Is it really possible that this PC doesn't have SATA ports?

[user04]

Hello everyone!

I've been looking for a new gaming PC and I stumbled across this one: https://support.hp.com/lt-en/document/c08035402#AbT0

Now, I've been looking at a few YouTube videos but I couldn't find any SATA ports. Does this mean that I have to add M.2 SSD's to expand my storage?

Sorry if I overlooked obvious answers that were easy to find online, I just couldn't find them! 😄

Thanks in Advance and have a great rest of the day!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I looked up the motherboard info trying to find an illustration of the Erica6 motherboard.

Finally found a US model with the same motherboard as the TG01-2400ng.

Here is the link to the parts list for the TP01-2066.

HP PartSurfer

Scroll down the page, and find the motherboard listed...

L56021-605

ASSY,MBD, Erica6, AMD Cezanne PROM,WIN

On the left side of the page is a camera icon to click on, which shows a picture of the motherboard.

It has three SATA ports.  One I assume for an optical drive and the other two for a hard drive.

One of the ports is by itself above the PCie x16 slot.

You can probably use all of them for hard drives if you wanted to.

[NonSequitur777]

@Paul_Tikkanen, @user04,

Interestingly, according to HP's specs for the Erica6 motherboard, this motherboard does (could?) have one M.2 socket 3, Key M, (2280/2242) slot in addition to a PCI Express Gen 3 x16 and one PCI Express Gen 3 x1 slot, see link: HP Desktop PCs - Motherboard Specifications, Erica6 | HP® Customer Support

As you already suggested, you could use the PCIe X16 slot to fit an NVMe SSD PCIe X16 Adapter, such as this example: Amazon.com: NVME PCIe x16 Adapter, Electop M.2 Key-M SSD to PCI 3.0 Express Expansion Card, Support ...

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @NonSequitur777 

Yes, that motherboard has one M.2 slot for a NVMe SSD, and every model I have looked up comes with a M.2 NVMe SSD.

There is only one SSD slot which seems to be occupied by a NVMe SSD in every model I have looked up.

So, the only way to add additional storage would be to add a SATA 3.5" HDD or 2.5" SSD, or use a PCIe adapter as you added to your post.

[Prométhée]

Hi

sorry but @NonSequitur777 

""As you already suggested, you could use the PCIe X16 slot to fit an NVMe SSD PCIe X16 Adapter, such as this  ""

if this one

HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-2400ng PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

Graphics Card

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 (12 GB GDDR6 dedicated)

only one pci x16 slot it would be a shame to remove the graphics card

[NonSequitur777]

@Prométhée,

Quote: "only one pci x16 slot it would be a shame to remove the graphics card".

That is true. I wouldn't do that, but it is an option if someone doesn't need a graphics card for gaming purposes.

My choice would be to increase the primary NVMe SSD capacity to 2TB.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Prométhée]

ok, but just for example, see this :

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/ConfigureView?urlLangId=&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&storeId=10151&catEn...

rtx 3060 + 420$

$929.99 <<>> $1349.99

in this case, you should not buy the model with the graphics card if it is to remove it, it does not make sense

[NonSequitur777]

@Prométhée,

No, it wouldn't make sense to me either...