Upgrading 2016 HP Omen Laptop - are these SSD compatible.

[Rogi1]

I called Samsung yesterday (Samsung were very helpful and suggested I call HP) and HP today (the representative that tried to help didn't have the answer to my question). 

I'm looking to see if my HP Omen Laptop AX-020CA can be upgraded with any of the following SATA SSD, I'm just going from 2TB HDD to 2TB SSD: 

Samsung 860 SATA SSD 

Samsung 860 Pro SATA SSD

Crucial MX500 SATA 

If I decided to also upgrade the M.2 SSD, would any of the Samsung 970 series, evo, evo plus and pro be compatible as well? 

I do video and photo editing and would appreciate the advice. 

Thank you for your help 

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Yes I did have that model a while back or at least one from the same series. Yes it is compatible with a 970 Evo Plus. Somewhere there is a video of me replacing the 128 gig SATA M.2 that came with mine for a 500 gig PCIe/NVME M.2 SSD. The 970 was not yet on the market at that time, but would work. Keep in mind an NVME M.2 is going to be 4-5 times faster than a SATA like the 860 series. 

Your Service Manual 

Start on p. 32 to remove back cover and inside is this:

M.2 slot in red circle

https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S500BW/dp/B07PJ7HLKS/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=970+Evo+Plu...

Post back with any other questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

[Rogi1]

Thank you so much for your response Huffer, just to confirm if any of these work as well, as I was hoping to replace the HDD with a SSD SATA:

Samsung 860 SATA SSD 

Samsung 860 Pro SATA SSD

Crucial MX500 SATA 

[Huffer]

Those are likely 2.5 inch drives. You want a M.2 SSD. You can add that and keep the 2 TB hard drive for storage. But yes, they would work.