Hello,
I have an Acer Spin 5 (SP513-52N-53Y6) with a 256 GB m.2 SATA SSD. I would like to exchange it with a 1 TB one. Can I choose a PCIe NVMe one such as the Samsung 960 EVO 1 TB or the new Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB or do I have to go for a SATA one such as the Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB or the Western Digital Blue 3D Nand 1 TB? A screenshot of HWINFO64 is attached. I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 (and soon 18.04), in case it matters.
Note: I do not require the SSD to perform at the higher PCIe speeds in
this laptop, SATA 3 speed would be fine. The reason is that I intend to
buy a more powerful laptop later this year and am going to transfer the
SSD into the new laptop, but I need the storage capacity now in this
machine.
Thanks!