HP Pavilion 15 Notebook 208tx SSD Upgrade

[abhinavkakku]

I want to Upgrade my laptop's Hard Drive. I want to know weather it supports PCIe based SSDs, also mention the form factor M.2 or U.2 . I am looking to get 512GB near around SSD of samsung. any compatible models ?

My current system has 5th Gen i7 5500U and 8GB RAM.

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B079DTMNWC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A17AW1CHVG2YBO

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B079FQ126M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A14CZOWI0VEHLG

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07BN5FJZQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2ZVHS0K6DBUHN

Which of these are compatible with my Laptop ?

[Huffer]

You have there one of the more difficult models on which to perform any kind of upgrade.

Service Manual

There is an M.2 slot on the back side of the motherboard. See p. 78. Even the hard drive is not very easy to get at but at least does not require motherboard removal. See p. 69

The M.2 slot can only work with SATA-3 type disks so you could use the M.2 version of the Samsung 860 Evo series and you can install either of the 2.5 inch SATA SSDs you linked in your question. 

Post back with any other questions and please accept as solution if its the info you needed. 

[abhinavkakku]

No PCIe support fo SSD ?

[Huffer]

The slot is a PCIe slot but there are SATA only PCIe slots for storage and NVME enabled slots. Your laptop is a bit too old for NVME so again the only type of M.2 you could install would be a SATA-3 type M.2 disk:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=...

[abhinavkakku]

Samsung 970 Evo Series - 250GB PCIE NVME - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V7E250BW) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07BN5FJZQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RynuBb06D2WG8

Samsung 860 Evo 250GB 2.5-Inch Sata Iii Internal Ssd (Mz-76E250Bw) (2.5 Inches) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B079DTMNWC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9ynuBbWJ5Y5Q4

Samsung 860 EVO Series - 250GB M.2 SATA Internal SSD (MZ-N6E250BW) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07864V6CK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_pznuBbATMP71W

Samsung 860 Evo 250GB 2.5-inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E250B/AM) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B079FQ126M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_BznuBbT82E0PX


Which one of the above 4 ?

I read at a forum at TOMs HardwRe that theres no M.2 support so i have to go with SATA III , please make it clear as i am buying .

[abhinavkakku]

Also the first amswer says PCIe at back of mother board, now later amswer says no NVME or M.2, only SATA III, i am getting confused.
Simply explain that
1- can i use a PCIe port ?
2 -M.2 or NVME?
3- is PCIe port available for my laptop as said above at back side of motherboard

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

You are not understanding the terms. You are not understanding my explanation. To make it very very simple. No NVME. Again, no NVME. 

The problem is that M.2 is a kind of PCIe slot. Some M.2 slots take only SATA M.2 disks and some can take SATA or NVME. They are all PCIe slots. Your slot is only able to work with a SATA type M.2 disk so the Samsung 860 M.2 will work and the 970 will not. 

So your questions 1 and 2 make no sense. M.2 or NVME is not a question. All NVMEs are M.2 but not all M.2 are NVME. Same with PCIe. All M.2 slots are PCIe. You have an M.2 type PCIe port it just can't recognize an NVME disk. 

Last word on this. Good luck to you.