Upgrading storage of my HP Victus Laptop

[VinElectric]

Hi, My HP Victus came with 500GB SSD. I looking to expand it by including another SSD. What is the maximum SSD size I can include and what limits the SSD size. Please guide. 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Theoretically, the sky's the limit.

HP only offered NVMe SSDs up to 1 TB in the model series but that is usually just what they offered, not the maximum capacity supported.

pdf_6019410_en-US-1.pdf (hp.com)

The Crucial memory report for the model series indicates that they sell NVMe SSD's up to 4 TB.

HP - Compaq HP Victus 15-fb0000 | Memory RAM & SSD Upgrades | Crucial.com

Your notebook's NVMe SSD slot is PCIe Gen 3.0.

While a Gen 4 SSD will work, it will not run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds from the Gen 3 slot.

This table shows the maximum transfer speeds you can get from the various PCIe slot generations.

PCIe Speeds and Limitations | Crucial.com

[VinElectric]

Thank you for the response. So, I can install my second 1 tb SSD without any problem and will this affect my Warranty? 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Your notebook only has support for one M.2 SSD.

There is no available slot to add a second SSD.

If you need more storage you will have to replace the existing M.2 SSD with one having a greater storage capacity.

Chapter 5, page 33 of the service manual has an illustration of the location of the single M.2 SSD.

Warranty:

This is a peer-to-peer forum. 

We do not work for or represent HP, so we are unable to reply on HP's behalf regarding the warranty terms and conditions.

I recommend you contact HP customer service and seek a definite answer from HP.

Contact HP | HP® India

Chapter 5 of the service manual on your notebook's user guides support page indicates that installing SSD's or memory is a customer-authorized procedure, so off the record, I would assume that you will not void the warranty unless you break something in the process of doing the upgrades.

Do note however, that if your notebook ever needs warranty work, you must return the notebook to its original hardware configuration before sending it in for service.