Which M.2 SSD is best for A515-52K laptop?

tase

WD Blue™ SN570 NVMe™ 1TB SSD, Upto 3,500 MB/s Read, with Free 1 Month Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription, 5 Y Warranty

is this one a good choice?

brummyfan2

Hi,
Yes, it should be fine but the write speeds are not very good in this model.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-blue-sn570-review

StevenGen

tase said:

WD Blue™ SN570 NVMe™ 1TB SSD, Upto 3,500 MB/s Read, with Free 1 Month Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription, 5 Y Warranty

is this one a good choice?

Just as additional information for you, your AN515-52K has a PCIe interface of PCIe 3 x2 (and I would try to look if you can get a PCIe 3 x2 M.2 drive as they are the most suitable for your laptop and the cheapest) but and as these drives are not sold anymore your best option is to compromise with the WD or Samsung range of their PCIe 3 x4 range. IMO the WD NS 530 that comes OEM on the new AN515-56 like I've got is your best option (btw as my AN515-56 has PCIe 3 x4 that can utilise a faster speeds than the OEM NS530, I upgraded this M.2 drive to the WD NS750 that has given me better speeds) as you don't need and/or your laptop can't utilise these M.2 drives faster speeds like the WD NS550, NS570 or NS750 as the top WD M.2 the NS850 Black is a PCIe 4 that even in my AN515-56 would be a waste of money as my laptop will never ever utilise the PCIe 4 speeds.

IMO the best and cheapest option for you is to buy the WD NS530 (read 2400MB/s - write 950MB/s) that would be a much better M.2 drive for your AN515-52K as its read/write performance will be much more suitable for your laptops M.2 OEM PCIe 3 x2 max speed.

brummyfan2

Hi,
Yes, it should be fine but the write speeds are not very good in this model.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-blue-sn570-review

StevenGen

tase said:

WD Blue™ SN570 NVMe™ 1TB SSD, Upto 3,500 MB/s Read, with Free 1 Month Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription, 5 Y Warranty

is this one a good choice?

Just as additional information for you, your AN515-52K has a PCIe interface of PCIe 3 x2 (and I would try to look if you can get a PCIe 3 x2 M.2 drive as they are the most suitable for your laptop and the cheapest) but and as these drives are not sold anymore your best option is to compromise with the WD or Samsung range of their PCIe 3 x4 range. IMO the WD NS 530 that comes OEM on the new AN515-56 like I've got is your best option (btw as my AN515-56 has PCIe 3 x4 that can utilise a faster speeds than the OEM NS530, I upgraded this M.2 drive to the WD NS750 that has given me better speeds) as you don't need and/or your laptop can't utilise these M.2 drives faster speeds like the WD NS550, NS570 or NS750 as the top WD M.2 the NS850 Black is a PCIe 4 that even in my AN515-56 would be a waste of money as my laptop will never ever utilise the PCIe 4 speeds.

IMO the best and cheapest option for you is to buy the WD NS530 (read 2400MB/s - write 950MB/s) that would be a much better M.2 drive for your AN515-52K as its read/write performance will be much more suitable for your laptops M.2 OEM PCIe 3 x2 max speed.