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    HP Envy 15t mSata SSD Compatibility

    Discussion in 'HP' started by N3RVE, Nov 12, 2014.

  1. N3RVE

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    Hello,

    I'm in the market for a new laptop and have settled for the HP Envy 15t series. I need to use an mSATA drive with this laptop along with a standard 5400rpm 1TB drive for storage. Based on a few topics here, some of the HP envy series come with a small SSD drive used for cache and it's my understanding that I can replace this drive and use it as the boot volume to run my operating system along with my programs.
    One thread here suggests that I get only 8GB of RAM because the 12GB and 16GB models won't have provision for an mSATA drive, is this true?

    Ultrabooks I'm considering:
    [1] HP ENVY - 15t Slim Touch Laptop | HP® Official Store
    [2] HP ENVY - 15t Slim Quad Laptop | HP® Official Store

    I need your help helping me decide on a model that features an mSata slot (vacant or not), along with any 128GB mSATA replacement drives. Thanks for any help.
     
    N3RVE, Nov 12, 2014
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    Hello, any help?
     
    N3RVE, Nov 15, 2014
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    There is no msata slot for the new envy 15t slim. You'd have to upgrade the whole hard drive to ssd, if you want ssd.
     
    E90dima, Nov 24, 2014
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