Upgrading storage of HP Victus Gaming Laptop 15-fa1278TX

[BALA_NIT]

I purchased a new HP Victus Gaming Laptop 15-fa1278TX ( i5-13420H, 2100 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s), 16GB RAM,  512 GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD, NVIDIA RTX 4050 GPU (6 GB)). The current storage is 512GB, and I want to upgrade to 2TB. Is it possible? If I upgrade to 2TB, will the laptop have any performance issues?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You should be able to replace the existing drive with any capacity NVMe you want as long as the drive is single sided.

The Crucial SSD report indicates they sell NVME 4 x 4 SSD's up to 4 TB.

HP - Compaq HP Victus 15-fa1000 | Memory RAM & SSD Upgrades | Crucial.com

HP only has the service manual for the older model series available.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

I can't think of any reason why installing a larger capacity drive would present any performance issues.

[BALA_NIT]

Thank you very much for your reply. So, I can upgrade the RAM to 32GB as well?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, you can upgrade your PC to 2 x 16 GB of memory.

[BALA_NIT]

Hi, you informed me that the HP Victus 15-fa1278TX internal storage can be upgraded ( replaced) with up to 2TB, as long as it's a single-sided drive. However, both the local HP World store and the HP technical support team have told me that the maximum SSD upgrade ( replacement) for any HP Victus series is 1TB, and it cannot be upgraded (replaced) with 2TB.

Kindly reply me.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hiu:

I gave you the Crucial memory report which indicates that they sell NVMe SSDs up to 4 GB.

The drive capacities are just what HP offered in the model series, not the maximum capacity supported.

Other forum members have replied with similar answers.

Solved: Victus Gaming Laptop 15-fa1024nt ssd and rap upgrade - HP Support Community - 8835266

If you want to play it safe, install a 1 TB SSD.