EliteBooks aren’t that bad. These days at least they offer nice bang for buck in the ultra book space often solid strong bodies.
No clue if that’s true from one of the core i5 5xxx era.
The screen was bad from reviews. Not that bright and terrible sRGB coverage. Be aware when doing photo stuff on it.
The i5 5xxx is older now , but see it like this. From the 4000u series to the 7000u series not much changed, and they were all dualcores, even the i7 models. Yes, the 6000u serie was a small bump up in performance, but it’s still quite better than 2000/3000 series. It’s a 14nm cpu even.
They have displayport right? I see that as a plus. Hdmi is used on tv’s, displayport is used on computers (read that a bit tongue in cheek please, not too serious).
About SSDs. It’s a bit unclear. You have a model with a 500gb 2.5" sata hdd inside of it.
So, a 2.5" sata ssd will fit and work for sure. It replaces the hdd in the same space in the laptop body.
I’m seeing models of the same generation that shipped with a ssd pre-installed, with the M2 form factor. So I think the laptop has space for a M2 ssd as well. But, the ssd options that came with the laptop were all of the sata M2 variant (the ‘fake’ M2 SSDs from my story above). So I’m doubting if the laptop will support NVMe SSDs.
I’m also doubting if it will be worthwhile to chase this down. The laptop isn’t one of the fastest around. A SSD will always help in making the system feel more responsive and faster, but if it’s worth it to go above +/- 550mb/sec, I don’t think so. Your choice of course.
So you might have room for two SSDs in there. A 2.5" sata SSD will always fit.
If you really want to be sure a sata M2 SSD will fit, post pictures from the inside after opening up the bottom.
If a NVMe ssd will work, I doubt it. If you have a real complete model number (a SKU number or something, of this specific configuration. There were tons of ‘EliteBook 840 g2’ laptops across the years ). Maybe something on a sticker at the bottom?
Do you have a favorite computer parts store where I can browse a bit (English?) to list some options that are in stock?
Like i said, the ‘crucial mx500’ series is always nice in sata laptops. But that series is available in both 2.5" sata version, and in M2 sata version. So you still need to watch what you are buying :).