There's another M.2 slot on the right side. You can install an additional ssd there without the need to remove the existing 512gb. Just an FYI to those who didn't notice. Cheers!

One of my favourite laptop boards. 2 ssd slots + one hdd slot makes this a terrific storage monster. Love it.

Picked this up on Prime Day, in large part because of this fantastic little overview vid. Great job mate!

This video was so helpful! Thanks a lot for showcasing the upgrades of this great laptop.

As said as it is you have few subscribers it should be noted guys like you are the unsung heroes of the internet thank you for your easy to follow guide.

No way they included the cable for a hard drive in the box. It's been 5 months since I wanted to put a hard drive in but couldn't find a place that sold that cable and now here I am watching this video showing me that they included one. Thank you so much man.

Thankyou its very clear instructions and driection keep up the good work.

Tysm for this video! Had a hard time trying to find someone who could actually tell me if the screws were the same size or not lol

Thank you for this video. I'm gearing up to try upgrading my current laptops ram, it'll be my second time attempting a ram upgrade. The first time I tried it was with an MSI laptop and it was a complete failure because even after unscrewing it the back wouldn't come off. For this laptop it looks more straightforward.

Thanks for the great video! I recently purchased the Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 and was curious about upgradability. Your video is the best most concise video I have found for this platform thus far. Cardinal Sin #1 You forgot to disconnect the battery cable before connecting/disconnecting hardware. As another viewer commented about the second M.2 port... I had no idea that was there until reading they're comment. Mine came with the 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, & 16GB DDR5. I had plans to immediately upgrade the ram to 32GB DDR5 (2x16gb) and install a 2TB 2.5" SATA SSD. I am even more excited about tis laptop now that I found out I can also add an additional 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD... never had a pc with 4TB storage before so that would be cool. Derp Subscribed. +1 Like

Thanks for Showing how to open the RAM !!

Thank you for the video! Very well done, and there aren't very many videos about these online.

Thank You! This Laptop and it's ability to be upgraded. Also with, what you can upgrade set's it's apart from all other laptops! The price! That knock's it out of the park, for Me!

This is a perfect laptop for first time pc gamers. I've had mine for nearly 2 years now and granted, it's had its fair share of problems, but since renewing the thermal paste, removing dust and installing an additional 1TB ssd, it's performing better than when I first purchased it. I'll definitely be looking at upgrading the ram in the future. The amount of replaceable components in the Nitro 5 really enables you to learn about how everything works.

thanks a lot , you helped me to open & install new ram ❤.

Great video im about to upgrade to a 1TB SSD

What a madlad, does all this installation with battery connected and charged. When I do this to my own laptop I will definitely not be taking such risks.

Nitro AN515-57/i9 2.5Hz/16gbram/RTX3060/512SSD. Just got given it for a present. Ty for upgrade vid. Peace.

Great video bro..Saved me a fortune by not having to get my Nitro 5 upgraded at PC world. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the video 🙌🏼

Great vid. Thanks 👍🏼

Ty for the vid bro I was your 1000th sub 🙏🏽

Dude it was so easy , i was thinking about send my laptop or take it myself thanks for tutorial ✌🏻🙌🏻

Worked with my 515-57 i5 and 3060. (2023) Second pciE slot used with a 970evo because it is 3rd generation pcie i have in my nitro 5 model, meaning it is a waste of money putting a gen4+ pcie SSD in there. (Even tho it's just 10$ difference) Added 16g of ram for a total of 24G, not optimal but fonctional without any issues untill now. First boot was slow but everythkng came back to normal afterwards. Thanks !

Turning a beast into a complete monster

Thank you, very helpful video

Actually the video is well explained. If it wasn't for a few concerns on my part. When I switched on my Acer Nitro 5 for the first time, windows 11 home installed because it was on the existing m.2 . However, the friendly voice in the video changed exactly the M.2 on which the operating system was. At minute 2:57 you can see the second M.2 slot to the right of the lower RAM bar, and the screw for fastening is on the far right of the upper left corner of the usb port. The ram upgrade from 8 to at least 16 gb is recommended, but the fact that you have 2 different ram bars with different latencies and specs, is less good. At minute 4:23 you can see how the friendly voice restarts the laptop and immediately presses the F2 key to get into the BIOS, because in this state the laptop would never have made it to the Windows start screen because there is no operating system. And the one who has already done it the way the friendly voice did. Knows how tedious it can be with the operating system and all the drivers that belong to the laptop!

Got this gaming laptop for college and also having the availability to video game when I go on deployments and it doesnt let me down great price great quality very awesome gaming PC

Thank you

I just did it and i was swesating bullets the whole time. I messed up the 2nd RAM stick but carefully reinserted and now it works and I feel like I can do this again in future, but boy this is neeve wracking for someone whos never opened their computer up before.

Thanks 👍

i dont know why u have such subscribers, you should have way more, thank you a lot man, really helped, but is there anyhting for me to do to lower the fan noise, does adding ram or ssd make a difference when we are talking about the fan noise?

I upgraded to 32GB of RAM and it's a beast! Let's go!

I just got the exact same RAM today. I am upgrading it from 8 GB to 32 GB RAM today

Just opened up mine and man is this thing customisable! If you noticed that extra M.2 slot you would've had 1.5TB but u guess you already did that after the video. Haha

ill get this laptop soon.

How much vertical space is there for the SSD? Do you think enough for a PS5-SSD-size heatsink or certainly not? (Oh, can the laptop M.2 even go that fast? 5500+)

Man, your camera's autofocus was all over the place. Pretty good teardown video though

I've just ordered a 2.5 2tb and a 1 tb m.2 and 2 32gb ram

Upgradable RAM, SSD, wireless card, and the power plug is in the rear. Id get one.

Is there a 2 tb one I can get? Don’t much about this stuff yet. Thank you for the great video

Can you make a video about how to take out the fans or deep clean them? Got this so when I am not home I can still play with friends while my desktop gathers dust. But I have heard these things get very clogged if you don't clean the fans, I tried to look for info but none with this specific model.

Also, how much free space is available on the SSD, or is it the right one for you?

The one I’m getting has 1tb already. And it does come with the 16gb memory. I was told to just upgrade to a 32gb memory though. Do you think that is fine?

wait, I have a question on the 16gb DDR4 Ram when your buying it from amazon there's 2 slots for it. So when your opening the laptop to put the ram for it do you just put 1 for it or do you have to put 2 for it? and I was wondering because from the video you didn't remove the other one which is the green one and considering , you only put one black for it. so do you only put 1 or 2? which I just wanna make sure.

Are there any restrictions in the ram you choose, a different video said that the mad version could take much higher clock speeds but the intel version was lower? Also is there anything to do in the bios?

That what i will do when i purchage it

Just installed an 8gb Ram slot into my Acer Nitro 5 AN515-56. It went smoothly thanks to you. Goodbye 8gb helicopter noises, hello smooth 16GB

do i need to remove the battery connection before adding the ram sticks i bought? how do i ground myself to prevent damaging the components in laptop?

Glad you said 64gb is possible… I’m gonna gat the i9 version. Just for the sake of having an i9 (I’m usually an amd person)

Video is helpful and informative but my god.. touching the RAM pins with your fingers, not disconnecting the battery and shaking the laptop around to remove the back panel almost gave me a panic attack. Glad you got the RAM & SSD working though!

Yeah my laptop (Nitro 5) is the same model number nn stuff, but slightly different specs... but besides that mine can only upgrade the RAM to 32 GB, he claims his can go up to 64 GB that is dope!

Awesome video! Quick question. If you upgrade the SSD card, would you need to re download all the apps again?

I have model acer nitro 5 an515-57-536Qand I was wondering what is the best route in moving the start up to a new nvme. Or should I just install it on the new one.

first slot ssd gen 4.0? and second gen 3.0? im right? i understood this by the designation PCIE on the first and PCIE / SATA on the second. I can't find official confirmation on the acer website. so I'm thinking of buying a pcie gen 4.0 ssd, move the native ssd to the second slot and install the new one in the first one

I NEED A SCREWDRIVER FOR CHRISTMAS TOO!!!

For those wondering this doesn’t void warranty🤙

Hi do you know if the 32 gb version has dual channel RAM??

Hi there. Great video. Question. At the end of the video your screen showed that it was an intel i7, but at the beginning of the video you said that laptop was i5. When you upgraded it, the laptop changed to i7?

Can someone help me? I installed it just like that but my laptop is not picking it up

Please, I would to ask is it OK to add a piece of kingston fury impact 16/32GB ddr5 5600 with the existing ram that came with it ( ACER NITRO 5 AN515-58-57H2 (I5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB SSD, RTX3060_6GB, 15.6" FHD, BLACK-W11) which I am planning o buy today)? Will it slow down my laptop performance because of 2 different type of performance and brand type of RAM? Thank you

Now that you have "replaced" the built-in 512gb drive that comes with the Acer, did you transfer over the OS so that the new 1tb will boot just like the old one and have all the same old programs the old one had? If so, was there a utility that came with the new drive that helped you do that? Thanks in advance!

Do I need to backup the laptop at all? Or can I just turn it off and put the ssd in and expect it to work just like that?

Jesus this is what I ahve to do for my sons laptop? For storage?

I would not recomend mismatching RAM modules, if you are upgrading RAM, you should get a kit (2 sticks) with matching size and speed.

Curious how you plan on mitigating the heat. M.2 Drives should have some kind of thermal tape across all the chips. Acer looks to have used a single pad for their 1 chip m.2 drive. Did you bother to place a full strip across your new drive to stop thermal throttling?

How do you install the SSD on windows 11 and clone it please?

Abi sabahtan beridir laptop kapağını açmaya çalışıyorum Allah razı olsun açabildim

Guys can you completely change the ram? Like can we remove the older ram already placed by new ram?

Nice and informative video. I'm looking to upgrade to an SSD as well. But I read that nvme M2 SSD have heating issues compared to SATA SSD. Do you experience any heating issues with your M2 SSD?

Great video!! Just a quick question, Nitro has a non-removable battery, so is it safe to upgrade the ram without unplugging the battery unit from the board? Thank you.

Nice video. I have this type of Acer An515-56 I5 11300H. Was wondering if i can put Ddr 5 Ram or it support only Ddr4 ?

I am new to this process if I replace the old SSD will all of that data be gone? Or can I put the new SSD somewhere else and have both 500 gig ssd with a 1tb

Since you took out the C: drive, you going to install a new OS on that new NVME right?

My HDD upgrade cable didnt come with any screws could someone tell me what size the screws are so that i can buy them

Do you have to wait when you reboot until the acer logo pops up? Because mine is in blackscreen

I installed a 16 Gn ram but I only just plugged it into it and clamped it down into place as shown is there anything I have to do after? Like on the computer?

how can i put the strap back on the 2.5 ssd that the AN515-53 came with?

hey, just found this video to help out increasing my storage and before getting to the ssd part in the video i noticed the other m.2 slot. after finishing the video and reading the comments about the other slot, i installed the ssd of the other m.2 slot for convenience. after booting up my nitro 5, its not showing the storage. help?

I heard somewhere that always remove battery connection before doing anything

i cant get the back off and im too scared to force it.. only the other side comes off not the actual back pannel ]

I'm thinking about getting this laptop to replace my current low-end laptop, does it perform well in games with or without upgrades?

Why not use the 2nd m.2 slot so you wouldnt have to reinstall your operating system?

When we remove the old one ssd and and add new one does we have to install the window again I am not asking about other apps but the windows app and window it self ???

Bro, all morning I've been trying.. i just got the same laptop and swapped the NVMe SSD for an existing one that I use.. it wont boot at all.. just keeps telling me something went wrong.

Ahh. I bought mine used and it didn't come with the 2.5 SSD connector

There is a green light(or bulb) blinking inside in the backside(botton) of laptop.I was able to notice it from the space given in the backpannel to see fans. Same Model. Is it a problem?

Do you know if you can use the Patriot Signature Premium DDR4 for it

@1:59 you are holding up a cable that allows you to connect a SATA SSD to the laptop..what is the specific name of that cable? I inherited the Acer laptop from a friend and she didn't have any of the original packing and did not know about the cable.

installing two different ram sticks may greatly hinder performance. Be sure to either get a pair of the same ram and don’t be like me

Hi i did the same as your method but the windows does not launching. Keep rebooting with blue screen

I have a question I wanted to add an additional 2 TB drive to my laptop, which already has a 2 TB drive in the main slot. Do I have to buy anything to put on that new hard drive before I install it? I been reading somewhere something about thermal tape, but I know nothing of that and it didn’t come with any with the hard drive which seems a little silly. I don’t know why they wouldn’t include one little strip, but the new one is a western digital black 2TB , the old one western digital Green 2TB I also have one minor concern when I had an Acer predator Helios. I was told that if I wanted to upgrade the hard drive, I had to actually remove the first one and put it in the second slot to keep windows, active and everything where it was supposed to be and install the new slot where the old card was supposed to be. Does anyone know if that is the case with the Acer nitro 5 An517-55-5354?

Please tell me the screw size of the back panel and the screw driver needed to open the back panel.

i am newbie sir, is it compatible to all acer nitro 5 model? Acer Nitro 5 AN-515-45 thank you.

Excellent video. I hope you can help me with the following question: According to Intel's and Acer's sites (I haven't opened my laptop because it still has warranty), the correct memory frequency is DDR4-2933. Since I can't find it anywhere, can I install DDR4-3200? What problems can I have? Thank you very much.

Do you recommend to use compressed air with the fangs, or should I go with someone who knows more about computers?

I have acer nitro 5 an515-51 i installed new ssd Samsung evo plus 970 nvme m.2. and it shows on bios. But i get no bootable device.. is it not compatible?

I installed a 1tb storage thing to my nitro 5 laptop, and I get no bootable message. Do you by any chance know how to fix that problem? I checked out most of the videos on how to fix it but most of them didnt help, haha, sorry if I'm asking a little too much though

I already had a samsung 8gb 3200mhz cl22 stick and I installed crucial 8gig of 3200mhz cl22 but both are running on 2933mhz instead of 3200 ??

hi,i have nitro 5 an515-45 with a 16gb single slot,can i mix the memories like other brands with existing and does it have like left and right memories like on older laptops,sitting here like all day and cant understand what to do and how to find the right thing and what goes where,cuz mine upper slot is busy an lower empty.pls help,dont want to overpay to get other 32 over existing 16,would like to just add.great vid cuz of this vide took apart my pc.