Question Is this Laptop Can used Maximum speed of Samsung NVMe 990 Pro ?

[danygood]

Hello
Please guide me
one of my friend bought this laptop : Dell - Inspiron 2-in-1
This link : https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-i...b-ssd-platinum-silver/6504380.p?skuId=6504380

He mostly do photo and video editing , so want to buy fast NVMe
he asked me does his laptop can used the maximum speed of Samsung NVMe 990 Pro ?
if his laptop cant used maximum speed of NVMe 990 Pro then he will order another NVMe

thank you

 

[USAFRet]

1. Unlikely the M.2 port is a PCIe 4.0. Almost certainly 3.0.
2. With a single drive, you would not be able to tell the difference between a 3.0 and 4.0.

Unless he needs more space than the original 512GB, leave it as is.

 

[danygood]

1. Unlikely the M.2 port is a PCIe 4.0. Almost certainly 3.0.
2. With a single drive, you would not be able to tell the difference between a 3.0 and 4.0.

Unless he needs more space than the original 512GB, leave it as is.

Thank you for answer
Sorry , my friend bought this laptop , but he don't know much about hardware , he mostly know about photo editing , so he guide from me but i dont now much

But he told me 512Gb is not enough and he want to upgrade his laptop NVMe

He want to buy 1tb or2 tb NVMe

Because this laptop have upgradeable NVMe , so he want buy fastest NVMe
After searching on some place , on many place wrote for now Samsung NVMe 990 Pro is fastest for now

But they wrote your laptop must be support this NVMe 990 Pro , if not then laptop cant used maximum speed of this ,

so i want to sure is this laptop can used maximum speed of NVMe 990 Pro ?

if not then will buy another model and brand

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

A Samsung 970 Pro is probably what you need, and less expensive than a 990.
Whatever size meets budget.

Just because the 990 Pro is Gen 4 and therefore "faster" in benchmark numbers, does not mean it IS faster in actual use.

I have several SSDs, incl a 980 Pro and Intel 660p.
In the same sort of use as your friend, you cannot tell the difference.

The VAST majority of the work in photo and video editing is in the CPU and RAM. Not the raw drive speed.

 

[danygood]

Great information , Thank you
just one question dose his laptop support NVMe Gen 4 ? or only Gen 3

 

[USAFRet]

Great information , Thank you
just one question dose his laptop support NVMe Gen 4 ? or only Gen 3

Unknown.
But given the age (2022) and price, almost certainly 3.0.

 

[Bob.B]

Hello
Please guide me
one of my friend bought this laptop : Dell - Inspiron 2-in-1
This link : https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-i...b-ssd-platinum-silver/6504380.p?skuId=6504380

He mostly do photo and video editing , so want to buy fast NVMe
he asked me does his laptop can used the maximum speed of Samsung NVMe 990 Pro ?
if his laptop cant used maximum speed of NVMe 990 Pro then he will order another NVMe

thank you

What m.2 is in the machine now?

 

[Eximo]

https://www.newegg.com/p/2RC-05KM-00563

This appears to be the motherboard, I see no full length M.2 slots apparent, but Dell says it has one:

• One M.2 2230/2280 slot for solid-state drive

But they don't list the speed. Up to Gen 4 PCIe is listed on the SoC, so I don't see why they wouldn't run it at 4.0 unless they just didn't want to bother with validating the motherboard traces.

Inspiron 16 7620 2-in-1 Setup and Specifications | Dell Deutschland

 

[thestryker]

The Dell documentation indicates you can use PCIe 4.0 or 3.0 M.2 SSDs in this laptop, however power consumption is something you have to keep in mind with laptops due to heat output. A top performing PCIe 4.0 drive may very well throttle or be otherwise limited in throughput in a laptop chassis.

Personally I'd be looking at PCIe 3.0 drives because of the SK Hynix P31 existing. It has very low power consumption, but can keep up with the best PCIe 3.0 drives in performance.