Upgrade possible?

[Adam154]

 

Last question, you absolute hero!!!

On my elitebook, i had a look at the ssd and it seems to say HDD on the back of the stick which is rather confusing?

 

 

128GB M.2 2280 SATA PM871b SS

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

That is a M.2 SATA SSD you have there.

You could upgrade that to a NVMe SSD since your notebook's M.2 slot supports both types.

NVMe SSD's provide much faster read/write speeds than SATA SSD do.

If you are interested, here is a 500 GB NVMe SSD I recommend...

Samsung 980 500 GB PCIe 3.0 (up to 3.100 MB/s) NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V8V500B...

Chapter 1 of the service manual has the supported drive types...

HP EliteBook 840 G5 Notebook PCHP EliteBook 846 G5 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide

[Adam154]

I have one of these NVMEs knocking around. Do you think this one will be a big improvement then?

Also regarding the 16gb ram, is dual rank worth the £5 more or not really? I dont game

[Paul_Tikkanen]

The Sandisk X400 is also a SATA SSD, not NVMe.

X400-datasheet-v1-1.pdf (sandisk.com)

Actually, single ranked memory may be a tiny bit faster.

Dual ranked memory is usually more compatible with most PC's, which is why it may cost more.

Single Rank VS Dual Rank: Which Is Better for Your Laptop (minitool.com)

[Adam154]

Thank you!!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.