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October 19th, 2017 22:00
Alienware 15 R3 M.2 Compatibility
So, right now, I am planning to upgrade my disk of my current laptop. Later on, i want to be able to use this upgraded hard drive with Alienware 15 R3.
I went through previous forum questions related to M.2 SSD but they are a bit old like Samsung PM951 is not available and have a new upgraded (PM961) version. But I am not sure if PM961 is compatible.
I want to have a 1TB hard drive now. I saw that samsung 960 evo 1tb is not compatible with R3.
What all M.2 1TB SSDs are compatible with R3 ?
Which options do I have if I want to go either size 2280 or size 2242 ?
There are also 3 types of bus for M.2 SSD (SATA-bus, PCIe NVMe and PCIe AHCI).
Out of these three, which all are compatible with Alienware 15 R3 ?
Eimy_B
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Posted October 20th, 2017 12:00
Hi akshitsharma,
This computer has 3 M2 PCIe ports:
-Two in size 2280 that work at 4x
-One 1 in size 2242 running at 2x
Yes, the PM961 will work.
Here you have some of the compatible SSDs for this system:
SSD, 1 TB, Non Encrypted, PCIe34, M.2, 22mm/80mm/3.73mm, NVMe, Three Level Cell, Toshiba
SSD, 256GB, Non Encrypted, PCIe34, M.2, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, NVMe, 512MB, Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
SSD, 1TB, PCIe34, 80S3, 22mm/80mm/2.23mm, NVMe, 512MB, Toshiba, (Class 40, XG5).
SSD, 128GB, Non Encrypted, SATA3, M.2, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, 512MB, Hynix Semiconductor Inc, (SC311).
SSD, 512GB, Solid State Drive, P34, 80S3, SMSNG, PM981.
SSD, 1 TB, Non Encrypted, PCIe34, M.2, 22mm/80mm/3.73mm, NVMe, Multi Level Cell, LiteOn, (CX2A).
SSD, 256GB, P34, M.2, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Samsung, (PM951).
SSD, 512 GB, Non Encrypted, PCIe34, M.2, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, NVMe, 512MB, Samsung, (PM961).
SSD, 1TB, Non Encrypted, PCIe34, M.2, 22mm/80mm/3.8mm, NVMe, Hynix Semiconductor Inc, (PC300)