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Replacing Intel Optane With M.2 in a Laptop

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Hey I have an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-51G-53CB) with a 1 TB Hard Drive accelerated by 16 GB of Intel Optane. I'm looking at upgrading to an SSD but as I don't want to replace the hard drive. Can I replace the Optane with an M.2 drive, and if I can does it have to be a specific key and would I be able to get a NVME drive or be restricted to SATA.

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You'll have to use a SATA M.2 SSD. This sums it up pretty well:

 

https://drtechnno.com/2018/06/13/tutorial-how-to-upgrade-intel-optane-memory-to-m-2-ssd/

 

Edit: Either of these should work

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-evo-series-1tb/p/N82E16820147678?Description=SATA M.2 SSD&cm_re=SATA_M.2_SSD-_-20-147-678-_-Product

 

https://www.newegg.com/crucial-mx500-1tb/p/N82E16820156178?Description=SATA M.2 SSD&cm_re=SATA_M.2_SSD-_-20-156-178-_-Product

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7 hours ago, mattsmi16 said:

Can I replace the Optane with an M.2 drive

Yes, but first you need to disable Optane via Intel program (forgot what it's called) and in BIOS

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