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OMEN 15.6 inch Gaming Laptop PC 15-en1000 (2L1F1AV)
Microsoft Windows 11

Will a  PCIe Gen4 M.2  4 tb drive work with my laptop.

 

OMEN Laptop 15-en1097nr

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Hi @GlennMc777 

 

you can put whatever size you want but a Gen 4 disk will be slowed down to a Gen 3 disk, the processor PCie is Gen 3

 

 

AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H Drivers

 

PCI Express® VersionPCIe® 3.0

System Memory TypeDDR4 - Up to 3200 , LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
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HP Recommended

Hi @GlennMc777 

 

you can put whatever size you want but a Gen 4 disk will be slowed down to a Gen 3 disk, the processor PCie is Gen 3

 

 

AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H Drivers

 

PCI Express® VersionPCIe® 3.0

System Memory TypeDDR4 - Up to 3200 , LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
- if I can help solve your question or issue, please click on ACCEPT AS SOLUTION or click the YES button if my answer was helpful.
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Thanks that helps a lot, I could care less about any slowdown because even a new tech that is rated to be faster will still be just as fast as the last M.2 generation that it just replaced and it is still bigger which is what I need.

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You're welcome, happy to help

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