What kind of ssd can acer nitro 5 an515-51-59xr use?
Hi,
I want to upgrade my nitro's hdd to a ssd but I'm not sure what kind of ssd it can be upgraded to.
I'm not sure whether to buy the m.2 or 2.5" ssd.
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Hi,
Yes, both of the Root ports are being used and you have no Root Ports with either 2 lanes or 4 lanes, so I think you have to install a M.2 SATA SSD.
But according to manual, it says that you can install a NVMe SSD in your model but it has Kabylake platform, if you can buy a returnable NVMe SSD, I would suggest you to install and see whether it works but not sure whether it's worth the hassle, benefit of a NVMe SSD is only in transferring larger files and apart from that there's little difference between them.
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Hi,
Yes, you can install a M.2 SATA SSD, if you want to find out whether you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD please read this thread for more information:http://community.acer.com/t5/Nitro-and-Aspire-Gaming/Nitro-AN515-51-m-2/td-p/522606
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So does this mean I can't install the m.2 NVMe SSD eventhough my version is 3.0?
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Hi,
Could you please expand (by clicking + sign) PCIe Root ports 3&4 and post the snip.
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Hi,
Yes, both of the Root ports are being used and you have no Root Ports with either 2 lanes or 4 lanes, so I think you have to install a M.2 SATA SSD.
But according to manual, it says that you can install a NVMe SSD in your model but it has Kabylake platform, if you can buy a returnable NVMe SSD, I would suggest you to install and see whether it works but not sure whether it's worth the hassle, benefit of a NVMe SSD is only in transferring larger files and apart from that there's little difference between them.
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Aaah okay,
I think I’ll just stick with the m.2 ssd instead of the nvme to avoid the hassle. Thank you for the replies. I greatly appreciate the help
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