HP 15-cw005nr

[Mozz1234]

Hello

HP 15-cw0055nr

I would like to upgrade my laptop so it is faster and so I can run Windows 11.  At this time I have updated the RAM, and would like to update the hard drive with a SSD. 

My questions are; what is the best one for this PC?

                                   is there space for a heatsink on the hard drive, in this laptop, or is there no need for a heat sink?

Thank you!

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I recommend you install a M.2 2280 NVMe SSD instead of a 2.5" solid state drive as those are about 3 - 5 times faster than a SATA SSD.

You shouldn't need a heat sink for the NVMe SSD and a 2.5" SSD does not need a heat sink either.

Your notebook's AMD Ryzen™ 3 2200U processor does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 processor requirements.

AMD notebook processors have to be the Ryzen 3xxx generation.

If you are interested in installing W11 on your PC as is, you can read this discussion for how I upgraded several HP and Dell notebook and desktop PC's that did not meet the W11 hardware requirements to W11 22H2/22H3.

You have to use the version of the Rufus utility that I zipped up and attached in the discussion (v3.18).

Re: Issues upgrading to windows 11 - HP Support Community - 8517912

If the in-place upgrade fails, you should be able to clean install W11 using the bootable W11 installation flash drive you made with Rufus.

[Mozz1234]

Thank you for the quick and thorough response. 

I have been thinking about this one https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/data-storage/cssd-f2000gbmp600gs/mp600-gs-2tb-pcie-4-0-gen-4-x4-nvme...

Should I replace the existing hard drive too, or will this replace/bypass that entirely? 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

If you plan on keeping the 2.5" drive installed there is no need to replace it with a 2.5" SSD.

Use the NVMe SSD as the boot drive and the 2.5" drive for storage only.

Note that the drive you want to buy is PCIe Gen 4.0 and your notebook's M.2 slot is PCIe Gen 3.0, so the Gen 4 SSD will not run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds from the Gen 3.0 slot.

This table shows the maximum transfer speeds supported by the various PCIe slot generations:

PCIe Speeds and Limitations | Crucial.com

[Mozz1234]

 Corsair was not up front with that. Had to ask specifically.

Good thing you pointed that out to me. Thank you very much!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime. 

Glad to have been of assistance. 

[Mozz1234]

I think I will go with this one, unless you can suggest a better one!

I'll mark this as resolved by you after that!

https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Intelligent-Turbowrite-MZ-V8V1T0B-AM/dp/B08V83JZH4/ref=sr_1_3?crid...

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That would have been the drive I was going to suggest if you asked me.

I have the same drive in my HP 800 G3 Desktop Mini PC and I like it a lot.