Does the Lenovo ThinkPad E485 Take an NVMe SSD?
Lenovo ThinkPad E485
NVMe storage was observed in reports for this laptop.
- Reports
- 20
- Saw NVMe
- 95%
- 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
- Storage controller:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
- Platform:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Root Complex
- Drives seen:
- Samsung SM981/PM981/PM983, Lenovo LENSE20256GMSP34MEAT2TA, WDC WDS100T2B0A-
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 (40%)
- 2 TB (20%)
- 500 GB (20%)
- 480 GB (20%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
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How we know
This answer is derived from 20 independent hardware reports for the Lenovo ThinkPad E485, of which 95% 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.