SSD Compatibility with my laptop

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allart.alan.1997

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Hi,

I actually would like to add an SSD to my laptop, and I need your advices in order to make sure I'm choosing a compatible one.

I actually have an ASUS UX510UWK (there is an empty slot for a flat ssd in there).

From my researches, I understood that a m2 2280 type is necessary, but I worry about the connector. On photos it seems SSD like this have two holes in their pinouts, but there is only one on the connector on my motherboard.

Could you confirm me that this SSD will be compatible ? (Samsung SSD 860 EVO SataIII M.2)
And by the way, is a 500G SSD sensitively slower than a 250G one ?

Thanks a lot ! (and excuse my bad english please ^^)
 
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oops...but same thing:
UX510UW
https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-UX510UW/specifications/
Solid State Drives:
128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
Solid State Drives:
256GB SATA3 M.2 SSD

With m.2 drives, you have to be really careful.
M.2 can be had in either SATA III or NVMe. A SATA III m.2 drive is the same performance as a regular 2.5" SATA III drive.
Just in a different package.

The NVMe drives are faster. And also more expensive.
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Yes, that laptop will take a SATA III m.2 SSD.

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-UX510UX/specifications/
Solid State Drives:
128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
Solid State Drives:
256GB SATA3 M.2 SSD

And SSD's generally get slightly faster the larger they are.
 
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allart.alan.1997

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Thank you for the fast answer!

That's not a problem if the specs you pick were for the UX510UX and not the UX510UW ?
Finally, why the connectors are differents ? (Just for my curiosity)
 
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oops...but same thing:
UX510UW
https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-UX510UW/specifications/
Solid State Drives:
128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
Solid State Drives:
256GB SATA3 M.2 SSD

With m.2 drives, you have to be really careful.
M.2 can be had in either SATA III or NVMe. A SATA III m.2 drive is the same performance as a regular 2.5" SATA III drive.
Just in a different package.

The NVMe drives are faster. And also more expensive.
 
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USAFRet said:


oops...but same thing:
UX510UW
www.asus.com

ASUS ZenBook UX510UW | Laptops | ASUS USA

Only 19.9mm thin and weighs 2kg, with superb 4K UHD wide-viewing-angle display and fast NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX960M graphics.
www.asus.com www.asus.com
Solid State Drives:
128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
Solid State Drives:
256GB SATA3 M.2 SSD

With m.2 drives, you have to be really careful.
M.2 can be had in either SATA III or NVMe. A SATA III m.2 drive is the same performance as a regular 2.5" SATA III drive.
Just in a different package.

The NVMe drives are faster. And also more expensive.
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Hi USAFRet,

I also have the same laptop zenbook Ux510uw. It comes with a 128 gb pcie ssd. I want to upgrade it to Samsung 860 EVO 2TB M.2 SATA Internal SSD (MZ-N6E2T0BW). Will it be compatible?

Thanks in Advance.
 
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alimech said:
Thanks a lot for the reply. One more question, forgive my ignorance, but will a sata pcie port be compatible for the NVMe ssd
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SATA and PCIe are two different things.
Some ports will take either.

Oh wait...I misread your earlier question.
It currently has a 128GHB NVMe drive, and you want to put in a Samsung 860 EVO?

That may or may not work, depending on your particular port. If it actually says SATA and PCIe, then it will.
 
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USAFRet said:
SATA and PCIe are two different things.
Some ports will take either.

Oh wait...I misread your earlier question.
It currently has a 128GHB NVMe drive, and you want to put in a Samsung 860 EVO?

That may or may not work, depending on your particular port. If it actually says SATA and PCIe, then it will.
Click to expand...

Thank you for the response. I think there is a confusion, let me kindly clarify.

My laptop has a128 gb sata ssd pcie chip (which is the default one the laptop comes in, for this model, I guess) . I haven't opened it personally, but a search on the Internet showed that it has sata pcie ssd chip and not NVMe for my model.

My question was, will a sata pcie ssd port be compatible for a NVMe pcie ssd chip or vice versa?
 
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