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Adding 2nd M.2 SSD to Precision 7510
All,
I have Dell Inspiron 7510 with 2TB (replacement for 1TB) HDD in my 2.5" drive bay.
Currently M.2 slot is empty.
I want to add this drive and considering following : "https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-1TB-SSD-WDS100T1B0B/dp/B01LYOKOJI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511887622&sr=8-1&keywords=wds100t1b0b"
WD Blue 1TB PC SSD - SATA 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS100T1B0B
Since it is M.2 drive, I thought it will work but need to have second opinion.
If it should fit and work as a M.2 drive, I want to make it as my boot drive.
Thanks,
Dhimant
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November 28th, 2017 09:00
Hi Dhimant,
That should work ok. You can find further information here:
en.community.dell.com/.../19992358
jphughan
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November 28th, 2017 09:00
It would work, but you'd get better performance from an M.2 NVMe drive than an M.2 SATA drive. M.2 is just the physical connector interface, whereas SATA/NVMe are protocols, and the latter is much faster. Some systems only support M.2 SATA, but your system definitely supports both SATA and NVMe.
The Samsung 960 Evo is a popular choice right now. It's more expensive of course, but it would be FAR faster, especially if you intend to use it as a boot drive. SATA 6 Gbps = a theoretical max of 750 MB/s, although I don't know what the actual speeds of that WD drive are. The 960 Evo can hit actual speeds over 3 GB/s (i.e. 24 Gbps) on reads, and 1.8 GB/s (14.4 Gbps) on writes.