Does the MSI P65 Creator 8RD Take an NVMe SSD?
MSI P65 Creator 8RD
NVMe storage was observed in reports for this laptop.
- Reports
- 7
- Saw NVMe
- 100%
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:
- Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
- Drives seen:
- Kingston A1000/U-SNS8154P3 x2 NVMe SSD [E8], Samsung S4LV008[Pascal], Sandisk WD Blue SN500 / PC SN520 x2 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
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 7 independent hardware reports for the MSI P65 Creator 8RD, of which 100% 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.