[SOLVED] I am getting an ssd.

[Mista Krank]

I have a Toshiba 1tb HDD and I want to add an SSD. I have an HP Custom to order. My system is the Pavilion Gaming TG01-0170M CTO. I get fps drops when playing every game, I have Task Manager open to see my performance and my GPU temp. Every time I get an fps drop I see my Disk have a huge spike than it continues to spike it is getting frustrating. I opened my case and seen that there is a M.2 SSD slot. Can I keep my Sata HDD for storage? Do I have to reinstall windows? Is there a way that doesn't involve reinstalling Windows 10. My motherboard is the HP Erica 8643. I went on the Crucial website and this is a M.2 SSD that supports my system and its called Crucial P2 2TB PCIe M.2 2280SS SSD.

My Specs:

Ryzen 5 3500
1660 Ti
16tgb ram 3200mhz

 

[Nemesia]

Forget a NVMe SSD. Just buy a 2TB SATA SSD. You won't even see the difference between an M.2 NVMe SATA/PCIe and a SATA SSD.

If you have less space taken on the HDD than the size of the SSD you are gonna buy you can do a clone of the HDD on the SSD and you won't have to reinstall Windows.

 

[USAFRet]

How much space is consumed on your current C drive?

 

[Mista Krank]

How much space is consumed on your current C drive?

426gb

 

[Mista Krank]

Forget a NVMe SSD. Just buy a 2TB SATA SSD. You won't even see the difference between an M.2 NVMe SATA/PCIe and a SATA SSD.

If you have less space taken on the HDD than the size of the SSD you are gonna buy you can do a clone of the HDD on the SSD and you won't have to reinstall Windows.

So if there is no difference why are you telling me not to get the M.2. Getting the M.2 SSD will be easier for me because I don't have to take out stuff in my way, since its next to my GPU where I can just stick it in and screw it.

 

[USAFRet]

426gb

At that number, and given a 1TB or larger SSD, you can migrate from old to new.

Which one?
Does your motherboard have a M.2 port capable of an NVMe drive?
If the Crucial analyzer says yes...then yes.

Price?
The Crucial P1 or P2 is a good choice. If it is little different in price than a SATA III drive, then little reason not to get one.

 

[Mista Krank]

At that number, and given a 1TB or larger SSD, you can migrate from old to new.

Which one?
Does your motherboard have a M.2 port capable of an NVMe drive?
If the Crucial analyzer says yes...then yes.

Price?
The Crucial P1 or P2 is a good choice. If it is little different in price than a SATA III drive, then little reason not to get one.

Yes I seen the port when I opened my case yesterday. Crucial P2 1TB PCIe M.2 2280SS SSD is the SSD I am getting. It is $100 Crucial said its 100% compatible with my system. I got my Ram from Crucial last month and it said it's 100% compatible and the ram is still working good.

 

[Nemesia]

A better question would be "Does the OP can boot with that NVMe?" or is that a board where you can install an M.2 but you can't boot from it? Since it's a HP Erica 8643 and I have no info on that board I can't tell.

 

[Nemesia]

So if there is no difference why are you telling me not to get the M.2. Getting the M.2 SSD will be easier for me because I don't have to take out stuff in my way, since its next to my GPU where I can just stick it in and screw it.

Was only talking about the loading speed here. Not how you install them.

 

[USAFRet]

A better question would be "Does the OP can boot with that NVMe?" or is that a board where you can install an M.2 but you can't boot from it?

Given that it is a Ryzen 5 CPU, and given that this appears to be the system specs....
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06429270

Ability to boot from a M.2 NVMe drive is likely.

 

[Nemesia]

Given that it is a Ryzen 5 CPU, and given that this appears to be the system specs....
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06429270

Ability to boot from a M.2 NVMe drive is likely.

True.

 

[Mista Krank]

Given that it is a Ryzen 5 CPU, and given that this appears to be the system specs....
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06429270

Ability to boot from a M.2 NVMe drive is likely.

Yes I have the Ryzen 5 3500

True.

So what you guys are saying that I can get it

 

[Mista Krank]

Given that it is a Ryzen 5 CPU, and given that this appears to be the system specs....
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06429270

Ability to boot from a M.2 NVMe drive is likely.

I watched this video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dLoif6vazI&t=218s
and they have an 128gb NVMe SSD and its the same pc I have but they have and I5 and 1660 super and I have Ryzen 5 3500 and 1660 ti so I wanna say that its proof that it can boot on and NVMe SSd

EDIT: The HDD in that video is the same HDD that is my C drive aka my Boot drive and the Drive with the OS on it.

 

[USAFRet]

Whatever lives in THAT video has little relevance to the system on YOUR desk.

If your drive is indeed a 128GB NVMe drive, then the above mentioned Crucial P1 will work.

 

[Mista Krank]

Whatever lives in THAT video has little relevance to the system on YOUR desk.

If your drive is indeed a 128GB NVMe drive, then the above mentioned Crucial P1 will work.

I never said I had an SSD thats the whole reason for this thread is to see if my motherboard can support the Crucial P2 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD that I am trying to get. But it can support it so can you Answer the 3 questions I asked. "Can I keep my HDD for storage? Do I have to reinstall windows? Is there a way that doesn't involve reinstalling Windows 10?"

Plus I said in the post that the HDD that hey are using fir storage is the only drive in there. Its my C drive.

 

[ClapTrapper]

This isn't complicated. 1) Buy the SSD (its a great choice) 2) Clone the hard drive (your SSD will probably have cloning software-if not there are many good free ones) 3) In the BIOS (UEFI ),make the SSD your boot drive.
Done!
Now you can erase your hard drive and use it for storage.

 

[USAFRet]

I never said I had an SSD thats the whole reason for this thread is to see if my motherboard can support the Crucial P2 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD that I am trying to get. But it can support it so can you Answer the 3 questions I asked. "Can I keep my HDD for storage? Do I have to reinstall windows? Is there a way that doesn't involve reinstalling Windows 10?"

Plus I said in the post that the HDD that hey are using fir storage is the only drive in there. Its my C drive.

Sorry...I guess I got this mixed up with a different post.

So....According to the Crucial analyzer, yes, it supports that P2.

Answers:

1. Yes
2. Maybe, maybe not
3. See #2.

We can go into details if you wish.

 

[Mista Krank]

This isn't complicated. 1) Buy the SSD (its a great choice) 2) Clone the hard drive (your SSD will probably have cloning software-if not there are many good free ones) 3) In the BIOS (UEFI ),make the SSD your boot drive.
Done!
Now you can erase your hard drive and use it for storage.

Thats all I asked for thank you

 

[Mista Krank]

Sorry...I guess I got this mixed up with a different post.

So....According to the Crucial analyzer, yes, it supports that P2.

Answers:

1. Yes
2. Maybe, maybe not
3. See #2.

We can go into details if you wish.

Sure so I can understand more

 

[Mista Krank]

This isn't complicated. 1) Buy the SSD (its a great choice) 2) Clone the hard drive (your SSD will probably have cloning software-if not there are many good free ones) 3) In the BIOS (UEFI ),make the SSD your boot drive.
Done!
Now you can erase your hard drive and use it for storage.

I have a question. Do I have to disconnect my old HDD to make sure my system is booting off of the SSD or can I just go to BIOS and change it

( I might be asking a dumb questions because of what you said in answer 3)

 

[Nemesia]

If you want to clone your HDD to your SSD you will have to keep the HDD connected. Just go in the BIOS and make sure the boot order is the same as before after installing the SSD.

 

[Mista Krank]

If you want to clone your HDD to your SSD you will have to keep the HDD connected. Just go in the BIOS and make sure the boot order is the same as before after installing the SSD.

I was watching a video and the guy said to unplug your HDD to make sure your OS is booting off of the SSD. So you are saying when I am done cloning, restart my pc, open BIOS, and make the Boot Option my SSD and then I am done?



I apologize for all the questions I am used to putting stuff into my pc.

 

[USAFRet]

If you wish to clone from old to new, say so.

Specific details to follow. Not some joker on a video.

Or, specific details on a clean install.


Either way....specific written steps.
Which do you wish to do?

 

[USAFRet]

The guy from the video doesn't want to go in the bios to look at the boot order so he just unplug the HDD and it default to the SSD on the next boot.

At the end of the clone process, physically disconnecting the old drive before the first boot is not an option.
You MUST do that.

 

[Nemesia]

At the end of the clone process, physically disconnecting the old drive before the first boot is not an option.
You MUST do that.

Yeah can you tell I have 0 experience with cloning software? I did not know that. Now I'm curious. Why?