What is the Maximum SSD capacity for the M.2 slots in Predator 5000 PO5-655?

Rasouthe

Hello. I recently purchased a Predator 5000 PO5-655. Is there a maximum SSD capacity the internal M.2 slots can handle? Theoretically, could I add two 4TB or two 8TB NVMe M.2 SSDs to the motherboard and have 8 or 16TB internal? I read some things online saying 2TB each max, but I can't tell whether that's a recommendation or a hard limit. Thanks!

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/722843/max-m-2-ssd-size-predator-5000-po5-655

There is no M.2 or SATA III 3.5" mechanical or 2.5" SSD drive capacity limits withing a windows OS system, as the format is what limits the capacity. Your PO5-655 model works with the GUID (GPT) format that has a max capacity limit of 8 petabytes (1 petabyte = 1000TB) so you will never ever exceed that limit.

• Btw, MBR/Legacy format has a limit of 2.2TB in a windows OS

In your new PO5-655 there are 2x M.2 PCIe 4 x4 lane type slots and 2x SATA III 6Gb/s connectors that can have a capacity of up to whatever the largest M.2 or 2.5" or 3.5" mechanical or SSD drives you can afford, as the 8TB and above drives are pretty pricy.

M,2 SSD slots

SATA III 6Gb/s plugs

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Jack22

@Rasouthe

Below is the max you can upgrade:

You can add HDD upto 3TB and SSD upto 2 TB

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/722843/max-m-2-ssd-size-predator-5000-po5-655

Hi, the Acer Predator Orion 5000 PO5-655 supports up to 2TB NVMe SSDs per M.2 slot, allowing for a total of 4TB across its two PCie slots, the second slot is 3 x4 for Gen3 SSDs.

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/722843/max-m-2-ssd-size-predator-5000-po5-655

There is no M.2 or SATA III 3.5" mechanical or 2.5" SSD drive capacity limits withing a windows OS system, as the format is what limits the capacity. Your PO5-655 model works with the GUID (GPT) format that has a max capacity limit of 8 petabytes (1 petabyte = 1000TB) so you will never ever exceed that limit.

• Btw, MBR/Legacy format has a limit of 2.2TB in a windows OS

In your new PO5-655 there are 2x M.2 PCIe 4 x4 lane type slots and 2x SATA III 6Gb/s connectors that can have a capacity of up to whatever the largest M.2 or 2.5" or 3.5" mechanical or SSD drives you can afford, as the 8TB and above drives are pretty pricy.

M,2 SSD slots

SATA III 6Gb/s plugs

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Rasouthe

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1332995#Comment_1332995

ANSWER: I'm quoting this one in response as the SSD that came with the machine (Kingston) isn't on the list for ACER approved. That said, I added a 4TB WD Balck SN850X last night and it works fine. Sounds like Acer would rather you upgrade machines than just upgrade the SSD past its "limits".

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1333285#Comment_1333285

Yes, Acer tries to save money on allot of their PC model range to be competitive, its only good business to do this. Allot of their Aspire and Swift range of laptops (that I have experience with and which I own) have their SSD1 boot M.2 slot that is a Gen 4 x4 lane slot, are fitted with the cheapest SK Hynix 512GB Gen 3 x4 lane M.2 SSD drive to save on costs.

This was the case in my Aspire A515-57 laptop and my Swift SFX14-51G laptops, that both had a SK Hynix 512GB Gen 3 x4 M.2 SSD drives (Acer must have had a surplus of these😁) and both laptops had these M.2 Gen 3 drives fitted to their SSD1 Gen 4 x4 16 Gb/s, NVMe lane boot slots and I had to upgrade them to a reasonably priced WD 2TB SN770 Black which is a mid range Gen 4 x4 SSD that suits these laptop, and btw, these laptops SSD2 slot are both a Gen 3 x4 8 Gb/s, NVMe slots.

Note: if you do the above and want to use the oem 512GB Gen 3 x4 drives with the windows OS boot drives, and you want to use these drives as a slave drive in their SSD2 slots. you need to delete the oem windows boot drive with diskpart > list disk > clear in cmd, so that it deletes all the windows partitions completely and you can use these drives as a slave drive, so be aware of that as if you don't the old boot windows M.2 drive in the SSD2 slot, will boot the laptop always instead of the new larger M.2 drive.

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