I have an Acer Aspire E5-576G laptop that I got back in like 2016-17, and the storage has gotten rather full. I’m a bit stumped on how to find exactly what SSD’s are compatible with my laptops motherboard and the limit of available SSD memory size that it supports. Could anyone help me figure this out or point me in the direction I could figure this out?
Ideally, I want as fast (as in write speeds) as an NVme (I don’t want SATA) SSD my motherboard will support with 1TB or 2TB storage with something like SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Hard Drive but I just don’t know if my motherboard only supports 500GB or 1TB or 2TB of storage and I don’t know if my motherboard only supports write speeds of like 3,500MB/s or something higher like 5,000MB/s or even 7,400MB/s. Would love any answer to this.
My motherboard name and vendor that I can find is KBL “Ironman_SK”
My laptop already has a 256GB SSD in the slot labelled “F” below. I want to take that out and replace it with something higher and faster if possible. Not shown in this picture, but my laptop also has an empty space for an additional 2.5in SATA drive, but I don’t want to use that, I just want to replace my current SSD is that’s possible.
Here’s my system info, would appreciate any help trying to upgrade my SSD, thank you!
scott@fedora:~$ inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
System:
Kernel: 6.11.11-300.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.43.1-4.fc41 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.11.11-300.fc41.x86_64
root=UUID=7521958a-91df-42e1-84ef-27e94d742d66 ro rootflags=subvol=root
rd.luks.uuid=luks-66170427-c466-4b57-a2cb-b0093c6c6473 rhgb quiet
rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
Desktop: GNOME v: 47.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 47.0 Distro: Fedora Linux 41
(Workstation Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-576G v: V1.32
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: KBL model: Ironman_SK v: V1.32 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.32
date: 10/24/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 3.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 3.6/62.2 Wh (5.7%) volts: 12.7
min: 11.1 model: PANASONIC AS16B5J type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3400 min/max: 400/3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 3400 4: 3400 5: 3400 6: 3400
7: 3400 8: 3400 bogomips: 28800
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: nvidia v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d10
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b571
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 compositor: gnome-shell
driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda LM156LF1L03 built: 2017
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.8 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:5917 memory: 7.56 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl, snd_soc_avs,
snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.11.11-300.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 130.57 GiB (54.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS256G39TND-N210A
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1P10 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 236.87 GiB size: 236.87 GiB (100.00%)
used: 130.09 GiB (54.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luks-66170427-c466-4b57-a2cb-b0093c6c6473
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%)
used: 474.8 MiB (48.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%)
used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /home raw-size: 236.87 GiB size: 236.87 GiB (100.00%)
used: 130.09 GiB (54.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luks-66170427-c466-4b57-a2cb-b0093c6c6473
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: lzo-rle avail: lzo,lz4,lz4hc,842,zstd max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C pch: 50.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.49 GiB used: 6.33 GiB (40.9%)
Processes: 357 Power: uptime: 3h 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.17 GiB services: gsd-power,thermald,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 256 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm tools: dnf,gnome-software,yum
pm: flatpak pkgs: 120 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.32
running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.36