Upgrade Questions - Nitro 5 An517-51 with 16GB ram and a not much storage

I would like to add a few things-

Before upgrading step 1 is always finding out what you have and can support.

Use a software like hwinfo to see what speed your installed RAM is actually running at. With that information you can decide if you want to purchase an identical ram stick for your system which is cheaper or go for 2 entirely new 3200mhz sticks. Apart from being more expensive, another problem sometimes with this (I think) is if it's too high then the system just wont support it, but usually it will downclock to the highest supported speeds and timings, but better make sure they are returnable just in case!

As for storage if you have m.2 nvme slots then you should definitely go for one. It seems like you already have a 256Gb SSD installed but I don't know if it's the 2.5 inch sata one or an m. 2 one(which could also be an m.2 sata one instead of m.2 nvme) confused yet?

Your OS should always be installed on the fastest drive. Also, m. 2 nvme's should be for around the same prices as the sata ones currently. They are way faster, a gen 3 or gen 4 SSD running on gen 3 hardware will be as fast as 3,500 MB/s on read and writes(compare that to the sata's 550Mb/s). Mind you the reads are easier and the writes are tougher so write speeds might be lower.

Now what I mainly wanted to add, imho you should consider a 2tb gen 4 SSD. It will be an investment but extremely worthwhile. Gen 4 SSD means it will work at gen 3 speeds currently, but if you ever upgrade to newer hardware then it will run at gen 4 speeds which depending on the drive will be upto 7000 MB/s+ and they are not that much more expensive than the gen 3 ones. Also the bigger you go with ssd's the better value you get upto a certain sweet spot, which is 2tb right now imo(in my country, 128gb and 256gb SSD's cost the same right now!). So the slightly higher price you would pay for these things would be more than worth it in the long run.

Now, prices differ everywhere so everything depends. Also you have to know your own use case. Do you need 2 TB of storage? Would you ever upgrade to newer hardware within the next 5-7 years, and if so would you like even faster speeds then? If you answer no to any of those then don't worry about anything I said.

Either ways, m. 2 nvme speeds are way better than hdd or sata ssd speeds. Shifting the OS to it changes everything about the computer so much that it's incredible. One of the best innovations in technology in recent times for sure. No wonder all the current gen consoles shifted to it. just make sure you buy one which is reliable with dram, good speeds and a decently sized slc cache for which you will have to read reviews. Also don't forget to buy a heatsink for it which for laptops is just a thin bar of copper or something and comes with a thermal pad.

Sorry for the geeky infobomb drop lol.

I myself shifted to one very recently since we have sales going on here so I'm loaded with this. Make sure you have your backups and everything secure! After i did that I could mess around all I wanted. Reinstalled Windows 10 ,dual boot installed and used Linux for the first time, which was awesome. Windows 10 is running amazingly right now.

If you wanna know anything more just let us know maybe we can help!!

Cheers.