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Does the Hewlett-Packard Laptop 15-ef2xxx Take an NVMe SSD?

Hewlett-Packard Laptop 15-ef2xxx

NVMe storage was observed in reports for this laptop.

Reports
66
Saw NVMe
98%
Fastest link observed
PCIe Gen3 ×4

The fastest link we saw in real machines was PCIe Gen3 ×4. That is a floorobserved in field reports, not the slot’s ceiling — a faster drive still works because PCIe is backward compatible; it simply runs at the slot’s speed.

Field reports can’t tell us the physical connector, how many slots are empty, or which M.2 length fits. Check the service manual and the installed drive before you buy.

Reported by field data

Platform:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne Root Complex
Drives seen:
KIOXIA BG4 (DRAM-less), Realtek Semiconductor RTS5765DL (DRAM-less), SK hynix Gold P31/BC711/PC711 NVMe Solid State Drive

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

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How we know

This answer is derived from 66 independent hardware reports for the Hewlett-Packard Laptop 15-ef2xxx, of which 98% 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.