OMEN HP 15 Laptop- Dual Storage Configuration

[Arturogr]

1) What is the purpouse, or the carefull isue when installing an M.2 SSD 1TB (for the OS) and leave the 1TB SATA hard drive for file storage?

I just want to have the OS in a higher speed media and leave the SATA HD for storage purpouses.

2) What If a have a 1TB M.2 SSD unit and a 1TB or 2TB SATA SSD unit? (both SSD)

3) What If a have ONLY a 2TB SATA SSD unit?, no M.2 storage device.

What I mean is, what is the main reason to specify only a sort of combinations included in the Maintenance and service guide for this laptop? see and search for "m.2" on the PDF file located at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06219881

I plan to install a M.2 module:

SSD ADATA ASU800NS38-1TT-C, 1000 GB, Serial ATA III, 560 MB/s, 520 MB/s, 6 Gbit/s

but optionally a:

SSD ADATA ASU800NS38-512GT-C, 512 GB, Serial ATA III, 560 MB/s, 520 MB/s, 6 Gbit/s

in case there is a compatibility isue. (see https://www.adata.com/us/feature/440 and https://www.adata.com/us/specification/440)

and I am considering a SATA SSD:

SSD ADATA SU800, 1024 GB, Serial ATA III, 560 MB/s, 520 MB/s, 6 Gbit/s

Regards.

[banhien]

@Arturogr 

Welcome to HP Support Forum. Firstly what is your Omen ? My Omen 15-dc0071tx has BOTH M.2 SSD and normal 2.5" HDD. Now, for your questions, assuming your machine has 1 TB, 7200 rpm, 9.5 mm drive.

1. You will get faster loading (Windows and Programs) from faster storage and more space for normal storage.

2. That is even better because you get much faster from BOTH drives.

3. Well, you won't get anything better in terms of speed, only more storage (double).

Manual  http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06219881.pdf is for Model numbers: 15-dc1000~15-dc1999, 15t-dc100. Does your machine is from those series ?

If YES, you can install better, faster M.2 SSD such as Crucial P1 or Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD's. Your plan is for SATA-3 which is much slower. You can use 500GB or 1TB

For normal 2.5" drive, you can keep existing 1 TB, 7200 rpm, 9.5 mm drive or if you had money to burn, upgrade to 1TB/2TB 2.5" SSD using many brands around. Note: the HDD is 9.5mm thick but the bay supports  all 7 mm/7.2 mm/9.5 mm, SATA 2.5-inch hard drives - customer accessible/upgradeable (share the same bracket)

Regards.