NVME SSD

[mrandygets]

Can a HP Notebook 15-dy1071wm be updated to a NVME SSD?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

According to the product specs at the link below, the notebook already comes standard with a 256 GB NVMe SSD.

HP Notebook 15-dy1071wm Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

[mrandygets]

I also just added 8GB of ram. This laptop flys now. Would a higher capacity NVME drive speed up the laptop even more?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

A larger capacity NVMe SSD would not speed things up, but perhaps a different model NVME SSD might, such as the Samsung 980 (not the 980 Pro).

HP doesn't usually install the fastest SSD'S available in their PC'S. 

[mrandygets]

I noticed. I ran a crystal mark scan. It said read was 500mb and write was 300mb,

[Paul_Tikkanen]

No wonder you were wondering if you could install a NVMe SSD in your notebook.

If that is the top line of the report, that is terrible.

That is SATA SSD speeds and not even the best you could get out of a SATA SSD.

Is this the utility you ran?

CrystalDiskMark 8.0.0 - Crystal Dew World [en] (crystalmark.info)

A mediocre NVMe SSD should be reporting 2000 MBPs read and 1500 MBPS write on the first line of the crystadiskmark report.

[mrandygets]

Thanks again for all the help.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

You may want to consider the Samsung 980 1 TB if you are using more than half of the 256 GB SSD.

That way you will probably never run short on drive space.

Otherwise, the 500 GB model should be fine.

You may as well upgrade from the 256 GB size now and save having to do it again.

Another good choice would be the Western Digital Blue SN 570. 

[mrandygets]

I got a intel 760 installed. Now the laptop is smoooooth.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, if this is the model you have, the specs are pretty decent.

Intel SSD 760p Series 512GB M.2 80mm PCIe 3.1 x4 3D2 TLC Product Specifications

The Samsung 980 is much faster on the write speeds though.