Hi,
I recently purchased a ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 G733QS laptop.
This comes with 1TB of storage and 2 m.2. slots.
Detailed information is scarce; it runs an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, so at least it's fairly clear that they'll be PCIe 3.0, not 4.0.
I would like to upgrade to 2 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB drives (don't think going 980 makes sense when it's not PCIe 4.0).
However, like a good boy I asked ASUS whether that's a compatible drive and they came back with "sorry, only drives up to 1TB" with no further details on where that limitation comes from.
On the other hand, xoticpc offer customized versions of the latop with drives up to 8TB, suggesting that they are supported by the hardware.
So I'm a bit confused now, and don't want to buy these drives only hoping they work.
So, my questions:
Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer.
I recently purchased a ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 G733QS laptop.
This comes with 1TB of storage and 2 m.2. slots.
Detailed information is scarce; it runs an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, so at least it's fairly clear that they'll be PCIe 3.0, not 4.0.
I would like to upgrade to 2 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB drives (don't think going 980 makes sense when it's not PCIe 4.0).
However, like a good boy I asked ASUS whether that's a compatible drive and they came back with "sorry, only drives up to 1TB" with no further details on where that limitation comes from.
On the other hand, xoticpc offer customized versions of the latop with drives up to 8TB, suggesting that they are supported by the hardware.
So I'm a bit confused now, and don't want to buy these drives only hoping they work.
So, my questions:
- does that 1TB limitation make sense, or did I get a not-too capable frontline support person who got things confused?
- for installing new drives, are screwdriver kits using magnetically-held tips ok, or should they be absolutely avoided for m.2? any suggested sets?
- on the assumption that there is currently one slot free, how trivial is it to upgrade the system drive? is it as simple as cloning the drive (and what software is used for that?) and then moving the new card to the old card's slot?
- otherwise, if both slots are in use, I assume I would have to create a backup to and external drive, put in the two new drives, install windows and then restore from backup?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer.