Does the Clevo P170EM Take an NVMe SSD?
Clevo P170EM
Every one of 18 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 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
- Platform:
- Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
- Drives seen:
- Samsung SSD 840, HGST HTS721010A9, KINGSTON SUV500M
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
Capacities seen
- 500 GB (40%)
- 2 TB (20%)
- 750 GB (20%)
- 480 GB (20%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
How we know
This answer is derived from 18 independent hardware reports for the Clevo P170EM, 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.
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Storage interfaces derived from linuxhw/LsPCI, licensed CC-BY-4.0.