SAMSUNG SSD upgrade for HP Pavilion 15 cw0007nm

[KatyR99]

Hello,

I am planning to upgrade SSD on my laptop HP Pavilion 15 cw0007nm and I was wondering what would be a good option. The laptop has 1TB HDD and 128GB SSD. I wanted to change current 128GB SanDisk X600 SSD M.2 2280, because it would fill up very quickly when I install windows and other apps.

So, the question: Is SAMSUNG 250GB M.2 NVMe MZ-V7S250BW 970 EVO PLUS Series SSD compatible and good replacement for my laptop? I'm planning on installing Adobe products (Photoshop, Lightroom, Premier Pro...) and some music-editing apps. Would it be good for that use? 

Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes, the Samsung 970 should work fine as well as the newer Samsung 980 (not 980 Pro), or the Western Digital Blue SN570 which may cost a bit less than the Samsung drives.

Below is the link to the service manual where you can find the M.2 SSD removal and replacement procedure.

Maintenance and Service Guide HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC

[KatyR99]

Thank you for fast reply and help!

Here I have only Samsung 970 Evo Plus and 980 to choose from, which one would you suggest? Btw 980 is a bit more expensive... 

Also would it be a good decision to later upgrade my HDD to some SSD (I was thinking about Kingston A400 SATA III 960GB/1.92GB) for storing larger files? 

All the best 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

In the USA, the 970 being an older model is generally more expensive than the 980, because it is harder to find.

If you can swing the cost, I would opt for the 980 because it is newer technology and may run a bit cooler than the 970.

That would be the only reason I could think of why I would prefer the 980 over the 970.

Upgrading the 2.5" mechanical hard drive to a 2.5" SSD can only benefit the speed, and it may use less battery power than a mechanical hard drive does.

[KatyR99]

That's very helpful, thanks again!

I'm also interested to know, what would be an approximate lifespan of HDD 5400rpm from HP laptops, because I was thinking about making it an external HDD? Btw it's about 5 years old now.

All the best 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

It's hard to say how long a notebook hard drive will last.

I see many posts on the forum where folks have to replace the drive after 2 or 3 years.

I think the main factor in a drive's lifespan is how hot the notebook runs.

The hotter the notebook runs, the shorter lifespan the drive may have.

Most folks feel that 5 years is a normal lifespan for a drive but I have some desktop hard drives that have run for years longer than that.

I've replaced them all with solid state drives. 

You just can't beat the performance.

[KatyR99]

That's for sure, performance is undeniable.

I've just checked the temperature and health of HDD and it says to be 100% with average temperature of 28°C (the hottest it run was 45°C) so I hope it will last longer.

Thanks again!

[KatyR99]

I'm sorry I just have to check once again, because my SSD is M.2 SATA with two notch on the pin-connector end, but Samsung 970 Evo Plus is NVMe SSD and has one notch... would it fit because of the connection? Processor is AMD Ryzen 5 and I haven't seen reviews on that one, I've seen it has been working with Intel processor HP Pavilion 15 laptops.

Cheers

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.

According to chapter 1, page 2 of your notebook's service manual, since it has an AMD Ryzen processor the slot will support both NVMe and SATA SSD's.

M.2, PCIe, NVMe, solid-state drive:
512 GB, TLC
512 GB, value
256 GB, value

[KatyR99]

Thanks a lot! You're the best!