Can i Replace Gen 3 Nvme with Gen 4?

[DrFaiss]

i have laptop HP Spectre x360. 

10th generation i7. It has probably Gen 3 NVMe Ssd, storage 512 gb. 

Now I want to upgrade my laptop storage. Can I add Samsung NVMe M.2 980 1TB which is 4th Gen. 

My question is, would my laptop bios and mother support the 4th Gen NVMe M.2. ?

please advise. 

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@DrFaiss 

NVMe SSDs are backward compatible -- so a Gen 4 will work, but be limited to the bus speeds currently supported.

I have a Gen 4 SSD in my desktop, even though it only supports through Gen 2 -- and it works fine, just not nearly at the speed of a Gen 4 bus.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @DrFaiss 

Please note that there are two versions of the Samsung 980.

The Pro, which is PCIe 4.0...

980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD 500GB Memory & Storage - MZ-V8P500B/AM | Samsung US

...and the plain 980, which is PCIe 3.0...

980 SSD | Consumer SSD | Samsung Semiconductor

[DrFaiss]

I have purchased WD SN 850. 1TB

i hope that should work faster. 
its speed is 7000mb/s. How about that?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

What model i7 10th gen processor does your notebook come with?

[DrFaiss]

 

HP Spectre X360 15-Df1x Series 10th Gen

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I need to know the actual model of the i7 processor your notebook has, not the notebook specs.

You should be able to find that in the system information window.

[DrFaiss]

I hope that be clearer now

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, that is the information I needed regarding the processor.

Here is the link to the Intel processor specs for the processor your notebook has.

Intel® Core™ i7-10510U Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)

It indicates the PCIe generation is only 3.0, so I don't know how much more speed you are going to get from a PCIe 4x4 NVMe SSD.

[DrFaiss]

but would my laptop support the WD SN850 which is 4th Gen Nvme m2?

thats my actual question. And the compatibility between the 2?