I have a SSD port marked as M2X3 in my HP15bs576tx laptop. Suggest me a latest and faster model SSD.

[Sandeepta]

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I have a SSD port marked as M2X3 in my HP15bs576tx laptop. Which SSD can I use to upgrade my system if I go for Samsung's latest and faster model of M.2 NVMe SSDs of 500gb or 1TB. Please suggest me with the best buying links.

Which PCIe will it support? And which SATA will it support?

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I want to upgrade my RAM also. Currently I have 8gb of RAM. Out of 2 slots inside I have 1slot left with.

In Crucial Advisor tool it's showing I can add another 8gb to add it upto 16gb of max. But one of the HP Service Center person in my contact told me that as per his knowledge out of those two slots one is for 8gb RAM and another slot is for 4gb RAM, So the total combination is 12gb of RAM.

Can you please confirm me the max gb of RAM which my system will support.

Hence provide me with the best buying links for a good 4gb or 8gb RAM which my laptop will support.

Thanks in advance

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The marking of M2X3 is the size of the fastener that goes in the hole nearby the marking M2x3 (Metric 2 mm x 3 mm).

The M.2 slot your notebook has supports SATA SSD's only, not NVMe.

See chapter 1 of the service manual for the memory upgrade info and the supported drive types for your notebook.

h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05493257.pdf

Check Amazon India for a compatible Crucial 8 GB memory chip and a 500 GB SATA M.2 drive...

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[Sandeepta]

Will my system support 8gb RAM?

Please provide me the best buying link for a good 4gb RAM for my system.

If I will add an SSD to my notebook to make it fast, is it necessary to add another RAM to it?

Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Your system can support up to 16 GB of memory.

You would be better off adding a second 8 GB memory chip to the existing 8 GB to max out the memory, and have it run in the higher performing dual channel mode.

If you just want to add a 4 GB chip, that can be done, but the memory will only run in the lower performing single channel mode.

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If money is a concern, install the SSD first.  That will provide better performance than adding another 8 GB of memory.

After you install the SSD, then do the memory upgrade.

[Sandeepta]

Thanks!!!

I have another question.

If I'm adding an SSD to my system, will I have to fresh install the window again on the SSD or I have to clone the HDD to the new SSD.

Which is better in terms of performance and which is easier.

1. Fresh installation of window on new SSD or 2. Cloning of old HDD to new SSD.

Please provide me with the best solution for a better performance, and how to do all these stuffs easily because I don't have any prior knowledge of upgrading system.

If I have to fresh install the window on the new SSD, where can I get the real and authentic windows 10 software for my system as I don't have any windows software with me now.

And if I have to clone the HDD to my SSD which software will I use to make it easier.

Please tell me the solution which will boost my system's performance (Topmost priority).

PS: I'll buy the 500gb WD blue M.2 SATA SSD as suggested by you.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

You have two options to install W10 on your new SSD.

1. Use cloning software to clone the 2.5" drive's contents to the SSD.

I have used this free software to do that.  It is very easy to use.

Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

2.  You can use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook.

Here is an info link for how to use that utility...you will need a 32 GB USB flash drive for this.

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool (Windows 10, 7) | HP® Customer Support

One other note...the notebook will always want to boot from the 2.5" drive first, so if you plan to keep it for storage, you must format it and remove all partitions, etc., and have a blank drive to store your files.

You can do that after you clone the drive.

If you use the HP cloud recovery tool to reinstall the factory W10, then you have to temporarily disconnect the 2.5" drive, or the tool will probably install W10 back on the 2.5" drive and you don't want that to happen.