OMEN HP - 17-w101nx SSD Upgrade

[Gigaknight]

Product name : OMEN by HP Laptop

Product number : Y3W78EA

Operating System: Windows 10 64 bit

Total memory : Upgraded to 32GB

Processor name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz

Main Boot Drive: SanDisk SD8SNAT-128G 128GB M.2 2280 SATA Solid State Drive

My Question is: I would like to upgrade this to an NVME drive lets say 1TB samsung 970 evo plus or 980 evo plus. Can I install such a drive and at which speed will it run at ? can it run at PCIe x3 speed suppoted by the CPU or will it be capped at the SSD speed rendering the upgrade useless ?

[erico]

Your laptop supports PCIe NVMe (TLC) M.2 SSD products.

As far as the speed at which it will run, check the specifications of the SSD that you buy.

I really can't see how upgrading from a 128 GB SSD to a 1TB SSD could in any way be considered useless.

[Gigaknight]

Hey, thanks for the replay.

What I meant to ask  was, does this M.2 port support NVMe -which you have answered- and what is the speed that this port support? does it support the full Pcie 3.0 that is supported by the processor or is it capped by any means.

regards.

[erico]

That is not the kind of data that HP provides, so I don't have port speed data for you.

Use CPU-Z or another utility to see what speeds you get.

You can use AI to search the web to see what it says.