M2 key for Omen?

[BCCyclist]

I recently purchased a notebook with a disc drive instead of an SSD, and want to move everything over to one for performance and battery life.  1TB is far more than I'll use on this, so I'm gonna go to a 256G or a 512G SSD, but I'm a bit confused on  which one to buy:

Looking at the manual's description, it seems the SSD M2 slot is keyed

M vs B.  However, the picture in the service manual pictures a B key.  I haven't opened it yet, as I want to only do it once.  Maybe the pictures are from older ones?

Any help is appreciated.

**Yes, I know, I bought it at Walmart, but it was cheap on closeout! 

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Here's the Manual:

Manual

See page 37 for a good overhead view. The hard drive is in the upper right and the M.2 slot is just to the left of the battery. The laptop can take either a SATA (B + M keyed) or NVME/PCIe disk (M key)

Two types, fit in same slot. You can use either type.

So, given that you definitely want the M keyed NVME disk: they are much faster than a SATA M.2 disk. 

HP charges $108 for the 256 gig M.2 NVME disk which is a bargain. Buy it before they change their pricing as they have on some other similar disks.

https://parts.hp.com/hpparts/Search_Results.aspx?mscssid=03085402BC144CCCBA8B709025DA6B8D&SearchIn=P...

And I know you say you do not want to do this but I would open it before I bought anything for it. The "wm" Walmart models are notorious for being "defeatured" i.e. having components that are shown in the manual just not there. Walmart orders and sells enough of these that HP can order a special production run for the system boards and they can save a couple bucks by leaving components off, allowing the low prices you see at Wal-mart. So there just isn't any free lunch. Your laptop may or may not have an M.2 slot is what I am saying. 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as SOlution" to help others find it. 

[BCCyclist]

Thanks for the feedback!  I do agree, that price is excellent, as it's the same as the WD one I've found.  It's amazing how much faster and cheaper SSD's have gone.  I got 2x16GB a few years ago for around $250.  Now, my laptop has 16 gigs of memory haha.

[Huffer]

See my amended answer above. If you have added memory then you have seen whether there is an M.2 slot or not. 

[banhien]

@BCCyclist

I still believe machines with Single HDD Storage Configuration don't have M.2 slot, but I could be wrong. Many members on this forum ONLY KNOW when they open their machines.

Regards.