Does the Dell Inspiron N5010 Take an NVMe SSD?
Dell Inspiron N5010
Every one of 167 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 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
- Platform:
- Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller
- Drives seen:
- WDC WD5000BEVT-7, ST9500325AS, WDC WD3200BEVT-7
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
Capacities seen
- 320 GB (42%)
- 500 GB (36%)
- 240 GB (12%)
- 1 TB (10%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
How we know
This answer is derived from 167 independent hardware reports for the Dell Inspiron N5010, 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.