Question Is safe for the mobo replace the current SSD being M.2 NVMe PCIe (not NAND) by other SSD but being NAND?

[Manuel Jordan]

Hello friends

I have an "ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW-DS71T" laptop

I opened the laptop and the SSD is practically this Samsung at Amazon
It because the P/N is the same as "MZVPV512HDGL-00000". Therefore about its specs is indicated as follows:

• M.2 Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4 lanes, up to 32Gb/s
• 256MB LPDDR2 DRAM Buffer Memory
• 3 Year Warranty, Supports Standard NVMe driver, APM and L1.2 Power Saving Mode, End-to-End Data Protection, Support TRIM Command, RoHS Compliant, Halogen-Free Compliance
• Sequential Read: 2150MB/s, Sequential Write: 1500 MB/s, Random Read (QD=4): 300K IOPS, Random Write (QD=4): 100K IOPS
• Works with most motherboards and notebooks with a compatible M.2 PCIe interface slot. Includes Z97/X99/Z120 motherboards. Not compatible with the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac Pro (see description for details)

Sadly Amazon does not sell anymore that item.

Important to note this SSD is not NAND

I did do a research and I found some SSD being Gen3 x4 (until here all ok) but being either with NAND or without NAND.

Therefore: If the current laptop uses a M.2 NVMe PCIe without NAND

*Question*

• Is safe for the mobo replace the current SSD being not NAND by other SSD but being NAND?

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

Ignore the term "NAND", either included or excluded.

All you need to know is PCIe 3.0, M.2, and NVMe.
And the size...2280.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

Ignore the term "NAND", either included or excluded.

All you need to know is PCIe 3.0, M.2, and NVMe.
And the size...2280.

Thanks.

I assumed that the NAND type, being either TLC or QLC would complicate the mobo

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks.

I assumed that the NAND type, being either TLC or QLC would complicate the mobo

No. TLC/QLC/MLC is transparent to the motherboard.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

Thanks again for the reply

Thus if NAND does not matter.; according with your expertise - for the scenario if the costs are the same for 2 SSD being and not NAND respectively - which one should I select?

Thank You

 

[SkyNetRising]

Is safe for the mobo replace the current SSD being not NAND by other SSD but being NAND?

What? LOL
SSD without NAND? What does that even mean?
That would be just a storage controller without any storage.

I assumed that the NAND type, being either TLC or QLC would complicate the mobo

You're using terminology without understanding meaning of it.
Unfortunately this results in utter nonsense.

If you want to upgrade your current M.2 NVME PCIE 3.0 drive,
then all other M.2 NVME PCIE 3.0 drives will be compatible (if form factor is the same).

 

[Manuel Jordan]

What? LOL
SSD without NAND? What does that even mean?
That would be just a storage controller without any storage.

You're using terminology without understanding meaning of it.
Unfortunately this results in utter nonsense.

If you want to upgrade your current M.2 NVME PCIE 3.0 drive,
then all other M.2 NVME PCIE 3.0 drives will be compatible (if form factor is the same).

I found some SSD NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 and the term NAND does not appear.

For example for the original SSD mentioned and other I found in Amazon

 

[SkyNetRising]

the term NAND does not appear.

Please familiarize yourself with terminology first before using it.

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All SSDs use NAND. Without exception.
If product description omits mentioning NAND, then they assume this is obvious and trivial.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks again for the reply

Thus if NAND does not matter.; according with your expertise - for the scenario if the costs are the same for 2 SSD being and not NAND respectively - which one should I select?

Thank You

They are all 'NAND'.
Whether that term is included in the writeup is irrelevant.