I have a laptop Acer Aspire 3 A315-56 core i5 1035G1 and its SNID: XXX wants to upgrade hard drive

PhuocTran · October 2023

I want to upgrade by adding a hard drive into it. Which Hard drive is suitable for it ?. Please respond to my question. (I saw a small place for upgrading hard drive in this picture)

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Jack22 · October 2023

@PhuocTran

Below is the Hard drive than you can add

Puraw · October 2023

You can install a M.2 NVMe SSD, PCIe 3 x2, in your model up to 2TB, I would suggest you get a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, like Samsung 970 Evo Plus or WD PC SN530 that are tested in Benchmark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/49867193#DRIVE

Additionally, you can install a large 2.5" Sata-3 SSD like the Samsung 870 EVO V-NAND 2TB, but you may need a bracket (the SATA ribbon cable shows on your picture):

Extra HDD for Acer Aspire 3 A315-56-538N

JakobBLarsen

Feb 22, 2022

Hi there,

I have a Aspire 3 A315-56-538N and I would like to add a second hard drive in the 2.5" bay, and have bought both a 2,5" 7 mm 2gb harddrive and bracket and cable.

I searched this site and found this bracket:
https://www.zandparts.com/en/acer-33-hgln7-001?fbclid=IwAR2CfFgGvv5AELtl5Uq7tmWYtpIWezX0hXdjOD3ALmdXEJlrsl5opukDHaU
And this cable:
https://www.zandparts.com/en/acer-50-hgln7-003?fbclid=IwAR0-X2iLkYJOR10vdC-o3igoVa_EHnG9SBQEuUlA3z2HkoBZKHIfFXoPG5k

However the bracket does not seem to fit and the cable is too short. Does anybody know which bracket and cable i should buy instead?

Thanks in advance,
Jakob

Jack22 · October 2023

@PhuocTran

Below is the Hard drive than you can add

Puraw · October 2023

You can install a M.2 NVMe SSD, PCIe 3 x2, in your model up to 2TB, I would suggest you get a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, like Samsung 970 Evo Plus or WD PC SN530 that are tested in Benchmark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/49867193#DRIVE

Additionally, you can install a large 2.5" Sata-3 SSD like the Samsung 870 EVO V-NAND 2TB, but you may need a bracket (the SATA ribbon cable shows on your picture):

Extra HDD for Acer Aspire 3 A315-56-538N

JakobBLarsen

Feb 22, 2022

Hi there,

I have a Aspire 3 A315-56-538N and I would like to add a second hard drive in the 2.5" bay, and have bought both a 2,5" 7 mm 2gb harddrive and bracket and cable.

I searched this site and found this bracket:
https://www.zandparts.com/en/acer-33-hgln7-001?fbclid=IwAR2CfFgGvv5AELtl5Uq7tmWYtpIWezX0hXdjOD3ALmdXEJlrsl5opukDHaU
And this cable:
https://www.zandparts.com/en/acer-50-hgln7-003?fbclid=IwAR0-X2iLkYJOR10vdC-o3igoVa_EHnG9SBQEuUlA3z2HkoBZKHIfFXoPG5k

However the bracket does not seem to fit and the cable is too short. Does anybody know which bracket and cable i should buy instead?

Thanks in advance,
Jakob

PhuocTran · October 2023

So could I install 500GB or 1TB SSD sata 3 on this slot which is in my picture?

Jack22

Oct 14, 2023

@PhuocTran
Below is the Hard drive than you can add
https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/VV7XYBADIAOI/image.png
https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/RKBIUHW9ENDY/image.png
https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/GH2CKMBRJ3S7/image.png

Puraw · October 2023

PhuocTran

Oct 14, 2023

So could I install 500GB or 1TB SSD sata 3 on this slot which is in my picture?
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1234797#Comment_1234797

I would go for the largest 1 TB Samsung 870 EVO ($60)
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-V-NAND-560MB-530MB-200TBW/dp/B08T1SMTF9?th=1

StevenGen · October 2023

Put a 2TB 2.5" SSD drive with the Acer provided SATA kit of the SATA cable and screws and the 2.5" HDD bracket into your laptop empty space.

The below caption is of your A315-56 laptop with a mechanical 2.5" HDD but an 2.5" SSD 2TB is a far quicker and lighter option to take for added storage for your laptop, the Samsung range of 2.5" SATA SSD drives are the best and most reliable drives around, I've been using one of these Samsung 2.5" SATA drives the 850 EVO SSD drive for over 8 years without any problems and/or crashes or loss of data. Good luck and hope this helps you out.

PhuocTran · October 2023

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1234817#Comment_1234817

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1234805#Comment_1234805

I saw on my laptop has a cable with the text as below and I saw 1 side has 7 and the other side has 13. But I searched the samsung ssd 870 EVO and I saw it has 7/15