Anyone use a CRUCIAL M2 NVME in an Acer Aspire 5, A515-56

KanagawaTomasu
KanagawaTomasu Member Posts: 157 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon

I have an Acer Aspire 5, i-5.

I have already installed a Crucial BX500 SATA SSD. (Secondary Drive)

I have already installed a Crucial 16 GB So-dimm of DDR4-3200 RAM (20 total/MAX).

Has anyone used a Crucial M2 NVME Drive in their Aspire 5?

I know that the board accepts GEN-3 Drives. But some Gen-4 Drives are backward compatible.

Before you get started . . . I already know about the Crucial System Scan and the other Crucial download.

So what Crucial M2 drives have YOU used? How did they work for you??

Thanks, ahead of time.

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  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,297 Pathfinder
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    @KanagawaTomasu

    I installed the Crucial P3 on the older Aspire 5 and it seems to work really well. Just note that you will need to reinstall or clone the OS to the new drive.

    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!

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  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 4,096 Pathfinder
    Click on 'Yes' if the comment answers your question!
  • KanagawaTomasu
    KanagawaTomasu Member Posts: 157 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon

    What did I miss??? I asked about CRUCIAL M2 NVME drives.

    The Posted "Reply" is about a Western Digital Drive.

    Maybe I should go to ASUS Blog to find answers about my ACER Laptop???

  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,297 Pathfinder
    Answer ✓

    @KanagawaTomasu

    I installed the Crucial P3 on the older Aspire 5 and it seems to work really well. Just note that you will need to reinstall or clone the OS to the new drive.

    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!
  • KanagawaTomasu
    KanagawaTomasu Member Posts: 157 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon

    I was trying to decide between the Crucial P3 (Gen 3), the P3 Plus (Gen 4), the P5 (Gen 3) and the P5 Plus (Gen 4). I think both the "Plus" drives are backward compatible, aren't they?

    I know my Motherboard takes Gen 3 NVME drives.

    DId you use the Crucial Software to Clone your old drive to the new one.

    Thanks for your response.

    @AnhEZ28

  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,297 Pathfinder

    @KanagawaTomasu

    The Gen 4 drives are backward compatible with the Gen 3. I actually use a different software to clone the drive.

    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!
  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 12,180 Trailblazer
    edited October 2023

    Hey KanagawaTomasu, what you missed is that Jack22 (btw Jack22 is a rated Acer member, so he is not talking through his hat) as he was trying to help you and tell you to use the recommended M.2 SSD drives suitable for your laptop, as the Sandisk M.2 SSD in the list below for your laptop is made by Western Digital😀

    The PCIe Gen 4 drives are backward compatible and if you put a 1x PCIe Gen 4 into your Aspire A515-56 laptop M.2 drive slot that is a PCIe3x4, the Gen 4 drive will work 100% and perfectly, buy it will work only at 50% potential speed as Gen 4 M.2 drives are twice as fast as a Gen3 x4 M.2 drive (btw, I'm not just talking the talk, as I'm using an M.2 SSD - 1TB WD SN770 Black Gen 4 drive in my Nitro AN515-56 as a boot drive, which this laptops boot drive is a PCIe3x4 slot and has a PCIe3x2 slot for the slave M.2 drive) and it works perfectly as a boot drive.

    Note: Acer does not use Crucial drives with any of its laptops or desktops, Acer only uses certain drives that are suitable and perform their best with the appropriate laptop/desktop, so be aware of that, as the below M.2 SSD brands of drives and models for the Aspire A515-56 are the best and most compatible and have been tested by Acer for your laptop, so its your choice,

  • KanagawaTomasu
    KanagawaTomasu Member Posts: 157 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon

    StevenGen,

    You are correct. I did NOT catch that Jack22 is a rated member. And IF that was a "Hint" or a "Suggestion" or a "recommendation" . . . I missed it. (My wife will also tell you that I usually DO NOT take HINTS.) You just have to TELL me directly.

    I do appreciate the information, NOW THAT I understand it as a "recommendation" or an "explanation."

    So I will read through that again. I see you have provided that information here.

    So thanks again to both of you. Please pardon my short fuse.

    (From my perspective: I asked about A and the reply was about something OTHER THAN A.

    That makes for a disjointed conversation.)

    Enough of that.

    Cheers!

  • KanagawaTomasu
    KanagawaTomasu Member Posts: 157 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon

    Neither here nor there . . . did anyone notice that there is a MICRON (Crucial) drive in the above list???