Question can you install a NVMe SSD in a Lenovo - Legion Tower 5 AMD Gaming Desktop

[smifenuf1]

Hello,
I hope you can help me please. can you install a NVMe SSD internal in a Lenovo - Legion Tower 5 AMD Gaming Desktop? I've never seen this kind of long memory-stick looking drive- the SSDs I've heard of look more square..... Or are the regular square (?)
I have this computer, to be exact: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo...d-1tb-hdd-raven-black/6501812.p?skuId=6501812. (the model number for my PC is 90RB002AUS)
My question is (1) can you install a NVMe SSD in one of these? (2) Can you recommend a good video, by chance, that shows how to do it?
I appreciate it.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello,
I hope you can help me please. can you install a NVMe SSD internal in a Lenovo - Legion Tower 5 AMD Gaming Desktop? I've never seen this kind of long memory-stick looking drive- the SSDs I've heard of look more square..... Or are the regular square (?)
I have this computer, to be exact: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo...d-1tb-hdd-raven-black/6501812.p?skuId=6501812.
My question is (1) can you install a NVMe SSD in one of these? (2) Can you recommend a good video, by chance, that shows how to do it?
I appreciate it.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo...d-1tb-hdd-raven-black/6501812.p?skuId=6501812

It probably has one in there already.

CrystalDiskInfo, or Speccy, can probably gather the make/model of the current drive(s)

 

[evermorex76]

Specs do say it's an NVMe drive already (PCIe3 even though the slot supports PCIe4), plus a SATA HDD. It also supports a second M.2 SSD.

https://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/Legion/Lenovo_Legion_T5_26AMR5?M=90RB002AUS

Are you trying to upgrade to a faster drive, or more space on the SSD, or a second SSD, or what?

2.5 inch SATA drives are the rectangular versions. M.2 is the one that looks like a memory stick, and it can be either SATA or NVMe, but NVMe is the most common. (SATA SSDs are much slower.) Use either Device Manager or Crystal DiskInfo to look at the current model, and tell us what the new drive you're trying to use is. (DiskInfo will provide more useful information. The PCIe version of the drive and slot might be helpful, to figure out how Lenovo laid them out.)

 

[smifenuf1]

THANKS everyone. I learned a lot from your answers; I really appreciate it..... and then googled some more. So it appears that the computer has a slot for another M.2 and from what I've learned that slot can take a M.2 or a NVMe physically but the computer doesn't necessarily take or be able to handle a NVMe and I can't seem to find anyone that knows. I don't want to damage the comp. I'm reading : " Although it will physically fit, it may not be supported. Unless it specifically says NVMe supported, it wont work." The manual (at the link I posted above) says: "Expansion Slots: Three M.2 slots (one for WLAN, two for SSD)" so I guess that means it cannot take the NMVe?

 

[smifenuf1]

Specs do say it's an NVMe drive already (PCIe3 even though the slot supports PCIe4), plus a SATA HDD. It also supports a second M.2 SSD.

https://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/Legion/Lenovo_Legion_T5_26AMR5?M=90RB002AUS

Are you trying to upgrade to a faster drive, or more space on the SSD, or a second SSD, or what?

2.5 inch SATA drives are the rectangular versions. M.2 is the one that looks like a memory stick, and it can be either SATA or NVMe, but NVMe is the most common. (SATA SSDs are much slower.) Use either Device Manager or Crystal DiskInfo to look at the current model, and tell us what the new drive you're trying to use is. (DiskInfo will provide more useful information. The PCIe version of the drive and slot might be helpful, to figure out how Lenovo laid them out.)

THANKS I learned a lot from your answers; I really appreciate it..... and then googled some more. So it appears that the computer has a slot for another M.2 and from what I've learned that slot can take a M.2 or a NVMe physically but the computer doesn't necessarily take or be able to handle a NVMe and I can't seem to find anyone that knows. I don't want to damage the comp. I'm reading : " Although it will physically fit, it may not be supported. Unless it specifically says NVMe supported, it wont work." The manual (at the link I posted above) says: "Expansion Slots: Three M.2 slots (one for WLAN, two for SSD)" so I guess that means it cannot take the NMVe?

 

[evermorex76]

The slot is specifically NVMe. M.2 is the physical shape, while SATA and NVMe are the data protocols (which can be confusing because the rectangular drives are SATA in both protocol AND connector type as well), and it has keying (notches) in the drive and the slot to prevent installing anything that might cause damage somehow. Some slots can support both SATA and NVMe, but in this case, the slot appears to NOT be capable of working with an M.2 SATA drive, only M.2 NVMe (the user guide specifies both are PCIe x4). A SATA drive might fit as the keying is compatible but it wouldn't be detected.

What are you trying to accomplish? The second slot is a slower one, being PCIe 3 while the first is PCIe 4. The NVMe drive that came with the system is only PCIe3 (and probably not the fastest model at that) so it might be beneficial to put your new drive in the first slot and clone the original one to that drive.

 

[smifenuf1]

The slot is specifically NVMe. M.2 is the physical shape, while SATA and NVMe are the data protocols (which can be confusing because the rectangular drives are SATA in both protocol AND connector type as well), and it has keying (notches) in the drive and the slot to prevent installing anything that might cause damage somehow. Some slots can support both SATA and NVMe, but in this case, the slot appears to NOT be capable of working with an M.2 SATA drive, only M.2 NVMe (the user guide specifies both are PCIe x4). A SATA drive might fit as the keying is compatible but it wouldn't be detected.

What are you trying to accomplish? The second slot is a slower one, being PCIe 3 while the first is PCIe 4. The NVMe drive that came with the system is only PCIe3 (and probably not the fastest model at that) so it might be beneficial to put your new drive in the first slot and clone the original one to that drive.

thank you