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‎09-17-2022 05:20 AM

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Product: HP Laptop 15 da0xxx i5-8250U
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

What are the possible SSD upgrade options for HP Laptop 15 da0xxx  i5-8250U with 8 gigs of RAM.  

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‎09-17-2022 06:45 AM

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Hi:

 

Your notebook has a M.2 slot that supports NVMe SSD's.

 

See chapter 1 of the service manual for the supported drive types.

 

HP 15 Laptop PC Maintenance and Service Guide

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‎09-17-2022 07:05 AM

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Thanks for the quick reply, Paul!

Can I upgrade it to a dual storage configuration i.e 512 GB PCIe SSD + 1 TB HDD(existing?) instead of the 256 GB SSD mentioned in the manual?

 

Cheers,

Debapratim

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‎09-17-2022 07:10 AM

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You're very welcome, Debapratim.

 

Yes, that should be fine.


The drive capacities listed in the service manual are just what HP offered in the model series and should not be the maximum capacity supported.

 

If you would like a couple of recommendations for NVMe SSDs, I recommend either the Samsung 980 (not 980 Pro) or Western Digital Blue SN570.

 

There is one other thing you should be aware of that other forum members have reported regarding NVMe SSD performance in the 15-da0xxx model series and that is the drive only runs at about 1/2 of its maximum rated speeds.

 

The only thing I can think of for that happening is because the M.2 slot is PCIe Gen 3 x 2 and not Gen 3 x 4 and only two PCIe lanes are available.

 

The good news is that should still be around 3 x faster than a SATA SSD would perform.

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‎09-17-2022 07:27 AM

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Thanks for the info, Paul!

 

I'll indeed look into these SSDs. Have a great day!

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‎09-17-2022 07:29 AM

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Anytime.

 

Glad to have been of assistance.

 

You have a great evening!

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