Aspire E5-575G compatibility with NVME SSD ? (4x or only 2x ?)

Hello,

I would like to know if my laptop is compatible with M.2 NVME and wich technology and capacity.

Gen 3x4 or only Gen 3x2 ?

Maximum 256 Go or more ?

As asked in many other discussions in the community, I checked my PCIe Root Ports but I don't know which one is relevant.

Can someone explain it to me ?

Here are the specs :

Root Port 1 :

Version: 3.0

Maximum Link Width: 4x

Current Link Width: 4x

Root Port 9 :

Version: 3.0

Maximum Link Width: 2x

Current Link Width: Not negotiated

Root Port 11 :

Version: 3.0

Maximum Link Width: 1x

Current Link Width: 1x

Root Port 12 :

Version: 3.0

Maximum Link Width: 1x

Current Link Width: 1x

Regards.

Accepted answers

brummyfan2

mbens said:

I did read these threads, but it does not answer my questions ...

Hi,
Yes, you can use M.2 NVMe SSD, your Root Port 9 has a maximum link width of 2x, so it will run at half the speed advertised by the manufacturers.

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Jack22

@mbens
You can use NVMe SSD but please check the tlink below to find a PCI Express Root Port with a Maximum Link width of either 2x or 4x, you can find out using HWiNFO64 Please check on the below link
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/497241/acer-aspire-e5-575-52jf-m-2-nvme-support/p1
http://laptopmedia.com/review/acer-aspire-e5-576g-review-a-contemporary-notebook-at-a-reasonable-price/

mbens

@Jack22 Thank you fort your quick answer.

I saw the topic in your message and I used HWiNFO64 to write the information in my first message.

But as I wrote :
in the four PCI Express Root Ports listed by HWiNFO64, one has a Maximum Link width of 4x, one of 2x and one of 1x.

How can I know which one is relevant for my SSD ?
And I still have my other questions :
is a Gen3x4 SSD compatible with a 2x motherboard ?
I heard of capacity limitation of 256 Go ? Is is real ?

Thanks.

Jack22

@mbens
You might find more info in the below thread
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/497241/acer-aspire-e5-575-52jf-m-2-nvme-support/p1
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/543597/sata-iii-or-nvme-m-2-ssd-slot-inside-the-aspire-e5-576g

mbens

I did read these threads, but it does not answer my questions ...

brummyfan2

mbens said:

I did read these threads, but it does not answer my questions ...

Hi,
Yes, you can use M.2 NVMe SSD, your Root Port 9 has a maximum link width of 2x, so it will run at half the speed advertised by the manufacturers.

mbens

OK, thank you !

And last question, Can a M.2 NVMe SSD be bootable with this laptop ? Or it must be only a secondary drive ?
I plan to use only this drive ...

Regards.

brummyfan2

mbens said:

OK, thank you !

And last question, Can a M.2 NVMe SSD be bootable with this laptop ? Or it must be only a secondary drive ?
I plan to use only this drive ...

Regards.

Yes, you can boot with the M.2 NVMe SSD up to 512GB.

mbens

Thank you fro your answer !

But strangely, I received an answer from Acer support, and they just said that NVMe SSD is not compatible with my laptop ...
I don't understand why.

brummyfan2

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

TF21045

brummyfan2 said:
Yes, you can boot with the M.2 NVMe SSD up to 512GB.

Oh yes! I'm also planning to get an Intel 660P 512GB (Good thing I didn't ask the max cap. of the NVMe slot but thank you anyway!)

Yoyo90

2280 Samsung evo plus 500gb gen3 X4 works perfectly fine!

Also installed overkill 2X16gb ddr4 G.Skill 2133mhz into it

Yoyo90

Yoyo90 said:

2280 Samsung evo plus 500gb gen3 X4 works perfectly fine!
Also installed overkill 2X16gb ddr4 G.Skill 2133mhz into it

As boot disk, it score :
Read 1756.6MB/s
Write 1599.6MB/s

kuunnnn

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will

duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

brummyfan2

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

siddhant764

brummyfan2 said:

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Hi, can you please help me with this, I have Aspire A315-51-356P (i3 6006U), it has m.2 slot, can u please tell if NVME would work or not and also the max capacity? thanks a ton in advance.

brummyfan2

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Hi, can you please help me with this, I have Aspire A315-51-356P (i3 6006U), it has m.2 slot, can u please tell if NVME would work or not and also the max capacity? thanks a ton in advance.

Hi,
HWiNFO program doesn't seems to be useful for this model, you can use a M.2 NVMe SSD.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48824679
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29899233
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37666814

siddhant764

brummyfan2 said:

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Hi, can you please help me with this, I have Aspire A315-51-356P (i3 6006U), it has m.2 slot, can u please tell if NVME would work or not and also the max capacity? thanks a ton in advance.

Hi,
HWiNFO program doesn't seems to be useful for this model, you can use a M.2 NVMe SSD.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48824679
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29899233
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37666814

Thanks for your reply mate. The links you have sent are A315-51 with 7th gen or later intel chips. Mine is a sixth gen i3 6006u.
I found following userbenchmarks with i3 6006u. Can u please check them once and tell whether it means nvme can run on 6006u a315-51 also? Or should I play safe and buy sata m.2 which will anyways run.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29633043

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/41108911

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/35999849

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/33569732

brummyfan2

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Hi, can you please help me with this, I have Aspire A315-51-356P (i3 6006U), it has m.2 slot, can u please tell if NVME would work or not and also the max capacity? thanks a ton in advance.

Hi,
HWiNFO program doesn't seems to be useful for this model, you can use a M.2 NVMe SSD.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48824679
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29899233
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37666814

Thanks for your reply mate. The links you have sent are A315-51 with 7th gen or later intel chips. Mine is a sixth gen i3 6006u.
I found following userbenchmarks with i3 6006u. Can u please check them once and tell whether it means nvme can run on 6006u a315-51 also? Or should I play safe and buy sata m.2 which will anyways run.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29633043

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/41108911

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/35999849

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/33569732

Kingston A2000 and Crucial P1 looks fine for me, they both give a decent R/W performance but you won't see a massive difference between M.2 SATA and M.2 NVMe SSDs under normal everyday tasks.

siddhant764

brummyfan2 said:

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Hi, can you please help me with this, I have Aspire A315-51-356P (i3 6006U), it has m.2 slot, can u please tell if NVME would work or not and also the max capacity? thanks a ton in advance.

Hi,
HWiNFO program doesn't seems to be useful for this model, you can use a M.2 NVMe SSD.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48824679
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29899233
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37666814

Thanks for your reply mate. The links you have sent are A315-51 with 7th gen or later intel chips. Mine is a sixth gen i3 6006u.
I found following userbenchmarks with i3 6006u. Can u please check them once and tell whether it means nvme can run on 6006u a315-51 also? Or should I play safe and buy sata m.2 which will anyways run.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29633043

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/41108911

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/35999849

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/33569732

Kingston A2000 and Crucial P1 looks fine for me, they both give a decent R/W performance but you won't see a massive difference between M.2 SATA and M.2 NVMe SSDs under normal everyday tasks.

Thanks again for your reply @brummyfan2 . I am thinking of getting a crucial p1. Just wanted to ask whether a bios update is necessary before using the nvme. I'm using the bios which came out of the box since 2017. (V1.03) .

Also not really sure why some other community trailblazers are saying in this forum that the service guide of a315-51 says m.2 slot supports sata only. If users benchmarks says nvme is tried by quite some people and also hwinfo shows a pcie x4 bus, i think ideally nvme should run on a315-51-356p.

brummyfan2

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

siddhant764 said:

brummyfan2 said:

kuunnnn said:

can u help me with my laptop-Acer Aspire E5-476-3675? And if my lap doesn't support NVMe and i still put NVMe, so M.2 slot will
duff?

brummyfan2 said:

No problem, sorry,I also don't know the answer.

Yes, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Hi, can you please help me with this, I have Aspire A315-51-356P (i3 6006U), it has m.2 slot, can u please tell if NVME would work or not and also the max capacity? thanks a ton in advance.

Hi,
HWiNFO program doesn't seems to be useful for this model, you can use a M.2 NVMe SSD.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48824679
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29899233
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37666814

Thanks for your reply mate. The links you have sent are A315-51 with 7th gen or later intel chips. Mine is a sixth gen i3 6006u.
I found following userbenchmarks with i3 6006u. Can u please check them once and tell whether it means nvme can run on 6006u a315-51 also? Or should I play safe and buy sata m.2 which will anyways run.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29633043

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/41108911

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/35999849

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/33569732

Kingston A2000 and Crucial P1 looks fine for me, they both give a decent R/W performance but you won't see a massive difference between M.2 SATA and M.2 NVMe SSDs under normal everyday tasks.

Thanks again for your reply @brummyfan2 . I am thinking of getting a crucial p1. Just wanted to ask whether a bios update is necessary before using the nvme. I'm using the bios which came out of the box since 2017. (V1.03) .

Also not really sure why some other community trailblazers are saying in this forum that the service guide of a315-51 says m.2 slot supports sata only. If users benchmarks says nvme is tried by quite some people and also hwinfo shows a pcie x4 bus, i think ideally nvme should run on a315-51-356p.

Yes, any upgrade is the owners responsibility, Acer may have only tested this model with M.2 SATA SSDs and recommends M.2 SATA SSD, so according to Service guide this model supports M.2 SATA SSDs but other users have already tried NVMe SSDs and it seems working, on that basis only I have said that you can use a M.2 NVMe SSD, also I have to mention that HWiNFO information does not relate to your model.

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