- possible to use larger NMVe drive than supported by Intel chipset spec??

[philb2]

I'm wondering if a 4 TB drive will work in my Lenovo T14s laptop. I seem to recall that the Intel SoC Chipset for that machine was limited to 2 TB. Is that a built-in limitation, or simply the max NMVe drive size that was available for testing when the spec was developed?

My Lenovo laptop has an Intel Core i5-1135G7 CPU. Because Lenovo charges so much for things like a larger NMVe drive and extra RAM, I got a "build your own PC" model so I could get the RAM I wanted but the lowest cost NVMe drive, 256 GB, which is a joke for a good laptop. When I ordered this machine, Lenovo offered only a max 1 TB drive, but I read somewhere that the Intel chipset would support 2 TB. To keep the cost down I ordered the machine with the 256 GB drive, but replaced it with a 2 TB drive I got from The Egg. Worked fine and I never looked back.

I tried to find that chipset data sheet the other day, but I could not.

 

[pendragon1]

i havent heard anything like this. pop one in and see or maybe ask lenovo?

 

[dogDAbone]

Well, my mini-me box has that exact same cpu & is running & boots from a 4TB WD 850X just fine right now, so unless it is a limitation of the mobo/chipset or some other component, I would tend to think that maybe 4TB drives weren't readily available when your machine was made, so they just stuck with what they could get their hands on

 

[philb2]

i havent heard anything like this. pop one in

First I have to order one of these babies. I am the OP on this thread https://hardforum.com/threads/trust...-lower-cost-or-big-name-like-samsung.2034168/
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Well, my mini-me box has that exact same cpu & is running & boots from a 4TB WD 850X just fine right now, so unless it is a limitation of the mobo/chipset or some other component, I would tend to think that maybe 4TB drives weren't readily available when your machine was made, so they just stuck with what they could get their hands on

Thanks. Good to know.

 

[pendragon1]

First I have to order one of these babies. I am the OP on this thread https://hardforum.com/threads/trust...-lower-cost-or-big-name-like-samsung.2034168/

could have all been in one thread...
get a teamgroup one then and pop er in. and only trust actual owner reviews, too many bought ones these days.

 

[Dopamin3]

It will work, even with an 8TB. Example of same SOC and sold like that: https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-ProBo...ris-Xe-Fingerprint-Wifi-Bluetooth-W/868574361

That was just likely what Lenovo put on QVL based on what was available at the time or how they specced it out for purchases.