Looking for upgrades

[Luxwor]

So. I got a HP pavilion gaming back in 2018. Its been working flawlessly for nerly four years now. The only problem I have is that the diskspace is to small. The computer has one 256 gb ssd and 1 tb hdd. I am wondering if I need to get a sata ssd or if there is a open spot for a m.2-ssd. If the m.2-ssd means ill have to rip out my c drive ill get a ssd with sata connections but is there another place to put it that would be great! if I had to get a sata ssd. Will I have to rip out my drive. Like curently I have a hdd in there. Will I have to rip out the hdd or is there place for two drives.

I have also been looking in to getting more ram. Is there open spots for a new ram thing. Does the computer even suport more then 16 gb? And what mhz does it have to run on. 

-Lux 🙂

[banhien]

@Luxwor 

Its specs

          https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06093035

Its motherboard has

• Expansion Slots:
  • One PCIe x16 socket, occupied  by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB)
  • One PCIe x4 socket
  • Two PCIe x1
  • One M.2 socket 1, key A, occupied by the wifi adapter
  • One M.2 socket 3, key M, occupied by  256GB PCIe NVMe TLC M.2 Solid State

   

Looks like it does not have all you need, have to replace 256GB with a larger capacity (2TB) drive using compatible M.2 NVMe SSD  such as

             https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/nvme-ssd/970-evo-nvme-m-2-ssd-500gb-mz-v7e500bw/

Also you can upgrade normal 1TB to 2TB or 3TB or 4TB.  My suggestion: upgrade the M.2 SSD first.

Regards.

[JohnDeMol]

Excuse my ignorance if I'm wrong @Banhien but it seems like there are two SATA ports depicted on the motherboard you linked.
Surely it would be possible to run a SATA SSD alongside the already connected M.2 NVMe SSD & SATA HDD.
That is assuming there are enough SATA power cables available from the PSU (You should check this before purchasing anything, also you might need to buy and wire in a SATA data cable from the open SATA port labelled HDD1 to the new SSD.

I'd recommend putting the HDD in the second slot, just in case there is a speed difference.

[Prométhée]

hi

@JohnDeMol 

I have the same configuration the ssd m2 256 gb, is far too small
As soon as you install something, make updates, the space quickly becomes insufficient..
You should therefore clean it regularly, and place most of the data on the second HDD..
you even have to install some games, because they take more and more disk space..
A sata ssd will remain slower, the best option remains the replacement of the m2 ssd by a minimum of 512 gb
The addition of a sata SSD, can be a little more then, but that's all

[Luxwor]

if I am doing that. Is there a way to move my os to that drive or will I have to rebuy windows? I dont have a problem with wiping my drive.

[Prométhée]

hi @Luxwor 

I leave the place to @banhien  who answered the first here
but no, you won't need to buy windows again
You have several possibilities, he will explain all that to you I think!

[JohnDeMol · Accepted solution]

Although I haven't watched the video completely, this seems pretty relevant to your exact situation.
I sure hope you don't have to take apart your entire system to access the M.2 NVMe slot as he has to do, but the steps/method he uses is sound.

If you end up messing up, let me know and I'll hook you up with a Windows 11 Pro license.
Then you'd just have to get the .iso from Windows (available online), install that and activate it.

[Luxwor]

Thanks