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    GP73 Leopard 8RD what PCI-e Gen.3 SSD to get?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by aurion45, Jun 12, 2019.

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    aurion45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was wonder what the best SSD to fit to the EXTRA SLOT available for my GP73, Can someone point to what I need to purchase for this slot? 256GB would be the size I'm looking for?
    As I'm a bit confuse what PCI-E Gen.3 SSD means?
     
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    aurion45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here the video of the GP73, stop at 4.23 minutes and look at the PCI-E 3.0 x4 SSD slot.
     
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    PCIe SSD means it needs to be an NVMe SSD and not a SATA SSD. This is because both protocols can use the M.2 connector and thus some users can get confused. The port you showed requires an NVMe M.2 SSD so make sure it is that and not a M.2 SATA SSD.

    As for size, it is up to you. For example in my GS75 I kept the SM961 SSD as a boot drive and bough an HP EX920 1TB NVMe SSD as a secondary drive for my games and data. If you are looking for SSD options, the EX920 can be found for as little as 120dlrs and it has decent performance.

    But size is up to you. Personally, you can find good value 1TB ssds right now.
     
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    aurion45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, I understand now.
     
    aurion45, Jun 13, 2019
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    aurion45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So if I bought a "
    Samsung 500GB 970 EVO Plus M.2 NVMe SSD" this be OK?
     
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Yup, this is PCIe and works great.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jun 13, 2019
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