Does the Acer Nitro AN515-42-R0WY support NVMe SSDs?

VDB07

I purchased my Nitro laptop a bit less than a month ago and have been greatly satisfied with the general performance, gaming, temperatures etc. Time has come for some upgrades. The model comes with a Toshiba HDD and while it is perfectly fine for most tasks, a boot SSD would come in handy. I have however seen a few threads with lively discussions as to whether it supports NVMe SSDs or otherwise just SATA in the m.2 slot. Is anyone able to reference service manuals for the specific model and answer my question? Thank you.

MaClane

Good Morning VDB07 !

This model supports SSD with M.2 slot M.2 2280 (PCIe / SATA Co-lay).



Some users have already reported that SSDs with NVMe technology are not recognized by the system.

Zemez

just make sure that the drive is not an NVME drive and you will be fine, I successfully installed a Samsung 860 Evo SATA M.2 SSD and it is working great, just make sure you download the Samsung Drive Magician software to unlock better performance multipliers within the drive.  

MaClane

Good Morning VDB07 !

This model supports SSD with M.2 slot M.2 2280 (PCIe / SATA Co-lay).



Some users have already reported that SSDs with NVMe technology are not recognized by the system.

VDB07

MaClane said:

Good Morning VDB07 !

This model supports SSD with M.2 slot M.2 2280 (PCIe / SATA Co-lay).



Some users have already reported that SSDs with NVMe technology are not recognized by the system.

Thanks mate, I've seen people have good results with 860 Evo's. I'll give it a shot.

Zemez

just make sure that the drive is not an NVME drive and you will be fine, I successfully installed a Samsung 860 Evo SATA M.2 SSD and it is working great, just make sure you download the Samsung Drive Magician software to unlock better performance multipliers within the drive.