The HD on Thinkpad T430 upgrade, how can I find a compatible drive? Looking for 1 TB 7200 RPM

Hi, I recently got a T430 renovated and well, I just love and want to invest in an upgrade to 1 TB hard drive 7200 RPM

I read the specs here but other than:

  • High, 320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA 3.0 GB/s 7mm
  • 500 GB, 7200 RPM, 7mm or 9.5 mm high SATA 3.0 GB/s
  • 1 TB, 5400 RPM, 9.5 mm high SATA 3.0 GB/s

It is really not a lot to spend when buying a new hard drive. (totall rookie at this, so please be nice)

Are all HDDs OTC market you today my machine? I have read discussions on the Bay in my entirely appropriate machine HDs 7 mm and 9.5 is a stretch and could adversely affect the connection to the motherboard. You can link me to a schematic page? I am looking for part numbers, which would help.

Here are some HDs I consider, how do I know if they will fit ok? Comments are appreciated. I can watch videos on gootube how swap, this part is easy.

Currently dual boot win 7 pro and ubuntu 14.04 and I've pretty much mukked to the top of the 320 hd with partitions before I knew any better. Nothing on the drive is special, I might as well do a clean install or restore backups. Which do you recommend?

I would replace the hd in 9.5 mm slot?

PS, none of the disks hybrid work in the T430?

Thank you!

Good day and welcome to the community.

For reference, take a look at the FRU T430 parts list: https://download.lenovo.com/parts/ThinkPad/t430_t430i_fru_bom_20140722.pdf

There is a section for each: 7 mm/2.5 "" SSD and 7 & 9.5mm/2.5 ' hard drives, which were offered with the machine. "

Hope this helps your search a little.

Kind regards.

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