970 EVO Plus

Hi there! I’m with Dell’s Social Support Team. Thanks for reaching out! The good news is that your Latitude 7480 supports M.2 SSD upgrades, so moving from a 256GB SSD to a 512GB/ 1TB SSD is a great way to give the system some extra life and breathing room. Since you're down to only 7GB of free space

I ran into the same symptom with M.2 SSD fit checks, and that mismatch creates a lot of wasted time when the model works elsewhere. For this type of enclosure issue, the key is 2280 form factor fit and whether the cooler layout supports sustained writes. A practical option is Samsung 970 EVO Plus 22

You may be interested in Samsung 970 EVO Plus, WD Blue SN570, or Kingston NV2. Any of the Gen3 NVMe drives will work well, as they are all fast and quite easy to find when compared to Crucial. Just select the one that is the cheapest for you.

990 Pro and T500 are great, but definitely overkill here. Your laptop's PCIe 3.0 slot will bottleneck them anyway, and those top-tier Gen4 drives get super hot in laptops. Maybe, you can look into the SK hynix Gold P31 or Samsung 970 EVO Plus. They are perfect for Gen3 slots and have DRAM. The WD Bl

Try going for older models. A 1 TB Samsung 970 evo plus will run you far less than a 980 or 990 while still being everything you'd need for a gaming rig. (At least where i live)

i feel you on being scared to open it up. your AN517-54 has two m.2 slots and they're both pcie gen3, not gen4. that crucial t500 will work but it'll run at gen3 speeds (about 3500mb/s) so you're paying extra for speed you cant use. id grab a gen3 drive like the samsung 970 evo plus or crucial p3 in

ngl i've done this exact upgrade on a 3020. the motherboard supports any m.2 nvme size as long as it's pcie gen 3 or 4. i dropped a 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus in mine and it recognized it immediately. the WD Black SN770 is another solid pick that runs cool. just make sure your bios is updated first. d