X360 Spectre SSD upgrade from 256 to 512 GB

[olegb1423]

Hello, forum,

I'm looking for SSD upgrade recommendations from 256 to 512 GB for X360 Spectre, model 13-4193DX.

Found Samsung MZ-VLW5120. Is this is a good match? If not, please advise on the possible alternatives.

Thank you very much!

Oleg

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Oleg:

Does your PC have an NVMe M.2 SSD installed now?

The reason I ask is because according to chapter 3, page 20 of the service manual, HP only offered SATA M.2 SSD's in the model series.

HP Spectre x360 Convertible PC (model numbers 13-4000 through 4099 and 13-4100 through 4199) and HP ...

Chapter 1 of the service manual indicates PCIe (NVMe) support only for the Spectre Pro model series.

I am thinking that a NVMe SSD would not work in your notebook.

Google the drive model number of the SSD currently installed (you can find that under the disk drives device manager category) and see if you can find any details on it.

[olegb1423]

Paul, thank you for the quick reply!

The current SSD install in my machine is Samsung MZ-NTE2560.

In your opinion, what would be the best SSD 512 GB match to HP part # 801504-001?

I'm struggling to locate one.

Thanks again!

Oleg

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome, Oleg.

I would go with this model since it has the fastest read/write speeds available for SATA SSD's.

Amazon.com: Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to...

If you want the same model that you have now in 512 GB, this is the model #...out of stock.

Amazon.com: Samsung 512GB PM851 NGFF M.2 SSD HDD MZ-NTE5120/000 MZNTE512HMJH-00000 MZNTE512HMJH-000S...

[olegb1423]

Thank you Paul, will take a shot of WD 500GB then!

Best Regards,

Oleg

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Oleg.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Cheers,

Paul

[olegb1423]

I've ordered WD 500GB SSD. Will report the results upon cloning completion.

Regards,

Oleg

[olegb1423]

Successfully cloned my system to WD 500DB SSD. Everything works fine. Thanks again, Forum and Paul!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Oleg.

Glad your notebook is working fine on the SSD.

Cheers,

Paul