Which m2 as 2 nd drive for raid 1

[Latoile1967]

Dear all as l lost too much time winch the HP support in Tunisia. They just confusing everything. m2, ssd, ram....

I would like to add a 2nd m2 to build a  raid 1 on my hp omen.

Do you think that the following product is the right one as i m not a specialist with m2 product : 

WD BLACK SN850 (PCI Express, 2 TB) for PS5 

as on my motherboard the second slot say heatsink required. Do you think thats enough or may i have to add an extra

heatsink ? this is quite urgent. All comments are welkome

Thanks a lot for your precoius help

Best regards

Pascal from Switzerrland

[Bill_To · Accepted solution]

Hi

Your MB has two M.2 Gen 4 PCIe sockets for 2280 storage devices.

Any retail 2280 NVME drive should work. 

You should check the size of the factory drive. It also should be a 2 TB SSD.

It is recommended to use identical drive capacity in a RAID 1 (mirroring) array.

Try the drive without a heatsink. Add a heatsink if the drive throttles due to heat.

[Latoile1967]

Thank you i will buy the model which have small heatsink this is a 2 tera WD i gave you the model abouve.

Hope i will not have throttles ho pe will be ok as i have a lot of knowledge on PC exceipt for m2 this is my firts pc with m2

As if i'im right i will have to reinstall everyting when i will do the raid 1 btw this is not a problem i have nothing was waiting for a answer about my question with a professional

PS if i'm right expect windows the first hp and maybe the only one driver i will have to reinstall manually is the wifi one it is correct after all will be installed automatically

[Bill_To]

Hi

My pleasure.

Check the WD site https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn850-nvme-ssd?cjevent=c1740db3ab30... . I see WD provides Western Digital Dashboard software.

I am sure you can check drive temps and performance using the software.

[Latoile1967]

Hello my friend,

As this week i can have the https://www.digitec.ch/fr/s1/product/wd-black-sn850x-avec-heatsink-2000-go-m2-2280-ssd-21635317 

for 200 us dollars wich is a good price

I would like just to be sure the size is ok due to the heat sink  on the 2nd m2 slot

I think so but i dont have this piece on my hand

Could you please confirm or not

Thanks a lot

Pascal

[Bill_To]

Hi Pascal

My pleasure.

The heatsink attached to the drive looks reasonable. 

It should be good as long as it does not interfere with the graphics card.

The first M.2 socket is above the graphics card slot. The second M.2 socket is below the RAM slots.

[Latoile1967]

Hello yes that's rught  the first m2 socket is where i want to put rhe m2.

I cannot see the second due to the plastic which hands the graphic card

But as i have the upgrading and service guide i see where the secpnd slot is 

Theb my goal is tu put the first n2 here:  check the picture

And that's vwhy i prefer to put the one with heatsink as writed

Then i thinck im right ????

Could you please confirm the it will fit the i can place my order asap

Many thanks 

Pascal

[Bill_To]

Hi Pascal

The M.2 slot in your image has no obstructions.

The 2280 drive and heatsink should install there with no problems.

[Latoile1967]

Thanks my friend ordered.

Laterst question. I worked for more than 35 years in IT

But the last  10 years was more as IT manager, IT director. then

for some technical thiks i'n not completly up to date as you see 🙂

Just to know as i'm not sure if HP support, give support for raid 1 for a personnal use.

If I have some question when i will built the raid 1 means reinstalling windows 11 only for that, not for application... i'm ok

Can you give me some help ? hope i don't need. first i will check video, google .... if i have a doubt before contacting you

Many thanls in advance

Pascal

[Latoile1967]

Hello as i m a newbee in m2 and so can you tell me what is the difference between theses 2 products 

1) https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/wd-black-sn850-with-heatsink-fuer-ps5-2000-gb-m2-2280-ssd-21477...

2)https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/wd-black-sn850x-with-heatsink-2000-gb-m2-2280-ssd-21635317

I ordered the first for my raid one

I see the second one is a PCI interface what is should be for ? is tgere a use on my hp omen juste par curiosity?

The strange think is that if you check picture t pin s seens that to be exactly the sane

Then if you can just confirm me that i ordered the right one will be cool

Many thanks

Pasc al