ACEPC AK1 Hard Disk

Post by **Sailorboy** » Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:48 pm

Just purchased an AK1 which seems very good. I need to expand the memory and would like to install a 2.5 disk. Ideally SSD. Is this possible or must I use HDD ? Also any recommendations of which disk to buy ? Thanks

Post by **spikerguy** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:51 pm

Technically you can use any 2.5" Drive doesn't matter if it is SSD or HDD as long as it s compatible with the SATA interface.
As this image shows that you can insert 2.5" SSD/HDD. Only upto 2TB is supported.

Post by **Sailorboy** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:35 pm

Thank you. I'll order the SATA SSD drive now.

Post by **admin** » Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:27 am

I wish you a happy use.

Post by **Jim Quinn** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:55 pm

Good morning, I have pretty much the same setup as described in the post, my question is a 2 part, what is the largest msata that can be installed for the OS, if I am already at the max, my storage drive is 1 TB ssd, how do I set up my programs to run from my storage drive , so keeping my OS drive clutter free, I already used up 50% of my msata, and havnt even put a dent into my 1tb ssd

Post by **admin** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:36 am

This is the tutorial we made:

Post by **Ricardfern** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:06 am

I have only a question. What is the largest msata SSD that can be installed in the ACEPC AK1 Mini PC?
I have understood only up to 128 Gb in the msata slot.
Please can you tell me the right answer?
Thanks

Post by **Gabe** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:30 am

Ricardfern,

The mSATA drive capacity limit for the Celeron J3455 based AK1 is 128GB. I'm sure the admin will confirm this.

I make that processor distinction because there is a newer AK1 that is Celeron J4125 based, and rather than an mSATA slot the J4125 based unit has an M.2 2242 NVMe slot with a capacity of up to 512GB. The J3455 based model is still available though. It hasn't been replaced with this new one, or at least not at this point.

Post by **Ricardfern** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:01 pm

I'll receive my mini pc tomorrow and then I'll see what kind of celeron microprocessor is. The model is AK1.

Thanks for your answer and your explanation.

Post by **Gabe** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:18 pm

Ricardfern,

You're very welcome.

I should say that, in reality, that newer J4125 based AK1 I mentioned may in fact be a newer GK1. I'm not really sure. When I saw it on Amazon it said AK1, so that's what I assumed, but you know how Amazon can be. LOL.

They're both great processors though, so either way you'll have a good one.

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