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ThinkPad T431s + 840 Pro 256GB SSD - any reason I shouldn't get this?

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Maverick2002

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Any reason I shouldn't get this combo? It has what I need and I have several years experience with Lenovo laptops, and recently the Samsung Pro SSD line. Just want to get any final opinions before I pull the trigger.

$880 for the laptop, $220 for SSD...
 
I have the T430 with a Samsung 830 and it is a great combo.
However, Lenovo Laptops are Plague with fan that sound like an jet taking off. If you have to get a Thinkpad I would suggest that you not get the SSD at the same time. Try it out and if the Fan bugs the hell out of you, return it!
 
I have the T510 with Samsung 830 256. Fan? I have had the T510 for two years with several HDDs and now the SSD. Have never heard the fan go on at all. Ambient room temp is 80 F. I do keep the airways clean.
 
I'm not sure about your storage needs, but if the T43x series is like the T420 series, you can use an mSATA drive for your SSD needs and keep the traditional drive in place for your data.
 
It uses an NGFF SSD ... any recommendations on a good model? I think somewhere around 60-80GB should be enough for applications.
 
I'd personally wait for Haswell. It's close to release and will come with better power management and a noticeable bump in integrated GPU performance. I've also read it comes with better LCD choices but I've seen nothing official on that.
 
Update:

So the 24gb built in SSD is worthless for OS.

I didn't recall Windows 7 taking up as much space as it does, but with Windows 7 Ultimate fully updated and drivers installed, it takes up the entire drive, not leaving any space for additional local files (for example even if you install Office on a different drive, it still puts a ton of files on the Windows drive). So it looks like I'm getting an SSD after all, cause that 24gb drive is pointless for anything other than some file storage.
 
Maverick2002 said:
Update:

So the 24gb built in SSD is worthless for OS.

I didn't recall Windows 7 taking up as much space as it does, but with Windows 7 Ultimate fully updated and drivers installed, it takes up the entire drive, not leaving any space for additional local files (for example even if you install Office on a different drive, it still puts a ton of files on the Windows drive). So it looks like I'm getting an SSD after all, cause that 24gb drive is pointless for anything other than some file storage.
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that size ssd is only good for caching.

And Windows XP.
 
^I'd expect it to be superfluous, and might even complicate the setup and running of the machine. All the standard configs with SSD seem to leave this slot empty, or use it for WWAN. There are no 'dual SSD' configs sold AFAICT.

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