- Virtual CIO
AI Readiness Assessment for UK SMEs
18 Mar, 2026

£780.64 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
At **£650.53 ex-VAT** for a **240GB 2.5" SATA SSD**, this Lenovo doesn’t make sense on value. In most UK business builds, that money should get you a much higher capacity, and often on a faster interface too—so you’ll either end up with a cramped storage footprint or you’ll feel the cost every time you’re provisioning new machines. Also, a **SATA 2.5"** drive is perfectly fine for reliability, but it’s not where you want to spend premium pricing if the goal is “modern, snappy storage” across a fleet.
Who *might* buy it: if you’ve got a strict inventory/compatibility requirement (older servers/laptops that only take **2.5" SATA** and the OEM part number is mandated), and you need a drop-in replacement rather than a refresh. Even then, I’d only green-light it if you’ve compared it against other reputable SATA SSDs in the same capacity tier and found this is genuinely competitive after discounts/support costs. For most other buyers, I’d **avoid** this—either for better capacity at similar spend, or for faster SSD options if the platforms support them.

Dell
Dell - Customer Kit - SSD - Read Intensive - 1.92 TB - 2.5" (in 3.5" carrier) - SAS 24Gb/s - for PowerEdge R640, R650, R6525, R660, R6625, R740, R750, R7515, R7525, R760, R840, T550

Lenovo
Lenovo - Interface adapter - M.2 - M.2 Card - PCIe 5.0 x16 - for ThinkStation P8 30HF, 30HH, 30HJ

Lenovo
Solid state drive - 240 GB - hot-swap - 2.5" - SATA 6Gb/s - for ThinkSystem SD530, SN850, SR530, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR650, SR850, SR860, SR950, ST550

Lenovo
1.92 TB - Solid state drive - encrypted - hot-swap - 2.5" - SATA 6Gb/s - 256-bit AES - for ThinkAgile VX 2U Certified Node, ThinkSystem SR530, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR860, SR950