upgrade ssd dell latitude 5510

Question

hello every one my sister have dell latitude 5510 with m.2 micron 2300 Nvme 256GB,

it's not enough storage for her and I want to buy her new SSD and I have some questions,

1. there is m.2 slot in the laptop but in the dell website I saw there is another slot for 2.5 Sata ssd I search in the internet

and it was said that you can't add another ssd in the 2.5 Sata slot because he blocks the m.2 slot so you need to choose only one of them, is it true?
if I want to buy 2.5 Sata ssd I need to throw away the m.2 one?

2. if I want to throw away the m.2 micron 2300 Nvme 256GB and replace him with different m.2,
the m.2 need to be also Nvme or I can replace him with m.2 sata?

3. here at dell website it said that when the form factor is One M.2 2280 solid-state drive then the CAPACITY is Upto 1TB

does it means that if I buy 2TB ssd it won't work?
also it said that it up to 32 Gbps so if I buy ssd that is more than 32Gbps it also wont work in the laptop?

4. is there voltage that I need to look up to when I search for ssd to buy? Are there voltages where it will not work ?

JOcean · Accepted Answer

Let's see,

1) I would never replace an NVMe M.2 SSD with a SATA drive. The NVMe speed is roughly 7x faster than a SATA SSD. And yes a 2.5" drive would block the M.2 slot but again You would not want to use a SATA 2.5" SSD instead of an M.2 NVMe SSD.

2) The 5510 does not support M.2 SATA SSD so you have to replace an NVMe with an NVMe.

3) The 1TB drive is the largest that Dell has tested the 5510 with but you can go as large as 4TB. And there is no point going with a Gen4 M.2 drive, though it is backward compatible, as they may be more expensive in many cases than a Gen 3 M.2 SSD. As an example the Crucial site here lists a number of compatible SSD up to 4TB in storage space.

4) There are no voltage variations in M.2 drives. A standard M.2 NVMe SSD will work in your system.

I hope this helps out.

nameTRS · Answer

thanks for answering,Forgive me for my ignorance but about section 3 what does it means '1TB drive is the largest that Dell has tested the 5510'in the site it's says up to 1TB, how do you know it's up to 4TB?also about the write/read speed, I asked if the ssd is above 32Gbps it will work,and you answered 'o point going with a Gen4 M.2 drive',so I assume that gen3 is up to 32Gbps right? and gen4 is more than 32Gps? if so, then if I buy gen4 or gen3 that is more then 32Gps it will work just don't  taking full advantage of the ssd?

JOcean · Answer

Click on my link that I posted for Crucial and you would see a number of their SSD up to and including 4TB. And Crucial tests the SSD and RAM to ensure compatibility. If you purchase a product from them and it is not compatible with your system you can return it for a full refund. They are very reliable with their drive and RAM statements of compatibility. Now on that page they list Gen 4 speeds which are only attainable on systems that support Gen 4 SSD

Your last statement is correct. Gen 3 read speeds are around 3500 MB/s whereas Gen 4 are around 7200 MB/s. Therefor if you install a Gen 4 M.2 SSD it will work but will be limited to approximately 3500 MB/s.

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