***This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as an SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.***
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The Skylake CPUs handle NVMe SSDs very well, especially with an optimized Win10 installation image (read: Media Creation Tool, not HP) and 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases of Windows, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM key with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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The Skylake CPUs handle NVMe SSDs very well, especially with an optimized Win10 installation image (read: Media Creation Tool, not HP) and 16GB of RAM. ''Unlike past releases of Windows, you no longer need to use OEM media to maintain the SLIC key - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs, and you need to install the NVMe bracket. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart but ***''take your time - this isn’t a 10-minute job, but it's not a nightmare.''***[br]
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***IMPORTANT: Your -wm version of the laptop uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart selling the version with spinning rust, so you will need to swap the SATA bracket for the M.2 version. You will need the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700) as the mounts are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.***
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. Unlike Grade B drives these cost a bit more but they are much better, even though a descent chunk of B grade drives are very close. However for yours you need an NVMe adapter which goes where the 2.5” SATA drive goes. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart but ***''take your time - this isn’t a 10-minute job, but it's not a nightmare.''***[br]
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***IMPORTANT: Your -wm version of the laptop shipped with the SATA hardware but is NVMe compatible. This is due to Walmart selling the laptop with spinning rust, so you need to swap the SATA bracket/cable for the M.2 parts. You need the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700) as the mounts are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.***
*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.
***This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as an SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.***
The Skylake CPUs handle NVMe SSDs very well, especially with an optimized Win10 installation image (read: Media Creation Tool, not HP) and 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases of Windows, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM key with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs, and you need to install the NVMe bracket. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart but ***''take your time - this isn’t a 10-minute job, but it's not a nightmare.''***[br]
***IMPORTANT: Your -wm version of the laptop uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart selling the version with spinning rust, so you will need to swap the SATA bracket for the M.2 version. You will need the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700) as the mounts are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.***
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****WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.***
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*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as a SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.'''
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***This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as an SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.***
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The Skylake CPUs can handle a NVMe SSD very well, especially with a optimized Win10 installation image (read: Media Creation Tool, not HP), especially with 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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The Skylake CPUs handle NVMe SSDs very well, especially with an optimized Win10 installation image (read: Media Creation Tool, not HP) and 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases of Windows, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM key with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs, and you need to install the NVMe bracket. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart but ***''take your time - this isn’t a 10-minute job, but it's not a nightmare.''***[br]
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***IMPORTANT: Your -wm version of the laptop uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart selling the version with spinning rust, so you will need to swap the SATA bracket for the M.2 version. You will need the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700) as the mounts are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.***
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
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****WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.***
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as a SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.'''
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The Skylake CPUs can handle a NVMe SSD very well, especially with a optimized Win10 installation image (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool, not HP), especially with 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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The Skylake CPUs can handle a NVMe SSD very well, especially with a optimized Win10 installation image (read: Media Creation Tool, not HP), especially with 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as a SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.'''
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The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with an NVMe SSD and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool) Win10 installation, especially if you have 8+GB of RAM. ''You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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The Skylake CPUs can handle a NVMe SSD very well, especially with a optimized Win10 installation image (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool, not HP), especially with 8GB+ of RAM. ''Unlike past releases, you no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates both OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set my EliteBook up with an NVMe SSD on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.Your computer does.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB NVMe SSD). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I installed the NVMe SSD on day one and it's the way to go as far as a SSD goes, if supported - Skylake-present systems accept these drives.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with an NVMe SSD and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool) Win10 installation, especially if you have 8+GB of RAM. ''You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set my EliteBook up with an NVMe SSD on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with an NVMe SSD and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool) Win10 installation, especially if you have 8+GB of RAM. ''You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as cheap B grade flash SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as B grade SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Peo 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set my EliteBook up with an NVMe SSD on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Pro 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set my EliteBook up with an NVMe SSD on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with an NVMe SSD and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool) Win10 installation, especially if you have 8+GB of RAM. ''You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as cheap B grade flash SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Peo 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set my EliteBook up with an NVMe SSD on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
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The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline. You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.
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The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with an NVMe SSD and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM Media Creation Tool) Win10 installation, especially if you have 8+GB of RAM. ''You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as cheap B grade flash SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''In your -wm version, it looks like HP installed the SATA hardware, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001). You will also need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as cheap B grade flash SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''Your -wm version uses the SATA hardware due to Walmart installing spinning rust, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001), and M.2 caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the M.2 SSDs install completely differently.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set mine up with an NVMe drive on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel Peo 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set my EliteBook up with an NVMe SSD on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline. You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this chassis isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001). You will also need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop, even though it will not be anywhere near as cheap as cheap B grade flash SSDs. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, '''but take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare.''' '''In your -wm version, it looks like HP installed the SATA hardware, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001). You will also need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers, or Intel controllers; they probably better handle EOL by permanently locking it into read only mode.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 G3 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has Intel SGX support. I set mine up with an NVMe drive on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
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The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline. You no longer need OEM media to use the OEM activation with Win10 - the Media Creation Tool image activates OEM (BIOS embedded) and Retail keys.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you will need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this chassis isn’t a 10 minute job, but it's also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you will need to swap it for the M.2 version with the HP M.2 board (Spare# 850946-001). You will also need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you will need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) for this laptop. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using Intel designed controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using other controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THE SANDFORCE DRIVES SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS - I’m not sure about the ones using Intel designed controllers; they probably better handle EOL by locking it in read only and don’t kill the entire drive.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
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'''*WARNING: ONCE THE SSD IS “END OF LIFE” (100% TBW used), THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U 840 isn’t much faster in practice, but it has SGX support. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it. Your computer does.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the [link|https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+250+G5+SSD+caddy&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=HP+250+G5+SSD|M.2 SSD caddy] (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the M.2 SSD caddy (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+250+G5+SSD+caddy&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=HP+250+G5+SSD|M.2 SSD caddy] since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the [link|https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+250+G5+SSD+caddy&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=HP+250+G5+SSD|M.2 SSD caddy] (AM1EM000700''') '''since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
-
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the plate as well since M.2 SSDs do not install the same way as 2.5” drives.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+250+G5+SSD+caddy&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=HP+250+G5+SSD|M.2 SSD caddy] since the installation between the drives is completely different from 2.5”.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
-
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the plate as well as M.2 is a different mounting type.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the plate as well since M.2 SSDs do not install the same way as 2.5” drives.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel SSD). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel 7600p 256GB). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the plate as well as M.2 is a different mounting type.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - ditch the SATA drive and get an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/8GB/Intel SSD). The 6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU. I set mine up with NVMe on day one and it's absolutely the way to go if the hardware supports it.'''
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The Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the plate as well as M.2 is a different mounting type.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - ditch the SATA drive and get an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001. You will need the plate as well as M.2 is a different mounting type.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in,go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - ditch the SATA drive and get an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001.'''
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer on the -wm version, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. Unless Walmart stripped the M.2 option, use it - SATA is kneecaped by a bus that wasn’t built with SSDs in mind.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. '''It looks like HP installed the SATA interposer, so you may need to swap it out for the M.2 version with the HP Spare# of 850946-001.'''
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare. Unless Walmart stripped the M.2 option, use it - SATA is kneecaped by a bus that wasn’t built with SSDs in mind.
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage. [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/HP+Pavilion+15-ay041wm+RAM+Replacement/131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and ditch SATA. [guide|131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare.
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage. [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/HP+Pavilion+15-ay041wm+Disc+Drive+Replacement/134724|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage. [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/HP+Pavilion+15-ay041wm+RAM+Replacement/131918|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare.
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage.
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Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage. [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/HP+Pavilion+15-ay041wm+Disc+Drive+Replacement/134724|Refer to this guide] to take the laptop apart, and take your time - this isn’t a 10 minute job on this chassis style, but also not a nightmare.
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
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'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10 from the Media Creation Tool, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage.
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''
'''This is coming from someone with an EliteBook 840 G3 (i5-6200U/6300U isn’t much faster in practice, but has SGX support in the BIOS) in a similar performance class, short of the CPU - leave the HD in, go for an NVMe SSD'''. These Skylake CPUs can run amazingly well with NVMe SSDs and a properly optimized (read: non-OEM) install of Win10, if you have at least 8GB of RAM as a baseline.
Get a good 256-512GB NVMe SSD (Samsung, WD/SanDisk or Intel*) and leave the HD in for mass storage.
'''*WARNING: ONCE THE INTEL SSD TBW RATING IS USED UP, THEY SELF BRICK WITHOUT WARNING - BUY NEW UNLESS IT IS CHEAP OR HAS LOW USE. Blame Sandforce for this BS.'''