{"id":31677,"date":"2024-02-05T23:32:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=31677"},"modified":"2024-02-05T23:32:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:32:37","slug":"re4placing-c-drive-ssd-to-2tb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=31677","title":{"rendered":"re4placing C: drive SSD to 2TB?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>dell xps 8390 service manual sez &#8220;M.2 SSD&#8221;; not sure if this is enough; want the fastest possible, so want to know exact specs of SSD connector; perhaps &#8220;PCIe NVMe 3.0 x2&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-933x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-933x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31678\" class=\"wp-image-31678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-933x1024.jpg 933w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-768x843.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-750x823.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42-675x741.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-03-42.jpg 943w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-09-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-09-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31679\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=31679\" class=\"wp-image-31679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-09-20.jpg 899w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-system-board-components-2024-02-05_21-09-20-300x72.jpg 300w, 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data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-M.2-SSD-slot-2024-02-05_21-11-52.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=31680\" class=\"wp-image-31680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-M.2-SSD-slot-2024-02-05_21-11-52.jpg 796w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-M.2-SSD-slot-2024-02-05_21-11-52-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-M.2-SSD-slot-2024-02-05_21-11-52-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-M.2-SSD-slot-2024-02-05_21-11-52-750x401.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dell-xps-8390-BALROG-M.2-SSD-slot-2024-02-05_21-11-52-675x360.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>currently i have this configuration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Max<br>Speed<br>(Gbps)<\/td><td>CrystalMark 8.0.4<br>on BALROG<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>C:<br>700 GB, Windows 11 Boot, OS, Applications<br>M.2 motherboard slot, NVMe PCIe 3.0 x2 max: ~2000 Gbps<br><\/td><td>2000<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" class=\"wp-image-31681\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-c-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-23-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-c-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-23-00.jpg 604w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-c-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-23-00-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D:<br>698 GB, eBooks Library (Calibre)<br>????, max:???? Gbps<\/td><td><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"wp-image-31682\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-d-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-28-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-d-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-28-39.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-d-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-28-39-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>E:<br>931 GB, Epic Games, VirtualBox Images <br>??, max: ??? Gbps<\/td><td><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" class=\"wp-image-31683\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-e-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-38-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-e-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-38-37.jpg 609w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-e-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-38-37-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>G:<br>904 GB, Steam Games, MS Games, Battle.Net Games<br>??<br>max speed: ???<\/td><td><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" class=\"wp-image-31684\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-g-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-43-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-g-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-43-42.jpg 605w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-g-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-43-42-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>M:<br>6000 GB, TV, Movies, Audiobooks<br>\\\\NAS2\\media, 1 Gbps Ethernet<br>max speed: 1000 Mbps<\/td><td>0.1<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"109\" class=\"wp-image-31685\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-s-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-50-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-s-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-50-14.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-s-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-50-14-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>S:<br>4000 GB, network share, Music<br>\\\\NAS2\\shared, 1 Gbps Ethernet<br>max speed: 1000 Mbps<\/td><td>0.1<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" class=\"wp-image-31686\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-d-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-56-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-d-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-56-15.jpg 597w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/balrog-d-drive-CrystalDiskMark-2024-02-05_21-56-15-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>dell xps 8390 service manual sez &#8220;M.2 SSD&#8221;; not sure if this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[1281,96,1468],"class_list":["post-31677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-balrog","tag-projects","tag-ssd","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31692,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31677\/revisions\/31692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}