Optane compatible with Pavilion 14-CE0068?

[Doug_McKenzie]

I'm trying to confirm that the motherboard in the HP Pavilion 14-CE0068st supports an Optane memory module.  The service manual (which presumably covers several configurations and possibly even models) has a section on the Optane module and the NVMe slot is available.  I'm familiar with Optane's requirements (Windows 10, 7th Gen+ core processor, 200- or 300-series chipset, etc), but am having a hard time pinning down whether this is really going to work or not.  I also know that Optane is EOL, so it is getting harder to find.  The service manual's mention of it gives me hope (even including an HP part number), but Intel is pretty clear that the ultimate source is going to be the PC manufacturer and I certainly don't see "Optane Ready" mentioned in this model's promotional literature.  It seems like it is well poised (GPT partition, etc), going so far as to have Intel's RST software already installed.  It feels ready to go according to Optane's installation guide, but I thought I'd pose the question to wisdom of the crowd.

Any thoughts?

[banhien]

@Doug_McKenzie 

Yes it does. I would not install Optane to its M.2 slot, using a larger (capacity) M.2 NVMe SSD on it to become a dual storage machine.

Regards.

[Doug_McKenzie]

@Banhien... Thanks for the quick response.  I have been going back and forth on Optane vs SSD for the available slot.  What I really need is faster performance in basic OS operation and a few commonly used applications or files.  Since I'm aiming at the OS, adding secondary storage won't help unless I migrate the OS to the new NVMe drive.  While this is going to sound a bit lazy, manual OS migration to a new drive (for which I can't use my duplicator) wears me out just thinking about it.  This is also substantially less expensive.

I very much appreciate the response!

[banhien]

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@Doug_McKenzie wrote:

...  While this is going to sound a bit lazy, manual OS migration to a new drive (for which I can't use my duplicator) wears me out just thinking about it. 

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@Doug_McKenzie 

OK, as mentioned above, you can do one way or the other. Technically adding M.2 NVMe SSD and use it for Windows + apps (applications/programs) is much better than Optane because Optane works as cache only.

Regards.

[Doug_McKenzie]

So I'm looking in to the drives that are compatible with this system.  Looking at the Maintenance and Service guide, I grow a bit more perplexed.  In the M.2 SSD drive section, it lists four options for solid state drives.  Two of those are listed as M.2 SATA-3 and two of them are listed as 2280 NVMe.  My question is "Does the M.2 slot on the motherboard of the above mentioned computer allow the use of both NVMe and SATA drives in the 2280 form factor?"  I'm not asking which one is better... I'm asking whether the M.2 connector supports both interfaces?  If it does, how common is that?