Hey, everyone, I currently have an IdeaPad 330s-15IKB with 8GB Ram, 16GB Optane, Intel Core i7 (8550U), CPU 1.80 GHz ~ 2.00 GHz and 1(quite slow)TB HDD. Win 10 (if that means anything).
First, I am okay with the 8GB Ram, no big deal here, no need to upgrade it, so I am researching a lot about ssd's lately as I really need to upgrade this machine. I found some good SSD candidates, but I am a little confused now.
Lenovo site says the SSD port goes up to 128GB (PCIe). I does NOT come with the SSD of course*
I found this one: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S250B/dp/B07MFZXR1B/
I really really need it to be 2TB.
On the other hand, the alternative is a SSD Sata 3 drive which is this one https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-512GB-V-NAND-Solid-MZ-76P512BW/dp/B07879KC15
Last one is more expensive but it's the alternative to the NVME. I plan to clone my entire HDD to any of those above.
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Ok, so, why do I need so much space? I am a musician and a designer and many of the things I use need to load stuff on the run such as sample libraries that the drive is reading in real time or temporary files, so with the HDD such files sometimes lag or stop making sound because they are somewhat large and/or the drive can't keep up. Design softwares also freeze sometimes if the temp file keeps growing and growing, and occasionally the disk is at 100% usage freezing the whole computer until it finishes doing it's thing, so the SSD upgrade is a MUST.
So I am a bit confused because Crucial site says that yeah I can upgrade the SSD NVME to 2TB and also the SSD Sata to 2TB too, but Lenovo site says otherwise.
Can this laptop run such power? Thanks a lot in advance!
Edit: Option 3: 1TB SSD Sata 3 + 1TB SSD NVME. Will it work? If so, Samsung will do the job, or too much power?
First, I am okay with the 8GB Ram, no big deal here, no need to upgrade it, so I am researching a lot about ssd's lately as I really need to upgrade this machine. I found some good SSD candidates, but I am a little confused now.
Lenovo site says the SSD port goes up to 128GB (PCIe). I does NOT come with the SSD of course*
I found this one: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S250B/dp/B07MFZXR1B/
I really really need it to be 2TB.
On the other hand, the alternative is a SSD Sata 3 drive which is this one https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-512GB-V-NAND-Solid-MZ-76P512BW/dp/B07879KC15
Last one is more expensive but it's the alternative to the NVME. I plan to clone my entire HDD to any of those above.
(You can skip this text in italics)
Ok, so, why do I need so much space? I am a musician and a designer and many of the things I use need to load stuff on the run such as sample libraries that the drive is reading in real time or temporary files, so with the HDD such files sometimes lag or stop making sound because they are somewhat large and/or the drive can't keep up. Design softwares also freeze sometimes if the temp file keeps growing and growing, and occasionally the disk is at 100% usage freezing the whole computer until it finishes doing it's thing, so the SSD upgrade is a MUST.
So I am a bit confused because Crucial site says that yeah I can upgrade the SSD NVME to 2TB and also the SSD Sata to 2TB too, but Lenovo site says otherwise.
Can this laptop run such power? Thanks a lot in advance!
Edit: Option 3: 1TB SSD Sata 3 + 1TB SSD NVME. Will it work? If so, Samsung will do the job, or too much power?