What kind of m.2 do I need on my Acer E5-575G 52RJ

Chris_glz

the pictures are of my laptop and I'm not sure is it is for nvme or sata

JackE

The socket will accept both m.2 SATA3 and nvme cards. However, the nvme card may or may not operate at its full speed potential if the mainboard PCIe bus has only 1 lane or link width. Download and run hwinfo64 freeware. If one of the PCIe busses show v3 2x or 4x link widths then you may benefit from an nvme card. If only 1x, then you should use an m.2 SATA3 card which are usually less troublesome than nvme cards. Jack E/NJ

JackE

The socket will accept both m.2 SATA3 and nvme cards. However, the nvme card may or may not operate at its full speed potential if the mainboard PCIe bus has only 1 lane or link width. Download and run hwinfo64 freeware. If one of the PCIe busses show v3 2x or 4x link widths then you may benefit from an nvme card. If only 1x, then you should use an m.2 SATA3 card which are usually less troublesome than nvme cards. Jack E/NJ