Aspire TC-895-UA92 came with 512gb M.2 SSD. Does it have another open M.2 SSD slot?

CornChowder

Aspire TC-895-UA92 came with 512gb M.2 SSD. 

Does it have another open M.2 SSD slot?   (so I can add another M.2 SSD?)

Or is my only option to add another 2.5-inch SATA SSS via SATA cables?

Thanks for your help!

kqian111

Only 1 NVMe slot. You can either swap out the old one or add an SATA SSD.

ttttt

@CornChowder
I believe the M.2 NVMe SSD came with TC-895-UA92 is a PCIe 3.0 x2 drive, you can still double the performance with a x4 one.
If you have an empty PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (without a dedicated graphics card) you can put a x4 M.2 NVMe SSD adapter(caddy) there for additional M.2 SSD. I did that and the new M.2 NVMe SSD is bootable from this x16 slot. If you use graphics card, you still can add 2.5" SATA SSD(s).

JDP_8084

ttttt said:

@CornChowder
I believe the M.2 NVMe SSD came with TC-895-UA92 is a PCIe 3.0 x2 drive, you can still double the performance with a x4 one.
If you have an empty PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (without a dedicated graphics card) you can put a x4 M.2 NVMe SSD adapter(caddy) there for additional M.2 SSD. I did that and the new M.2 NVMe SSD is bootable from this x16 slot. If you use graphics card, you still can add 2.5" SATA SSD(s).

Just to confirm.  I just purchased the TC-895-UA92 (haven't received it yet).  I want to add an additional M.2 1 TB SSD for additional storage.  This shouldn't be a problem using a SSD adapter off the vacant PCIx16 slot?  

If I wanted to go with a 2.5 SATA SSD install, is there a spare drive bay for the SSD, spare SATA connection on the MB and an extra power connection?

ttttt

@JDP_8084
As long as the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot is still vacant, should not be a problem adding a M.2 NVMe SSD with adapter.
Once you receive your PC and open it up, the first thing you see should be the HDD tray ( the big piece, silver color metal plate).  Unmount it and you should see HDD1 and HDD2 imprints at the back side, that's where you can mount 2.5" SATA HDD(s).