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Recently I got fed up with the hard drive in my laptop, I opened it and found out it has an empty M.2 slot. When I checked hardware stores in Malta, this seemed the best option: https://www.scanmalta.com/shop/240gb-western-digital-green-m-2-sata3-3d-nand-soli.html Is it worth it, or should I buy one online? This will mainly be used as a boot drive and have some Adobe CC apps installed on it, also I'll most probably directly edit off of it. Thanks

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Yeah do more research, could be an M.2 interface for wifi, etc. 

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Just now, Alex Ushigome said:

The one you linked is Sata, and if it's an nvme only slot, will not work. Some slots are ambidextrous, and will work with both. I would recommend checking your laptops model online for the m.2 specs before continuing.

Thanks, I've tried to research but couldnt find anything, my model is HP Pavillion 15 cs-0096-na.

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3 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

Yeah do more research, could be an M.2 interface for wifi, etc. 

empty m.2 usually for hdd, wifi has it's own port.

That WD green is sata try finding WD Blue NVME. Or maybe other brand.

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5 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

Yeah do more research, could be an M.2 interface for wifi, etc. 

From similar models (different specs) it's used as a storage slot. If not most probabbly I'll just buy a sata ssd

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https://www.scanmalta.com/shop/250gb-wd-blue-sn550-m2-2280-pcie-30-nvme-ssd.html

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2 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

empty m.2 usually for hdd, wifi has it's own port.

That WD green is sata try finding WD Blue NVME. Or maybe other brand.

Most probabbly I'll buy WD Blue. Thanks for linking it! I really appreciate.

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Just now, Alex Ushigome said:

A quick Google search shows other models are ambidextrous. I don't want to guarantee as the specs page from HP suck and don't even mention there's an m2 slot for this model, but my best guess is it's ambidextrous. I would get the Blue, as nvme is faster then sata (the green).

Thanks! HP Specs Page, as you mentioned are terrible, I didnt even realise I had an M.2 slot on my laptop until I opened it up to clean it

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2 hours ago, SupaKomputa said:

empty m.2 usually for hdd, wifi has it's own port.

That WD green is sata try finding WD Blue NVME. Or maybe other brand.

I have a mff laptop board keyed for M.2 SATA II, and while they make SSDs keyed for this its not recommended - just want to make sure the user knows their M.2 stuffs.

Workstation Laptop: Dell Precision 7540, Xeon E-2276M, 32gb DDR4, Quadro T2000 GPU, 4k display

Wifes Rig: ASRock B550m Riptide, Ryzen 5 5600X, Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6700 XT, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz V-Color Skywalker RAM, ARESGAME AGS 850w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750, 500gb Crucial m.2, DIYPC MA01-G case

My Rig: ASRock B450m Pro4, Ryzen 5 3600, ARESGAME River 5 CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 2060 KO, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz TeamGroup T-Force RAM, ARESGAME AGV750w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750 NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 3tb Hitachi 7200 RPM HDD, Fractal Design Focus G Mini custom painted.  

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 video card benchmark result - AMD Ryzen 5 3600,ASRock B450M Pro4 (3dmark.com)

Daughter 1 Rig: ASrock B450 Pro4, Ryzen 7 1700 @ 4.2ghz all core 1.4vCore, AMD R9 Fury X w/ Swiftech KOMODO waterblock, Custom Loop 2x240mm + 1x120mm radiators in push/pull 16gb (2x8) Patriot Viper CL14 2666mhz RAM, Corsair HX850 PSU, 250gb Samsun 960 EVO NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 500gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 512GB TeamGroup MP30 M.2 SATA III SSD, SuperTalent 512gb SATA III SSD, CoolerMaster HAF XM Case. 

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/37004594?

Daughter 2 Rig: ASUS B350-PRIME ATX, Ryzen 7 1700, Sapphire Nitro+ R9 Fury Tri-X, 16gb (2x8) 3200mhz V-Color Skywalker, ANTEC Earthwatts 750w PSU, MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO cooler in Push/Pull config as rear exhaust, 250gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD, Patriot Burst 240gb SSD, Cougar MX330-X Case

 

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5 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

I have a mff laptop board keyed for M.2 SATA II, and while they make SSDs keyed for this its not recommended - just want to make sure the user knows their M.2 stuffs.

Thanks! I actually didnt know about this but it's quite interesting. I'm pretty sure my laptop's M.2 slot is for storage because I've seen others using regular M.2 NVME SSDs. Thanks

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