get the Crucial set. 
The SSD + ultrabay adapter is an option for me as that is the way I'm currently set up in my T410 (Intel X25-M g2 + 750gb 7200 RPM in the ultrabay) and I believe the T410 ultrabay adapter is compatible with the T420, so no new adapter hardware to buy.
I thought I just saw as well that the Crucual M4 was on sale for $296 for the 256gb from Newegg. So have to reconsider the mSATA route potentially... Having 3 internal drives would be nice though... Big cost difference however...
How do you like the Samsung? Looks like a real nice piece of kit and at 7mm gives flexibility to use in an X Series if needed. Any thoughts vs. the Crucial M4? Along with Intel they seem to be the 3 brands most often discussed as being reliable. Thanks.
prgsdw wrote:Great, thanks. I had searched the forum and had some positive hits on folks using 16gb of RAM in their T420's and T420s, but better safe than sorry... Glad to hear the Corsair works specifically as that is the set with the most reviews and feedback currently at Newegg. Was also considering the G.Skill set or if I was just going to be cautious about it and get the Crucial set.
The SSD + ultrabay adapter is an option for me as that is the way I'm currently set up in my T410 (Intel X25-M g2 + 750gb 7200 RPM in the ultrabay) and I believe the T410 ultrabay adapter is compatible with the T420, so no new adapter hardware to buy.
I thought I just saw as well that the Crucual M4 was on sale for $296 for the 256gb from Newegg. So have to reconsider the mSATA route potentially... Having 3 internal drives would be nice though... Big cost difference however...
How do you like the Samsung? Looks like a real nice piece of kit and at 7mm gives flexibility to use in an X Series if needed. Any thoughts vs. the Crucial M4? Along with Intel they seem to be the 3 brands most often discussed as being reliable. Thanks.
The two Corsair 2x8GB sticks cost me $109 at Fry's. They are back up at full price but they seem to drop every other week. See http://www.frys.com/product/6932057
The ultrabay HDD adaptor for the T410 works in the T420 at SATA III speeds.
The Samsung drive rocks. Yes, love the 7mm form factor in case I need it for a ThinkPad X2 or something down the road. It screws into the typical Lenovo hard drive caddy/bracket without issue. Once in the regular bracket, you can use the full size 9.5mm rubber rails.
ThorsHammer wrote:
prgsdw wrote:Great, thanks. I had searched the forum and had some positive hits on folks using 16gb of RAM in their T420's and T420s, but better safe than sorry... Glad to hear the Corsair works specifically as that is the set with the most reviews and feedback currently at Newegg. Was also considering the G.Skill set or if I was just going to be cautious about it and get the Crucial set.
The SSD + ultrabay adapter is an option for me as that is the way I'm currently set up in my T410 (Intel X25-M g2 + 750gb 7200 RPM in the ultrabay) and I believe the T410 ultrabay adapter is compatible with the T420, so no new adapter hardware to buy.
I thought I just saw as well that the Crucual M4 was on sale for $296 for the 256gb from Newegg. So have to reconsider the mSATA route potentially... Having 3 internal drives would be nice though... Big cost difference however...
How do you like the Samsung? Looks like a real nice piece of kit and at 7mm gives flexibility to use in an X Series if needed. Any thoughts vs. the Crucial M4? Along with Intel they seem to be the 3 brands most often discussed as being reliable. Thanks.
The Samsung drive rocks. Yes, love the 7mm form factor in case I need it for a ThinkPad X2 or something down the road. It screws into the typical Lenovo hard drive caddy/bracket without issue. Once in the regular bracket, you can use the full size 9.5mm rubber rails.
You must have bought the desktop version of that drive, the laptop version comes with an adaptor that makes it fit into a 9.5mm bay. Just put the 7mm -> 9.5mm adaptor on and put the rubber bumpers on it. You want to leave the stock HDD in the metal cage since that is what locks it into the ultrabay caddy.
