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I have a Acer aspire 5 a515-45
has a stock WD Hard disk drive:
256Gb PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s up to 4 lanes, NVMe
with support for drive:
1 TB / 2 TB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM
Solid state drive:
128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB, PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s up to 4 lanes, NVMe
is there an adapter someone could recommend ie SATA3 2.5" to PCIe drive caddy or alike
then I'll be able to add a bigger Nvme drive
just looking for options to add more space, don't really want a fresh installation as to looking for a way to move the os drive to a sata to PCIe to save time
many thanks for any help
has a stock WD Hard disk drive:
256Gb PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s up to 4 lanes, NVMe
with support for drive:
1 TB / 2 TB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM
Solid state drive:
128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB, PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s up to 4 lanes, NVMe
is there an adapter someone could recommend ie SATA3 2.5" to PCIe drive caddy or alike
then I'll be able to add a bigger Nvme drive
just looking for options to add more space, don't really want a fresh installation as to looking for a way to move the os drive to a sata to PCIe to save time
many thanks for any help
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sorted byYour laptop is a good example.
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Is the data adapter you need. But I would check first if the laptop has a mounting bracket inside for a hard drive.
I'm not sure whether you're trying to connect an SATA drive to the M.2 socket or a PCI-E drive to the SATA connector but either way it's likely a waste of time. It won't be any faster and higher capacity drives are available for both.
Generally when something quotes multiple drive sizes like that it's listing the configurations which the laptop came with and not the maximum capacity it's capable of handling. (edited)
PCI-E is the newer and faster connection method, but it's entirely possible your current drive is slower than a good SATA drive.
However, if you wanted the fastest replacement drive then that'd be a PCI-E one.
What's your thorts on this:
Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up to 560MB/s - CT500MX500SSD1
Going for £40 I believe that's good
Using for ( mid range) games and large films (edited)