Can I upgrade the 2 TB 5400 rpm SATA to 2 TB SSD

[Amro1989]

I have HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook - 15-ak000nx (ENERGY STAR) and the following Hard drives
2 TB 5400 rpm SATA
128 GB M.2 SSD

I understand that this laptop doesn't supports M.2 NVMe PCIe Drives, however, for another HDD Can I upgrade the 2 TB 5400 rpm SATA to 2 TB SSD [ SanDisk Ultra 3D NAND 2TB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - SDSSDH3-2T00-G25]?

Would appreciate any suggestion / advice from the community.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I don't see any reason why you couldn't replace the 2 TB 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a 2.5" 2 TB SSD.

I have that model in the 500 GB size, and it works great.

There is also one from Sandisk's parent company that has the same performance, and may be a bit less expensive...

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-2TB-SSD-WDS200T2B0A/dp/B073SBRHH6

I have the above model in the 250 GB size, and it also works great.

[Amro1989]

Thank you Paul for your rapid reply. 🙂 I'll check out the SDD you suggested and will proceed with the feasible option. Thanks again.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, just go with whichever one is cheaper.

They both offer the same performance, have the same 5 year warranty, but I found the WD blue was cheaper than the equivalent Sandisk model.