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Question: I have a TOSHIBA MK2565GSX 2.5 drive in my laptop now. It is a sata drive. Can this sata lll drive be used in it's place??
Document: Now for the Samsung 830 drive. I connected the Samsung to the computer through a USB drive made for these smalled 2.5" drives. I ran Paragon drive copy and had no problems copying C: to it. I installed the Samsung in place of the old C: and it booted right up and fast. I would say the computer was usable in about 30 seconds. That's in comparison with the old 1 TB WD drive I replaced that booted in maybe 3 or 4 minutes.
This is my first Samsung SSD and I'm impressed. I previously ordered an OCZ Agility 4 and was also impressed. I really appreciate how fast and quick these drives are. I bought the Samsung because of their history of reliability. I use the Samsung in my Thinkpad DAW in my recording studio so I wanted a reliable drive.I installed the drive in place of the HDD that the laptop had. I used Windows 7 backup and system image to make a system backup on an external USB HDD.
The SSD so far is great, however I did expect to get the install kit with 2.5-3.5 adapter and sata and power cables. That is why I bought an 830 instead of an 840 series. That may be my fault but I would like the sellers to be clear.
Had I done this when I ordered the drive, I would have never even bothered with the clone in the first place! What I did was copy all my personal files to a 16GB card, yank the old drive, install the Samsung, and install Mint from a MD5-verified Live DVD (always verify, especially when downloading over WiFi).I have an older Acer i3 laptop with 8GB RAM and SATA 2 connections running Linux Mint 13 64bit.
Bought and installed in my 2009 MacBook 5,2 without a problem. Re-installed OS X on the new drive and it is so much faster than is used to be. Just remember to use TRIM Enabler on the drive.I am able to get about 150MB/s write and 180MB/s read. (SATA II)The drive is much lighter than my old HDD, not that noticeable in actual use though.
I also have the previous generation Samsung SSD (256 GB SATA II) drive installed in an older Dell Precision M4400 laptop, and it's run without error for 2+ years, 10+ hours per day, 5 days a week.
The drive is perfectly packaged to handle shipping.Cons:  The drive is not the same thickness as other 2.5 HHDs, so the drive will not fit perfectly in a laptop HHD drive slot without a kit (I do not know what the kit costs or if you can get one). Not the less, the drive will still fit in a computer.
The Samsung 830 was easy to install, migrating from a Western Digital 250gb 5400 rpm Scorpio Blue took less than 30 min. using Acronis for WD. The only downside to this drive is the Samsung Magician software because the TRIM tool is not very good. Also drive did not come with sata cable or 3.5" mounting bracket. I picked up this drive for $70, which makes this an awesome deal! It runs superfast and cool and definitely look high quality.
I put this drive into my iMac in place of the Superdrive. Loaded it up and has been working flawless for months. Highly recommend Samsung SSDs. I have one in 2 different machines.
These are what are needed:(1) a usb drive/dvd rw drive (for making a recovery DVD/usb from your x230);(2) a sata to usb cable to be connected temporarily with the ssd;(3) Philips screw driver (to take the harddrive out of the thinkpad)How I did it:(1) Connect the ssd to your x230 computer using the sata to usb cable. Go to Lenovo ThinkVantage and create a recovery disks/usb on DVD's or usb.
Answer: Yes, the Samsung SSD 830 will throttle down to Sata2 if your laptop chipset has Sata2 configuration. Otherwise, It'll run as Sata3 if your laptop has Sata3 chipset in it. Other words, Samsung SSD 830 is backward compatible with Sata2.