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I was looking at some m.2 ssd to upgrade too. I was looking at the new samsung 970 evo pcie nvme or the 860 evo sata III. I think the laptop takes m.2 but I am not sure.

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Your laptop supports either a SATA-3 or PCIe/NVME 2280 M.2 disk and here is where it is located:

 

circle = M.2 rectangle = hddcircle = M.2 rectangle = hdd

 

Service Manual

 

"How to" starts on p. 37

 

The PCIe/NVME M.2 disk parts sold by HP are Samsung PM961 models. Users have reported problems here with the Samsung 960 Evo and Pro M.2 disks. HP laptops that should be compatible with PCIe/NVME disks fail to recognize the 960 models and also some Intel models. I have not seen anyone here report their experience with the new 970 models so you would be a guinea pig if you tried one of those. . 

 

The 860 Evo SATA-III should work fine but it is not much cheaper and 4 or 5 times slower than an NVME disk like the PM961. SATA-III M.2 disks have not had as many compatibility issues as NVME disks. They are still very fast but you ain't seen nothing until your computer has an NVME M.2 disk.  

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZVLW256HEHP-PM961-256GB-Internal/dp/B06VYJMLS8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qi...

 

Post back with any more questions but please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

 

 

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According to the support document, that model does support a M.2 drive.  On page 44 of this manual it lists the model/part  number of the available SSD's

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05955459

 

You might be able to glean some info from this thread

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/HP-Pavillion-15-bc018ca-m-2-SS...


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Your laptop supports either a SATA-3 or PCIe/NVME 2280 M.2 disk and here is where it is located:

 

circle = M.2 rectangle = hddcircle = M.2 rectangle = hdd

 

Service Manual

 

"How to" starts on p. 37

 

The PCIe/NVME M.2 disk parts sold by HP are Samsung PM961 models. Users have reported problems here with the Samsung 960 Evo and Pro M.2 disks. HP laptops that should be compatible with PCIe/NVME disks fail to recognize the 960 models and also some Intel models. I have not seen anyone here report their experience with the new 970 models so you would be a guinea pig if you tried one of those. . 

 

The 860 Evo SATA-III should work fine but it is not much cheaper and 4 or 5 times slower than an NVME disk like the PM961. SATA-III M.2 disks have not had as many compatibility issues as NVME disks. They are still very fast but you ain't seen nothing until your computer has an NVME M.2 disk.  

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZVLW256HEHP-PM961-256GB-Internal/dp/B06VYJMLS8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qi...

 

Post back with any more questions but please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

 

 

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