Compatible SSD with Acer Aspire E 15 E5-576G-50GL

Hello all, i want to upgrade my laptop with an SSD. I contacted with tech. support and after examination they have informed me that i need to get a M.2 2280 SATA SSD, and that i could not install a NVMe SSD. On the other hand, i have read someone's topic on a forum which stated that technical support has informed him that the exact model supports NVMe SSD's. Also, the tech guys who informed me also told that i have to buy 2 notched SSD(which turns out that 2-notches mean the SSD is SATA, according to https://www.atpinc.com/blog/what-is-m.2-M-B-BM-key-socket-3). I will provide the pictures of my SSD slot(i hope it is really the SSD slot).

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Thanks in advance helping me out of this situation before Black Friday ends lol

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Tom2019

@UgurEmanetoglu
Hi,
Yes, you can install a M.2 SSD and transfer the contents of HDD, boot with the M.2 SSD, you can check whether you are able to install a M.2 NVMe SSD by installing HWiNFO 64 free program, run it, expand Bus, expand PCI Express Root ports and check their Maximum link width value if you find 2x for any port, then you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD, for more information read this thread:https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/497241/acer-aspire-e5-575-52jf-m-2-nvme-support/p1

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MartinJohn00001

UgurEmanetoglu said:

Hello all, i want to upgrade my laptop with an SSD. I contacted with tech. support and after examination they have informed me that i need to get a M.2 2280 SATA SSD, and that i could not install a NVMe SSD. On the other hand, i have read someone's topic on a forum which stated that technical support has informed him that the exact model supports NVMe SSD's. Also, the tech guys who informed me also told that i have to buy 2 notched SSD(which turns out that 2-notches mean the SSD is SATA, according to https://www.atpinc.com/blog/what-is-m.2-M-B-BM-key-socket-3). I will provide the pictures of my SSD slot(i hope it is really the SSD slot).

open

open

Thanks in advance helping me out of this situation before Black Friday ends lol

Hi, Good Morning! find the storage information of your unit below.

Storage
Card Reader:
Supports Secure Digital™ (SD) Card v1.0 / v1.1 / v2.0 / v3.0 UHS-I
Supports SDHC / SDXC /MSXC
32GB maximum capacity (for SDHC only) / 2TB maximum capacity (for SDXC & MSXC only)
Hard Disk Drive:
500 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM
Solid State Drive:
128 GB / 256 GB
512 GB, SATA 6Gb/s (Aspire E5-576, E5-576G, E5-576T only)

As per as the above specs, this unit is compatible for M.2 SSD. As for NVMe compatibility, check the information below.

Most older mainstream BIOSes do not support booting from NVMe and most likely, never will. ... But simply having an M.2 slot doesn't guarantee NVMe compatibility. M.2 was designed to support USB 3.0, SATA, and PCIe, and most early M.2 slots supported only SATA.

I hope that this is helpful to you! If I have answered your question kindly click YES, thank you

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Tom2019

@UgurEmanetoglu
Hi,
Yes, you can install a M.2 SSD and transfer the contents of HDD, boot with the M.2 SSD, you can check whether you are able to install a M.2 NVMe SSD by installing HWiNFO 64 free program, run it, expand Bus, expand PCI Express Root ports and check their Maximum link width value if you find 2x for any port, then you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD, for more information read this thread:https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/497241/acer-aspire-e5-575-52jf-m-2-nvme-support/p1

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UgurEmanetoglu

Thank you for information. brummyfan2 states "Sorry, your CPU will not support a NVMe SSD, NVMe SSD uses PCIe 3.0x4 you have version 2.0" on the page you have directed. I have a PCI Ecpress Root Port which has Version 3.0 and Max Link Width 4x. However, i'm not sure if the same PCI Express Port could be used by both graphic card and SSD. On the second port i have 2x and 3.0 but his comment made me hesitant to buy it.

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MartinJohn00001

UgurEmanetoglu said:

Hello all, i want to upgrade my laptop with an SSD. I contacted with tech. support and after examination they have informed me that i need to get a M.2 2280 SATA SSD, and that i could not install a NVMe SSD. On the other hand, i have read someone's topic on a forum which stated that technical support has informed him that the exact model supports NVMe SSD's. Also, the tech guys who informed me also told that i have to buy 2 notched SSD(which turns out that 2-notches mean the SSD is SATA, according to https://www.atpinc.com/blog/what-is-m.2-M-B-BM-key-socket-3). I will provide the pictures of my SSD slot(i hope it is really the SSD slot).

open

open

Thanks in advance helping me out of this situation before Black Friday ends lol

Hi, Good Morning! find the storage information of your unit below.

Storage
Card Reader:
Supports Secure Digital™ (SD) Card v1.0 / v1.1 / v2.0 / v3.0 UHS-I
Supports SDHC / SDXC /MSXC
32GB maximum capacity (for SDHC only) / 2TB maximum capacity (for SDXC & MSXC only)
Hard Disk Drive:
500 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM
Solid State Drive:
128 GB / 256 GB
512 GB, SATA 6Gb/s (Aspire E5-576, E5-576G, E5-576T only)

As per as the above specs, this unit is compatible for M.2 SSD. As for NVMe compatibility, check the information below.

Most older mainstream BIOSes do not support booting from NVMe and most likely, never will. ... But simply having an M.2 slot doesn't guarantee NVMe compatibility. M.2 was designed to support USB 3.0, SATA, and PCIe, and most early M.2 slots supported only SATA.

I hope that this is helpful to you! If I have answered your question kindly click YES, thank you

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