Question Upgrading Laptop Disk Space.?

[Majzman25]

Hello,
How do I upgrade the Disk Space on my Laptop. I play a lot of RTS games and right now I can only download 3 RTS games before Im out of space. I knew this model came with low space, just want to make sure I get the right part. Its a new Omen Laptop 17in model. Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[rgd1101]

exact model of this omen lpatop?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What exact model is this laptop s the omen comes in a few configs.
What drive does this laptop come with by default?
Ssd? NVME or sata?

 

[Majzman25]

HP OMEN 17t Gaming Laptop with 12BG of RAM, Intel core i7.
gonna be honest, most of this stuff is very new to me, Im trying to find all the information regarding my laptop.

 

[rgd1101]

omen name been there for a few years. and they have different spec.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Run Userbenchmark and post the resulting link here. This should tell us what we need to know about what drive you have currently and what would be the best upgrade path.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/

 

[Majzman25]

UserBenchmarks: Game 18%, Desk 61%, Work 53%
CPU: Intel Core i7-8750H - 93.9%
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 - 8.7%
SSD: Liteon CA3-8D128-HP 128GB - 102.1%
HDD: HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB - 67.7%
RAM: Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD M471A1K43CB1-CTD 12GB - 57.7%
MBD: HP OMEN by HP Laptop

 

[henry.j.kautz]

UserBenchmarks: Game 18%, Desk 61%, Work 53%
CPU: Intel Core i7-8750H - 93.9%
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 - 8.7%
SSD: Liteon CA3-8D128-HP 128GB - 102.1%
HDD: HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB - 67.7%
RAM: Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD M471A1K43CB1-CTD 12GB - 57.7%
MBD: HP OMEN by HP Laptop

That's just showing the Intel iGPU: switch to the dedicated graphics before running the test.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Can you post the Link at the top of your browser here? It will give us more Info.
First of all, you can install games onto your hard drive as well if your SSD is full.
The SSD in your current system is M.2, likely sata, but I can't confirm this. I never knew LiteON made SSDs.

 

[Majzman25]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/17445707

 

[Alabalcho]

These results show two storage drives: 128GB SSD, and 1TB HDD. I'd say you are installing your games on (small but fast) SSD drive, that's why you're running out of space. Install them on the HDD.

 

[Majzman25]

Son of a....Steam defaulted to the SSD for downloads. Gonna check settings for download. still interested in upgrading though depending on the options.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Go into steam settings ane create a new steam library on your hdd. Now your games can go on the hdd.
Your current SSD is an 128gb m.2 drive, but i cant seem to figure out if it is sata or nvme. It isnt from a well know brand, so its hard to find info. Hps website saya it comes with a 128gb nvme and 1tb, but if I google your drives model it says sata.

 

[Majzman25]

I added the new library for the HDD, mad I overlooked that. lord.
I assume the specific type your looking for determines what I need to get to be compatible?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

CrystalDiskInfo

About CrystalDiskInfo A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB, Intel RAID and NVMe. Aoi Edition Standard Edition Shizuku Edition Kurei Kei Edition Download System Requirements OS Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019/2022 Architecture x86/x64/ARM64...

crystalmark.info

Download crystal disk info and see what intefact your 128gb drive ia operating over. It should say nvme or or sata iii

 

[YoFavRussian]

CrystalDiskInfo

About CrystalDiskInfo A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB, Intel RAID and NVMe. Aoi Edition Standard Edition Shizuku Edition Kurei Kei Edition Download System Requirements OS Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019/2022 Architecture x86/x64/ARM64...

crystalmark.info

Download crystal disk info and see what intefact your 128gb drive ia operating over. It should say nvme or or sata iii

You can look up the model number if you're interested in the interface, it's an M.2 NVME SSD.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I don't think it is NVME. If you look up that model number, you see a bunch of listings for M.2 SATA drives with the same model number.
EX:https://www.ebay.com/itm/903935-001...321328?hash=item5d8bbc2330:g:taUAAOSwiIxc7qGO
The crystal disk info would help.
I think the laptop supports NVME tho, so an ssd like this would work: https://www.newegg.com/intel-660p-s...nTU8f-6dsKUf0hYYcmokSakRXE_xm8pBoCz28QAvD_BwE

 

[jsmithepa]

Not sure why this is getting so complicated. Got $, buy a bigger SSD. Budget constrained, a bigger HD. That's it.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Im not sure if his laptop supports nvme or just sata m.2 drives, which makes it hard to reccomend an upgrade.
His current SSD is a Liteon model, so finding info on the manufacturer's site is very hard. I have found eBay listings with the same model number that say a sata 3 m.2 drive

 

[jsmithepa]

Im not sure if his laptop supports nvme or just sata m.2 drives, which makes it hard to reccomend an upgrade.

Very commendable of you

If end user not able to discern the significance of this question, perhaps he's not ready for a DIY job.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Very commendable of you

If end user not able to discern the significance of this question, perhaps he's not ready for a DIY job.

Commendable enough to become a titan? HAHAHA ill keep trying.

I agree about that last bit. If you are putting games on the HDD now, you might not want to upgrade.

 

[ZavitGlobal]

If you want a cheap solution the best is to take care of data on the drives. Stay updated remove everything what you dont use and make a disk cleanup.