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Does the ASUSTek Computer X705UQR Take an NVMe SSD?

ASUSTek Computer X705UQR

Every one of 6 field reports observed SATA storage rather than NVMe.

That is useful evidence about the reported machines, but it does not prove that every configuration lacks an NVMe slot or that the installed SATA drive is 2.5-inch rather than SATA M.2. Check the service manual, connector, dimensions, and current drive before ordering.

Field reports can’t tell us whether the SATA drive is a 2.5-inch bay or a SATA M.2 slot, nor which M.2 length fits — check the service manual before you buy.

Reported by field data

Storage controller:
Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Platform:
Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
Drives seen:
ST1000LM035-1RK1, SanDisk SD8SN8U1

Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.

Capacities seen

  • 1 TB (100%)

Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.

How we know

This answer is derived from 6 independent hardware reports for the ASUSTek Computer X705UQR, of which 0% observed an NVMe drive. We read the PCI device list in each report to tell NVMe apart from SATA.

Check it yourself

On Windows, open Task Manager → Performance and click your disk to see its model and type. On Linux, run lsblk -d -o NAME,TRAN,MODEL and read the TRAN column.

Storage interfaces derived from linuxhw/LsPCI, licensed CC-BY-4.0.