Upgrade SSD on 15-cw1011na

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I have a Paviliion 15 15-cw1011na purchased in October 2020, which came with an SK hynix BC511 HFM512GDJTNI-82A0A 512GB SSD - this was tha maximum storage available for the product at the time.

Can anyone tell me if I could now replace this with a 1 or 2 TB SSD? I have the maintenance and service guide.

What products would you suggest?

Many thanks in advance

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Normally the drive capacities listed in the service manual are just what HP offered in the model series, not the maximum capacity supported.

If you look at the Crucial memory/SSD report for your notebook, they offer up to 4TB SSD's for that model.

HP - Compaq Pavilion 15-cw1011na | Memory RAM & SSD Upgrades | Crucial.com

Unless you plan on transferring the drive to a notebook that has a PCie Gen 4 SSD slot, don't waste your money on a Gen 4 SSD.  Your notebook's M.2 slot is only PCIe Gen 3.

If you want a 2 TB SSD, I recommend the Western Digital Blue SN570.

WD Blue SN570 2TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, with up to 3500MB/s read speed : Amazon.co.uk:...

If you want a 1 TB SSD, then I recommend either the Samsung 980 (not 980 Pro, which is Gen 4) or the WD Blue SN570:

Samsung 980:

Samsung (MZ-V8V1T0B/AM) 980 SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Tech...

WD Blue SN570 1TB:

WD_BLUE SN570 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 NVMe up to 3500 MB/s read speed : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Acc...

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Thank you Paul for your comprehensive reply.

Dave

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Dave.