“The NVMe base is the best thing on the already fantastic pi5, install was great and easy, currently using 256gb Samsung 960 pro ssd and boot speed is seconds!!”
“The Pimoroni NVMe Base worked very well for me. I am using it with a Samsung_SSD_970_EVO_Plus_2TB (2280) running with the /boot/config.txt [all] dtparam=pciex1_gen=3 edit. The only thing to watch is that the ribbon cable is a bit tricky to insert both ends and very slightly inhibits extraction of the SD card (an extra mm would be nice - but it works with a little care). For the price, it is amazing - Thank you.”
“This board is amazingly well-designed. Assembly is straightforward, and the SSD is sandwiched safely between the board and the Raspberry with just enough room for airflow. I needed to upgrade the firmware of my Raspberry to make it work, but there was no need to manually edit any of the configurations related to PCIe.”
“So I have two of these both on 8GB PI 5. I am running a 1TB Samsung 970Evo plus on one and 2TB WD580 on the other with read speeds 800MB/s plus. Both running at Gen3 with no reported errors so far.
I have tried a WD SN770 which only worked at Gen 2 speed and also a WD SN850X which was not recognised at all.
Attaching the flex cable is fiddly, just take your time!”
