hp victus fb1003nx SSD and RAM upgrade

[Aqdas_ksa]

I want to upgrade hp victus fb1003nx RAM and SSD with below specifications:
RAM - 32 GB

SSD - 1 TB or 2 TB

Any recommendations for the parts availability and reliable performance. Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I'd go with a Samsung 980 Pro or the newer 990 Pro for a NVMe SSD.

Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD | Samsung Semiconductor USA

Amazon.com: Samsung 990 PRO Series - 1TB PCIe Gen4. X4 NVMe 2.0c - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V9P1T0B/AM) ...

Memory:  two of these:

Crucial 16GB DDR5-4800 SODIMM | CT16G48C40S5 | Crucial.com

HP only has the service manual for the older model series, but it should be of help to you for opening up the notebook.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

[Aqdas_ksa]

Thanks for sharing. What would be your opinion over the performance if I go with below:

1 x SSD: WDS100T3B0E by Western Digital
Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN580 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive SSD - Gen4 x4 PCIe

2 x RAM: Crucial RAM 16GB DDR5 4800MHz CL40 Laptop Memory CT16G48C40S5

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

The WD Blue SN580 is an excellent choice but as you may have noticed, the maximum advertised read/write speeds are considerably less than what either Samsung drive offers.

If that is not an issue for you, then the budget friendly SN580 would be the way to go.

What you may want to do is to install the free Crystaldiskmark utility and the first line of the report will provide the maximum read/write speeds your notebook's currently installed drive is providing.

CrystalDiskMark 8.0.0 - Crystal Dew World [en] (crystalmark.info)

That way you will have an idea of what to expect.

If the currently installed drive is running at 4,100/4,200 MBPS then the WD Blue would not be slowing down the disk performance.