Will it support NVME ssd on Acer Swift 3 SF314-52-50FX

sudhanshumeena
sudhanshumeena Member Posts: 8

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edited November 2023 in 2019 Archives
Hello, I am currently using Acer Swift 3 SF314-52-50FX with 256 GB m.2 SATA SSD. I plan to upgrade to 512 GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus or WD Black. So, to confirm whether the laptop has a second slot for SSD or not, I opened up the laptop and checked. It does have an extra m.2 port. Also, I installed HWiNFO and it is showing a PCIe 3.0 port 2x. I plan to use only one SSD of 512 GB capacity.
Now my question is -
  1. whether will it support NVME SSD or not?
  2. If yes, will it work at 4x speed since HWiNFO only showing "Max Link Width" at 2x?
  3. If it supports NVME SSD and at 2x only, should I opt for a PCIe 3.0 2x SSD(maybe WD Blue SN500)?
I would be obliged if someone can answer these.

Thanks,
Sudhanshu
 

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  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,469 Trailblazer
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    Hi,
    1. Yes your model supports NVMe SSD.
    2. The SSD will run at half the speed advertised by the manufacturers due to 2 lane restriction.
    3. I can not comment on this as I have never used a PCIe3x2 SSD.

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  • sudhanshumeena
    sudhanshumeena Member Posts: 8

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    sudhanshumeena said:
    Hello, I am currently using Acer Swift 3 SF314-52-50FX with 256 GB m.2 SATA SSD. I plan to upgrade to 512 GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus or WD Black. So, to confirm whether the laptop has a second slot for SSD or not, I opened up the laptop and checked. It does have an extra m.2 port. Also, I installed HWiNFO and it is showing a PCIe 3.0 port 2x. I plan to use only one SSD of 512 GB capacity.
    Now my question is -
    1. whether will it support NVME SSD or not?
    2. If yes, will it work at 4x speed since HWiNFO only showing "Max Link Width" at 2x?
    3. If it supports NVME SSD and at 2x only, should I opt for a PCIe 3.0 2x SSD(maybe WD Blue SN500)?
    I would be obliged if someone can answer these.

    Thanks,
    Sudhanshu
     

    Just received a Western Digital SN750 NVMe 500GB. And can confirm that both m.2 slot i.e. slot-1 and slot-2, both can take NVMe SSD or m.2 SATA SSD. Also, slot-1 is PCIe Gen3 x4, and slot-2 is PCIe Gen3 x2 as observed in HWiNFO. Using the laptop's default m.2 SATA SSD on slot-2. Not sure if we can also use 2 NVMe SSD at the same time. So, overall m.2 NVMe SSD in slot-1 and m.2 SATA in slot-2 is working great.

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