SSD buy & Upgrade

[dnielHK]

Hi, I own a Notebook OMEN 16-b0502la someone know: What kind of SSD should I buy to add to the second port? and what kind of second port this notebook have?

I tried to find but I failed.

Thanks :3

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Chapter 1 of the service manual indicates the notebook support PCIe Gen 4 x 4 NVMe SSD's.

Maintenance and Service Guide

However, there is no information as to what generation the 2nd SSD slot is.

Given the fact that nowadays some Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD's cost around the same as a Gen 3, and maybe even less, I recommend you buy a Gen 4.0 SSD even if the slot turns out to be PCIe Gen 3.0.

The Gen 4.0 SSD will still work.

It just wouldn't run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds from a Gen 3.0 SSD slot.

[banhien]

@dnielHK 

Manual : http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c07596073.pdf

You can use up to 4TB (2TB is safer) of M.2 SSD (NVMe/PCIe 4x4) on the second slot, it is much better to use same brand of its existing primary drive or Samsung 990 Pro drive

       https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/internal-ssd/990-pro/

Regards

[dnielHK]

Oh! Thanks.

I can't get the samsung one, would this work: https://www.xpg.com/en/xpg/830

Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome. 

Yes,  that drive should work fine.