Does the SP515-51N-500J has place for a second SSD?

edmax

Hello guys, I have a SP515-51N-500J, bought in Germany late 2019, and I find no info regarding the possibility to install a second SSD on it. Does anybody have any clue? Thx!

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/707255/does-the-sp515-51n-500j-has-place-for-a-second-ssd

This model has only one M.2 2280 slot for both Sata 3 and PCIe Nvme Gen3 SSD and a 2.5" Sata-3 bay for the HDD that you replace with a 2.5" Sata-3 SSD. Samsung 870 Evo V-NAND Sata-3 SSD up to 2TB is recommended. For the M.2 slot you can use the Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB or equivalent SSD.

billsey

Note that those size limits don't actually exist. You can install as large of a drive as your can afford. Currently the largest SSD you can put into the M.2 slot is an 8TB NVMe. The largest drive you can put into the 2.5"drive bay is either a 100TB HDD or a 16TB SSD, though for both of those I'd need to look at the detailed specs to make sure they are thin enough. IIRC you can fit a 7mm thick drive in, but thicker is likely to not fit.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/707255/does-the-sp515-51n-500j-has-place-for-a-second-ssd

This model has only one M.2 2280 slot for both Sata 3 and PCIe Nvme Gen3 SSD and a 2.5" Sata-3 bay for the HDD that you replace with a 2.5" Sata-3 SSD. Samsung 870 Evo V-NAND Sata-3 SSD up to 2TB is recommended. For the M.2 slot you can use the Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB or equivalent SSD.

billsey

Note that those size limits don't actually exist. You can install as large of a drive as your can afford. Currently the largest SSD you can put into the M.2 slot is an 8TB NVMe. The largest drive you can put into the 2.5"drive bay is either a 100TB HDD or a 16TB SSD, though for both of those I'd need to look at the detailed specs to make sure they are thin enough. IIRC you can fit a 7mm thick drive in, but thicker is likely to not fit.