Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved. If you decide to not to buy from Crucial you can use the specifications for their drives to buy from another manufacturer.
If you have further questions about the Crucial SSD's, you can contact their Tech Support for help. You should be able to buy one at a local computer shop.Ģ) There seems to be another type of M.2 drive from Intel called Intel QLC Technology, Will this M.2 drive also work in my HP computer? Here are the SSD's (Standard and M.2) that are recommended by Crucial Memory: Now when I looked at the motherboard I notice there was no hold down screw for when I install the M.2 drive.ġ) Should I assume that the hold down screw will be included with the M.2 that I will purchase? Some of the SSD's come with the screw, others don't. I did read on this forum that HP does not gererally use the SATA bus for this purpose so that leaves me with picking up a PCI NVME M.2 drive. One is the SATA bus & one is the PCI bus. There are TWO types of M.2 ssd's from my understanding.
If you want to have a faster loading speed, you can choose an SSD. You can install OS and Apps on the SSD while setting the HDD as storage. Welcome to the want to install an SSD in this computer but first need to know a few things. This problem depends on how you use an SSD and HDD on one computer.