Hp gaming laptop

[a_ghallab]

Hello, 
I have HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15.6" Full HD, Intel Core i5-8300H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics, 1... , with no ssd and 8GM ram. It's super slow with even smallest tasks, which is weird according to the specks. 
Should I buy more ram, or an SSD? Can I have both SSD and HDD on the same computer in my case? What the best thing to do?

Thank you!

[iomare]

Hi,

You should definitely install an SSD. Your PC supports an M2 PCIe NVMe SSD which would give an amazing boost in the everyday performance of the PC.

Something like the Samsung 970 Evo Plus would be the fastest, however, a cheaper (and slower) one such as the M2 Crucial P1 would be much faster than the Hard Drive you have in the machine

You can get of your desired capacity, no limit. So you could get a larger capacity one and just do away with the Hard Drive or a lower capacity one and keep the Hard Drive as storage.

Examples:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M7Q21N7/ref=twister_B07NLZ58HW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-500GB-NAND-NVMe-PCIe/dp/B07J2WBKXF/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=cruci...

On page 45 of service manual you can see the steps to install the drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05985643

You will then need to transfer the OS to the SSD or perform a clean install of Windows.

Hope it helps,

David

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[a_ghallab]

So can I have this SSD along with the HDD? I read that some computers only have one cable and rubber guards for one desk only.

Thanks for insightful response!

[iomare · Accepted solution]

You can have both installed. Here look:

Red Hard Drive     and    blue M2 SSD

You can always remove the bottom cover and take a look.

Regards,

David