“It's working very well with a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus. I wanted to keep using the official Raspberry Pi 5 bumper, so I also bought the 50mm PCIe PIPE and used the standoffs that come with the base between it and the bumper. Then, I used some spare, longer standoffs between the base and the Raspberry Pi 5, increasing the gap between them and improving airflow. I could fit a heatsink on the SSD, but it doesn't seem necessary at the moment.”
“Nice card that does what it sets out to do.
However, the PCIe cable is short and fiddly when connecting to a Pi 5 in the NVMe case, and the mechanism for securing the NVMe drive to the board is awful - a bolt and 2 washers! Surely a better alternative to that could be provided?”
“This was a perfect fit for my existing raspberry pi5 and was so easy to setup. On top of that, Pimoroni has videos demonstrating how to set it up. Also, has a good documentation on which brands and models it supports by default. So keep an eye on the supported models while buying a nvme. I would recommend buyig a combo if it make sense to you. Now my Pi is booting up really fast and has more capacity.”
“Easy installation, PIMORONI instructions are straight forward great product. Only glitch i had was 1 of the stand offs/posts was not thread 1 side no big issue 3 screws were enough 1 side will buy again. Thanks PIMONORI.”
