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List:       opensuse
Subject:    getting a replacement drive
From:       George from the tribe <tech () reachthetribes ! org>
Date:       2021-08-16 2:45:40
Message-ID: cfed81ca-e55c-c464-765a-cea690d5acfe () reachthetribes ! org
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I have just bought an ASUS Zenbook flip s, refurbished, and the storage 
it says it has on the specs is a 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. It is supposed 
to arrive in a couple of days.

When I get it, I am thinking of taking the existing drive out and 
replacing it with a blank 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD, and then installing 
openSUSE on that, and not having Windows at all, no dual boot, pure 
Linux. That way if there is a hardware problem, I can put the original 
it came with back in and send it in on warranty, and they can't say 
anything. After the warranty runs out I will have an extra drive. It's a 
bit of an extra expense, but probably worth it to me.

So as I am looking at the various 1TB drives available with the M.2 form 
factor, I see several options. Some say V-NAND technology, others say 3D 
NAND, and some say speeds up to 3470 MB/sec and others 2400 MB/sec, and 
others don't mention speeds. In general I would prefer higher speed, if 
the other hardware on my new flipbook would support it.

But I was wondering if anyone has some experience in buying a 
replacement drive like this for a laptop or 2-in-1 with the form factor 
M.2, and if you might have any suggestions on what I should look for.



-- 
George
Box:       15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB
Laptop #1: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | AMD FX 7TH GEN  | 64 | 32GB
Laptop #2: 15.2 | Plasma 5 | Core i5         | 64 | 8GB
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