Question SSD upgrade on my Aspire E 15 E5-575-72L3

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i have Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-72L3 laptop which i use for my personal use and to learn coding and do maintain documents.

i used macbook pro in my last company and i got used to the speed and performance on macbook.

i am thinking of replacing the HDD in my Acer laptop and was thinking of going for the SAMSUNG 970 EVO NVMe M.2 1 TB.

i dnt have any knowledge on computer hardware, Please help me decide which is best way to go forward.
 
doesn't look like it have m.2 slot. or did you find out it have m.2 slot?
trying to figure out whether it has m.2 slot
any pointers on how i can check it

=== Update
i opened the back cover and it does have a slot, i could upload the image, but i am not able to do so in here
installed the software hwinfo064 and checked the pci Express configuration
PCI Express root port #9 :
version : 3.0,
Maximum Link Width : 2x

PCI Express root port #11 :
version : 3.0,
Maximum Link Width : 1x

PCI Express root port #12 :
version : 3.0,
Maximum Link Width : 1x

i saw this video over youtube and followed the steps.
Youtube video for referance

Please suggest if i can follow the video or anything else which might be helpfull
 
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