What M.2 SSD in Asus gl752vw?

[Ericane]

Hello!

I have an "Asus gl752vw" laptop, and I was wondering what kind of M.2 SSD I need to get when replacing primary drive?

EDIT: A guy in my neighborhood is selling the following ssd;

http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MZ-M5E250BW-specs

Would it be ideal for my laptop?

Thanks!

 

[Multipack]

That's mSATA (aka m1 if you like) not M2 and your laptop uses M.2 2280 so no it wont work as its the wrong size/interface

 

[Ericane]

That's mSATA (aka m1 if you like) not M2 and your laptop uses M.2 2280 so no it wont work as its the wrong size/interface

Okay, would any of these fit?

http://geizhals.de/?cat=hdssd&sort=r&xf=4832_3

EG; the 1 TB one: http://ark.intel.com/products/94926/

I live in EU, so I will probably order by mail from Germany.

 

[Multipack]

Yes it'd work, but as far as M2 NVME drives go it's one of the slowest. That being said, it's still super fast and blitzes any SATA interface M2, and spending more would almsot be pointless (plus faster models like the 960 Pro would get very hot in a laptop) so I'd say it's a perfect choice

 

[Ericane]

Yes it'd work, but as far as M2 NVME drives go it's one of the slowest. That being said, it's still super fast and blitzes any SATA interface M2, and spending more would almsot be pointless (plus faster models like the 960 Pro would get very hot in a laptop) so I'd say it's a perfect choice

Thank you for your input!
I noticed that for only 40€ more, I coyld get this one:

http://m.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/1000GB-Samsung-SSD-M-2-M-2-2280-3D-NAND-TLC-Toggle--MZVLW1T0HMLH-00000-_1116168.html

Which has got a lot faster read/write speeds.
Would tgat be a better choise? Would it work as main storage in my laptop?
(Eg: booting windows from it)

 

[Multipack]

Yes it'd work as a boot drive. The only ones that have trouble are NVME you use via the PCIE slot. You have a 6th gen board with full M2 support. Like I say though, you may find that the PM 961 gets very hot and throttles http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2872921/stop-ssds-overheating.html

 

[Ericane]

Yes it'd work as a boot drive. The only ones that have trouble are NVME you use via the PCIE slot. You have a 6th gen board with full M2 support. Like I say though, you may find that the PM 961 gets very hot and throttles http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2872921/stop-ssds-overheating.html

Hmm.. Heat seems to be a real issue, especially wince it will be in a laptop.
I will have to think about it. Thanks for the input!

 

[Ericane]

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?79590-Issue-with-M-2-SSD-in-ASUS-ROG-GL752VW

In here it says "ACHI pcie ssd", is it correct?

 

[Multipack]

According to the specifications of your latop, it actually takes both SATA and Pcie 3.0 x4 M2 SSD's, but I guess you would need to check exact model and chipset, and follow the advice in that thread. As far as I know, all M2 2280 NVME drives function in AHCI mode AND RAID.

 

[Ericane]

https://uk.hardware.info/product/329623/asus-gl752vw-t4004t/specifications

There are some specifications, the model I have is gl752vw-t4004t.


I am not sure that I will find the correct spread sheet to verify ssd compability.
I will search further, thank you for the help so far!

 

[Multipack]

From all that I have read from searching, any NVME drive should work. At worst it will need a BIOS update which is simple, but more likely it'd just require changing BIOS Settings

http://laptopmedia.com/highlights/having-problems-with-your-asus-notebook-not-supporting-m-2-nvme-ssds-heres-how-to-fix-it/

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https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?79590-Issue-with-M-2-SSD-in-ASUS-ROG-GL752VW/page12

In the manual itself it clearly states that both SATA and PCIE M2 drives are compatible, and there is no reason why any wouldn't work. That is why your laptop has the M2 slot. I really wouldn't worry too much. I am confident that whether you choose the Intel 600p, the Samsung PM961 or any other model it will function as a bootable drive.