“Wow... this this is amazing. With a Kingston NV2 500GB NVMe and pciex1_gen=3 set on the Pi 5, the storage benchmarks I'm getting are literally 10x faster than with a top-of-the-line SanDisk Extreme Pro 256GB. Even with the default pciex1_gen=2, the speed is still at least 8x faster than the SD card. This is a massive improvement in throughput. Boot time is blink-and-you'll-miss-it fast, especially if the NVMe is set to first boot priority. I can now use the SD card solely for music storage while the operating system runs entirely on the NVMe. For the price, this is unbeatable.”
“Im not sure if i broke it using the tweasers that were needed to put in the ribbon cable or it was doa but i had a tuff time with the ribbon. Doesnt work in any orientation (after cmd line setup). Not easy to set-up imo. Also, one of the plastic clips broke during install. Either way i cant use it. Good form bad function. Maybe im extra salty because i waited 2 months for it or bc i lovd the idea of nvme pi boot but she was mine and walked out on our wedding day.”
Ahoy!
Sorry to hear about the problems with the NVMe base :c
If you could please shoot an email to support@pimoroni.com with some photos of your setup/ ribbon cable, our team will be able to get something sorted for you c:
“Purchased two of these suckers! They arrived in Canada quickly. Installation was easy. Though not listed they work beautifully with the 2TB Samsung 980 Pro. (And to be clear, as advertised, they will not work with the 2TB Samsung 770 after it heats up.)”
“I received my Pimoroni NVME Base early this morning January 30 2024 and I am up and running booting Pi OS off of my 500gb Kingston NV2 (confirmed working)
For those of you who are on the fence regarding grabbing one of those I'd say jump on in. It's easy and there is a lot of help and step by step tutorials online that make it a breeze from installing the hardware to getting the Pi 5 to boot from PCIe.
The only change I'd make in my next order is using shipping with tracking. Going in blind drove me a little crazy as I was anxious to start tinkering away.
Anyway 10/10 on the hardware
And 10/10 on the pimoroni customer service
Would recommend, would buy again.”
