SSD upgrade for a PCIe 3.0x4 interface

felipemilnitsky · Oct 18, 2018

Hi All,

I use a Dell G3 3579 for work because of its i7 8750H processor. However, it came with a lousy 5400RPM HDD, which is causing me a headache since the disk usage is constantly reaching 100%.
Dell Support helped me to deactivate some allegedly uselless Windows Services to improve performance but I want to do an upgrade to a SSD storage to run the OS.

According to the Manual, its interface supports a M.2 2280, PCIe 3x4 up to 32GB.

Question: What is the best cost-benefit solution you'd recommend? (I won't need more than a 240GB storage)

Thanks!

cpucpu123 · Oct 18, 2018

Get a 256GB m.2 PCIE-NVMe SSD... They go for about ~USD90. If you don't need the absolute fastest, get those with x2 (USD57 Kingston) it is still VERY, VERY much faster than your HDD

william p · Oct 18, 2018

The manual probably just lists what Dell offered at that time.
There are plenty of bigger SSDs running in that system here.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-G3-3579/87342
If you click on individual builds you can find details on each SSD.

Peter Martin · Oct 18, 2018

Evo 970, and get a 1TB if you can afford it. 500GB at least.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147690

the 500GB is 150, fantastic drive.

geofelt · Oct 18, 2018

Here is a link to the service manual for your laptop:
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/g-series-15-3579-laptop/dell-g3-3579-servicemanual/system-setup-options?guid=guid-7d1bade6-6e0b-4ea8-bade-71592f9fa8cd&lang=en-us

Buy a 240gb or whatever size you want in a Samsung evo 960 or 970 m.2 pcie ssd.

Install it in the m.2 slot and run the Samsung ssd migration aid to move your windows C drive installation to the m.2 drive and boot from it.
When done, you can erase the windows folders from the hdd and use the hdd for whatever you want.

The Samsung drives are a bit more expensive, but the ease of doing this sort of a migration is, to me worth it.
I have converted every laptop our family owns to a ssd.
The quickness of using a ssd is remarkable.

felipemilnitsky · Oct 18, 2018

Peter Martin :

Yes, for what I've been looking around, this Samsung EVO 970 sure is well superior to the others and its price is not absurd.

Dell also told me my notebook's NVMe version is 1.1. Is it compatible to a NVMe 1.3 SSD?

Thanks.

Peter Martin · Oct 18, 2018

if dell told you it's compatible then that's the answer.

felipemilnitsky · Oct 18, 2018

Peter Martin :

Yeah, in fact it is not registered on any Dell's Manual, their Level1 support said that to me on the phone, so I'm not very confident on that information. Besides, I read that the NVMe is backwards compatible, meaning that a newer version will always work with an older one.

I just wanted to check if someone had a clearer information about this.

Thanks for your help.

Peter Martin · Oct 18, 2018

yes it should work fine.

felipedsilverio · Feb 3, 2019

A 3x2 will also work instead a 3X4?

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