Need help determining what ssd's to upgrade with on my gaming 15cx0056wm

[mellowjont]

I had my hdd go out on me. Completely unfixable. Went through countless measures to recover but no luck. Soooo I'm going to purchase an ssd or two. I cant find much on here as far as whats the best one to buy that would work with my 16 month old laptop. I want to do name and 2.5 I think. Im not completely cpu illiterate but at the same time I have no idea what im doing in this case. Please advise to what this gaming 15cx0056wm will hold, what is the best route (1 or 2 ssds, 2.5 or nvme etc)

What is the best bang for my buck, etc. Thanks in advance

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Below is the link to the Crucial memory/SSD report for your model.

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-cx0056wm

Compatible 2.5", M.2 SATA and NVMe SSD's are listed after the memory upgrade kits.

The 2.5" MX SSD's offer better read/write speeds than the BX models do.

NVMe M.2 SSD's offer better read/write speeds than the SATA M.2 SSD's do.

You can install one 2.5" SSD by removing the current hard drive.

You can install one M.2 NVMe or SATA SSD.

Below is the link to the service manual.

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

[mellowjont]

Ok thank you so much for the assistance. I did see where I could run two ssds at the same time. Is that the case? I did notice you said nvme or 2.5.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, you can run a 2.5" SATA SSD (which I would suggest you use for storage), and you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD where you can install W10 and your programs.

Or you could just buy a 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD, and forego the 2.5" drive altogether.

You don't have to run two.