SSD upgrade for my laptop.

[Thermal Lance]

What would be a good upgrade for me? Like, brand, model and speed. I need more internal storage.

I currently have an Samsung NVME m2 SSD 500GB.

I do play games of course. I do SOME file transfert but not often. What would be an okay choice in your opinion? I dont want something cheap but I don't want to overpay either. I estimate that I'd be probably fine with at least 1tb.

[Thermal Lance]

Sorry if I can't give more info about my drive. I am on Linux and I didn't find yet how to provide more information on it. I will update the thread with more infos once I figure that out.

I don't want to open my laptop just to read the model on it.

[Thermal Lance]

Okay. According to hwinfo, this is the model of the SSD.

"Samsung Electronics NVMe SSD Controller PM9A1/PM9A3/980PRO"

[_I_]

nvme drive controller is on the ssd

what cpu?
that will say what pci-e rev it can use upto
and the board will limit how many pci-e lanes it can use
and what m.2 lengths are supported

once you know those things

start here
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#D=1

filter by
size, 1+tb
form factor, m.2 22(length)
interface m.2 pci-e rev

[Thermal Lance]

Originally posted by _I_:

nvme drive controller is on the ssd

what cpu?
that will say what pci-e rev it can use upto
and the board will limit how many pci-e lanes it can use
and what m.2 lengths are supported

once you know those things

start here
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#D=1

filter by
size, 1+tb
form factor, m.2 22(length)
interface m.2 pci-e rev

I noticed crucial got an electronic catalog where I can just input my laptop model number. Is crucial a good brand? Would save me the trouble.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Does the laptop have room for more ssds? As many do. Please check for that. Wd Blue, Black or a model of Samsung would be fine. Look at 4TB

[Thermal Lance]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Does the laptop have room for more ssds? As many do. Please check for that. Wd Blue, Black or a model of Samsung would be fine. Look at 4TB

It has a single slot. I'll check the price for the WD Black.

[Thermal Lance]

Would something like this make sense?

WD Black SSD [www.amazon.ca]

[_I_]

there are cheaper options in canada

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#D=1&sort=price&A=900000000000,24000000000000&f=122080&c1=di_m2.pcie_40_x4

[MonkehMaster]

have had great experiences with samsung so far.

also, im assuming thats the only drive in the laptop, meaning it contains the OS as well?

as for size and speeds, i believe the higher sized drives run slower than the lower sized ones?

but in your case it being a laptop and only having 1 slot and/or no pcie slots to use an add-in card.

going with a larger sized drive may be the best bet and will last quite awhile size wise, if you arent uninstalling/reinstalling games to free up space regularly.

samsung prices i see.

1TB's seems to be generally ranging around $100.

2TB's ranging around $150

4TB's seem to jump about double the price at around $300-$400 lol..

in any case, i guess what you choose will depend on your budget, or if you are willing to save a bit more, to get something larger in size and at a decent price, or wait for sales.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For a Laptop I would look at Crucial P3 or WD Blue. As you probably eouldnt get the full performance out of some higher end models anyways such as WD Black

[andreasaspenberg575]

i would not recommend western digital if you are planning to use it for a while. i had western digital harddrives myself and none of them lasted more than a year. seagate or toshiba is the safest in terms of endurance. seagate is usually better in terms of speed and cost however.

[MonkehMaster]

i have had plenty of WD drives that didnt fail.

same with my samsung drives.

as well as other brands.

[_I_]

the laptop probably doesnt take a 2.5in drive

hdd should last 10-20+ years
2.5in drives mostly fail due to physical damage, g-force shock

[andreasaspenberg575]

i have not had any samsung drives fail exactly but, i do have a drive that stops working temporarily if enough data is written to it in a short time. then i have to reboot my pc to get it working again.