needed to upgrade HP laptop

[omer2188]

Hi there,  I needed to upgarde my laptop. it is a old one but the manual says that it has the following expansion options, By looking at the options below, can someone guide me whats upgrades i can make like m2 sata SSD etc,  thanks

 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

What is the full model number or product number of your notebook?

You can find the product number by running the Windows system information app.

The product number will be found on the System SKU line about 1/4 of the way down on the report.

[omer2188]

Thanks for the earlier reply.

Please see the information below: 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

The product number you posted indicates that you have a HP ENVY 15-k011tx Notebook PC.

Below is the link to the parts list.

HP PartSurfer

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook:

c04409752

Chapter 1 indicates that there is support for M.2 SATA SSDs, but nowhere in the service manual is there a procedure to add or replace one.

The parts list indicates your notebook comes with a 1 TB accelerated mechanical hard drive.

I recommend you replace that drive with a better performing 1 TB 2.5" SSD.

Your notebook can support up to 2 x 8 GB of DDR3L-1600 MHz memory.

However, if you would rather add a M.2 SATA SSD instead, I found an eBay listing for the part number of your notebook's motherboard, and it shows the M.2 SATA SSD slot to the right of the bottom memory slot in the motherboard picture.

FOR HP ENVY 15-K Motherboard 766592-501 DAY11AMB6E0 SR1EB I7-4510U Test OK | eBay

The notebook does not support NVMe M.2 SSDs.

A recommended SATA M.2 SSD would be one of the Western Digital Blue SA510 M.2 SSDs.

The manual does not indicate that a dual drive configuration is supported, so if you install a M.2 SSD, you may either have to install it by itself and remove the 2.5" drive, or remove Windows from the 2.5" drive so the notebook will boot from the M.2 SSD.

That's why I think it would make more sense to just replace the 2.5" drive with a 2.5" SATA SSD.

A recommended 2.5" SATA SSD would also be one of the Western Digital Blue SA510 models.

The SA510 comes in both M.2 and 2.5" form factors.