SSD installation

[AgrusSven]

Hello, I want to install a Kingston NV2 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD in my HP Pavilion Power Laptop 15-cb004xx laptop. Will it suit me? And I want to know which NVMe PCIe this laptop supports?

[Jupitero]

Hello.

The drive will suit you since it has the 2280 form factor and does not have a heat sink.

Your laptop has PCIe 3.0, which can is determined by the 7th generation Intel CPU in your laptop.

The PCIe 4.0 Kingston drive will still work with your laptop because PCIe versions are compatible with each other, but you will probably just not reach the full potential of the drive in your laptop.

[AgrusSven]

Ok, thanks for the reply.

[AgrusSven]

You may not be able to unlock the full potential of the drive in your laptop, what does this mean?
Not the same transfer speed?

[Jupitero]

Hi,

The Kingston NV2 drive has PCIe 4.0 interface but your laptop only has PCIe 3.0 interface. The SSD will work but only in PCIe 3.0 x4 speed instead of PCIe 4.0 x4 speed.

In normal computer usage the difference is likely not noticeable. Only sequential reads and writes will be capped at around 3.5GB/s instead of around 5-6GB/s this drive is capable of.

[AgrusSven]

Ok, thanks for the reply.