Storage Upgrade - Pavilion 27-xa0014 All-in-One

[eye2eyespy]

Pavilion 27-xa0014 All-in-One
Chipset: Intel H370

I would like to upgrade my All in One's storage, right now I only have 256 GB.

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Can I use M.2 NVMe in a SATA M.2 socket on my motherboard?



I'm want the fastest read/write speed. Can someone recommend storage?

Many thanks,

// George

 

[neeyik]

That particular motherboard has two M.2 slots but one is used for a WiFi card; the other is for PCIe NVMe storage, so it won’t take SATA-based drive.

 

[eye2eyespy]

Ok great. Can you please advise what would be the max ram upgrade. I bought a pair of 16G (8x2) ram sticks a month ago but the Crucial website say my max is 32G. Can you please confirm?

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Thanks again.

// George

 

[neeyik]

Yes, the maximum memory supported isnt clear - the motherboard chipset supports 16GB per SODIMM slot, so in theory, it should take 32GB. However, it’s possible that HP have limited to 16GB for compatibility reasons. I would think that amount of RAM is enough for most situations applicable to that computer, though.