SSD Upgrade - HP Omen 17-ck1020nr

[AtaharM]

Hi! I am planning to buy a HP Omen 17-ck1020nr(i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti, 16 GB DDR5-4800, 512 GB NVMe SSD, QHD 165hz 17 in screen). However, I am not sure if the SSD is large enough for my needs. Therefore, I am planning to add another SSD(980 non-pro)later on(to the secondary ssd slot) However, I am concerned about the thermal pads. Does HP include a thermal pad and a bracket for the secondary SSD slot? If not, how do I install it without them? Also, is the Samsung 980 non-pro SSD compatible with the Omen? Thank you!

[banhien]

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@AtaharM wrote:

... Does HP include a thermal pad and a bracket for the secondary SSD slot? If not, how do I install it without them? Also, is the Samsung 980 non-pro SSD compatible with the Omen? Thank you!

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@AtaharM 

A1. No

A2. Heat sink is highly recommenced

A3. Yes.

Regards.

[AtaharM]

A1: If not, then how do I provide cooling?

[Dystopian17]

I have the same question sir. Have you bought the laptop and checked that there is a secondary ssd slot for hp omen 17 ck1020nr?

Planning to upgrade my ssd. But I don't know if I have a secondary SSD slot because it is not indicated in the manual.

Hp omen 17 ck1020nr

Product ID 63J07UA#ABA

[AtaharM]

Sir, I ended up getting the Lenovo legion slim 5i with Rtx 4060 instead. However, I do believe that there in fact are 2 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe slots WITH included heatsinks. For some reason, I could not find a disassembly video for the ck1000 series, but I did watch 2: one for the ck0000 series(generation before 1020nr) and another for the ck2000 series. There were indeed 2 slots with copper heatsinks included in the laptops shown in BOTH videos. 

[TzortzisG]

Hi!

Things are EXACTLY  the way AtaharM says they are. It has been known for quite some time here on the HP forum.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Omen-17-SSD-Slot-Types/m-p/857... 

Review of HP Omen 17-ck1075ng (notebookcheck)