Need help figuring out what parts are compatible with my build (newbie)

[marsh wing]

I have a WD Blue sn580 500 gigabyte ssd and i am looking to expand it to a terabyte, can someone help me figure out what terabyte ssd would fit? i have a cyberpower prebuild

[stark valve]

do you have sata?
do you have m.2 slots?

or at least ones not used

[marsh wing]

im not sure what a sata is
im also not sure if i have an m.2 slot, is there a way i can check?

[stark valve]

they conecters/in case of m.2 allso fromfactor

[marsh wing]

so how can i check if i have an m.2 slot

[stark valve]

ckeck the manual/mobo specs or look for one

[marsh wing]

what does one look like?

[stark valve]

google is a thing

[marsh wing]

and i also put newbie in the post title 😄

[stark valve]

google images

[marsh wing]

so these?

or something that looks similar

[silent mason]

An m.2 ssd is normally bigger, those are laptop wifi cards

[marsh wing]

love when i search m.2 slot on google and it shows me wifi cards

[silent mason]

That is an m.2 slot on a mbo it has multiple places to screw in the m.2 ssd as you can get them in different lengths

Most m.2 ssd's are the full length

[marsh wing]

Is it that?

[silent mason]

Yes that is a m.2 but there is probably one right above your gpu slot

Can you send a photo of that area

[marsh wing]

This area?

[silent mason]

That is an m.2

[marsh wing]

So I can install a terabyte ssd?

[silent mason]

Yes, your options are a 1tb m.2 ssd or a sata ssd

[marsh wing]

Alright, will any random 1tb ssd work or does it need to be a version one

[silent mason]

The sata ports are normally on the bottom right of the mbo

[silent mason]

Preferably a nvme especially if you want it to be fast

[marsh wing]

can i buy one for 5 dollars or under?

😂

[silent mason]

No way in hell

[marsh wing]

thank you btw

[silent mason]

Sata ssd's are cheaper but they are an old sample

[silent mason]

Standard*

[marsh wing]

r u sure?

kidding i used inspect element

[silent mason]

Ik

[marsh wing]

would that one work though? its going for 69.99

[silent mason]

Have a look at a lexar nm790

[marsh wing]

oh wow thats alot

i could most likely get it but since its going to be a chrismas gift one under 100$ would be better

[silent mason]

How much is the nm790 1tb?

[marsh wing]

120-140

these are first 3 results

[silent mason]

That's 2tb

Search nm790 1tb

[marsh wing]

oh they go for around 90

👽 moment for me

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-7400-6500-NM790-NVME/dp/B0C4ZV5Y7X/ref=sr_1_3?sr=8-3

would that one work?

[silent mason]

Yep and it's fast

[marsh wing]

now i'll finally be able to have my games installed 🙏

[silent mason]

If you have the ability to I would either transfer your os to the 1tb ssd or install fresh onto the 1tb

[marsh wing]

my laptop had 1.2 TB because i added a terabyte drive and going from a terabyte back to 500 gigs sucked

[silent mason]

As it will be much faster and a fast c: drive is good

[marsh wing]

alright, thank you

[silent mason]

Just don't to what I have done

I started with a 250g sata then added a 2tb hdd then when I needed faster storage I threw in a nvme then i wanted a little more storage so I added a 110gb sata

[marsh wing]

only having 250 g mus thave sucked