Nitro 5 AN515-55-53E5 What are the max size for each slot on this board.

Thank you guys in advance. 20 years ago I could of handled upgrading a desktop PC but my sons laptop has me questioning myself.

He has a Nitro 5 AN515-55-53E5, with 256gb and 8gb of RAM.

He is wanting to upgrade it, and I thought about putting an extra hard drive in the bay available. But does this board have ability to have 2 M.2 NVMe SSD?

What are the max size for each slot on this board.

Thanks in advance, maybe 20 years ago i could have known where to look. But I have never worked on laptops before.

I found this on a post "The Nitro 5 - AN515-55 supports and has provisions for 1x 2.5" SDD at interface SATA-3 6GB/sec and 2x 2280mm type M.2 interface PCIe Gen.3x4 which includes the NVMe type drives that are all 22 mm wide and 80 mm long. And yes the Samsung NVMe 980 and 980 Pro will fit and work 100% in the AN515-55."

But I'm wondering if there is a max size for this board? So if it already has 256gb what can i put in the second slot?

[Edited the thread to add issue detail]

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StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/676721/nitro-5-an515-55-53e5

The Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55 has provisions for 2x PCIe 3 x4 M.2 SSDs and 1x 2.5" SATA 3 6GB/s type drive, also I would suggest that you upgrade the ram to 2x 8GB DDR4-3200 and match the oem 8GB that you have, as that will make this laptop work in dual channel memory which is allot better than single channel and 16GB is a perfect capacity for the latest Win-11 version 22H2 OS build 22621.963 which you should be running this laptop on.

This is where the 2x M.2 SSDs are and the types of drives compatible with the AN515-55:

M.2 SSD1

M.2 SSD2

M.2 SSD types

William_mk2

@Jake304

I would like to provide some additional info which will really help you.

Kindly go through the details given below. The info provided below will be very helpful to get the current memory and ssd details of your computer and the options to upgrade it.

Please visit the website given below. There is an option to "start your scan " and " select your computer " . Please chose the options and try it. It will show you the memory and SSD’s details and the best upgrade options for you..

https://www.crucial.com/

It will tell you what you currently have and what you can add for memory and SSD's.

Note: If you decide to buy you can always compare the prices by visiting other websites or stores and then you can decide. We are providing the info of scan app just to show you the upgrade options. You can even download similar scan apps from other memory upgrade websites too.

To check the compatibility of ram which you can use on your computer.. Get CPUz and check it with that in SPD section of all the RAM and specs that you have, its a quick and simple way to check all OEM specs and what you have in your system.

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StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/676721/nitro-5-an515-55-53e5

The Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55 has provisions for 2x PCIe 3 x4 M.2 SSDs and 1x 2.5" SATA 3 6GB/s type drive, also I would suggest that you upgrade the ram to 2x 8GB DDR4-3200 and match the oem 8GB that you have, as that will make this laptop work in dual channel memory which is allot better than single channel and 16GB is a perfect capacity for the latest Win-11 version 22H2 OS build 22621.963 which you should be running this laptop on.

This is where the 2x M.2 SSDs are and the types of drives compatible with the AN515-55:

M.2 SSD1

M.2 SSD2

M.2 SSD types

William_mk2

@Jake304

I would like to provide some additional info which will really help you.

Kindly go through the details given below. The info provided below will be very helpful to get the current memory and ssd details of your computer and the options to upgrade it.

Please visit the website given below. There is an option to "start your scan " and " select your computer " . Please chose the options and try it. It will show you the memory and SSD’s details and the best upgrade options for you..

https://www.crucial.com/

It will tell you what you currently have and what you can add for memory and SSD's.

Note: If you decide to buy you can always compare the prices by visiting other websites or stores and then you can decide. We are providing the info of scan app just to show you the upgrade options. You can even download similar scan apps from other memory upgrade websites too.

To check the compatibility of ram which you can use on your computer.. Get CPUz and check it with that in SPD section of all the RAM and specs that you have, its a quick and simple way to check all OEM specs and what you have in your system.

William_mk2

@Jake304

Kindly go through the details from the links given below to find the right specificaitons

https://www.memorystock.com/memory/AcerNitro5AN5155553E5.html

https://www.9to5gadgets.com/2021/10/acer-nitro-5-an515-55-53e5-ram-upgrade.html

Jake304

@William_mk2 is there a size limit on this board for a second M.2?

Can it handle a 2tb + a 256gb?

Like this one?

https://www.amazon.com/WD-BLACK-250GB-SN770-Internal-Gaming-dp-B09QVP977F/dp/B09QVP977F/ref=dp_ob_title_ce?th=1

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1169702#Comment_1169702

Yes it can, the SN770 is a PCIe 3 x4 and its perfect and the max M.2 that you can upgrade to.

Baldyfella

Hi, I know this is an old post.

I have this which I believe is the same. If I go on to crucial and put in Acer AN515-55 it says the maximum is 64gb, so 32gb per bank. Can someone confirm this. I don't want to blow the board. I use I mainly for photo editing and when I only paid £199 brand new it's worth upgrading.

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