SBCs: It's time to ditch microSD

Published: 14 May 2024
on channel: Jeff Geerling
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Are microSD cards days numbered on Raspberry Pi 5? Raspberry Pi has a new M.2 HAT for the Pi 5, but there are many others. Which one's best?

Guides and other videos I mentioned:

Geekworm 4-drive NVMe review on Level2Jeff:    • Tiny Pi NAS: It's impossible to recom...  
Explaining Computers Network Install video:    • Raspberry Pi 5 Network OS Installer  
Pi PCIe database - Pi 5 HATs: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/hats
Set PCIe Gen 3 speed on the Pi 5: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/202...

Devices I mentioned (some links are affiliate links):

Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/...
Pineboards (many devices mentioned): https://pineboards.io
Cytron MakerDisk NVMe: https://www.cytron.io/p-nvme-2242-b-p...
Pimoroni NVMe BASE: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/nv...
GeeekPi N04 M.2 NVMe HAT: https://amzn.to/4bGWpPP
GeeekPi N05 M.2 NVMe HAT: https://amzn.to/3V2enXv
USB RIITOP NVMe to USB Docking Station: https://amzn.to/4beEIav
Raspberry Pi NOOBS microSD card: https://amzn.to/3K3iQmu
Geekworm X1011 4-drive NVMe board: https://geekworm.com/products/x1011
Argon ONE V3 M.2 NVMe PCIe case: https://amzn.to/3QFLZHN
(Let me know in the comments if I missed something!)

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00:00 - NVMe's time to shine
00:35 - Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+
01:49 - Alternatives have more interesting uses
02:10 - Ditch microSD
03:26 - What makes NVMe so good?
05:12 - Better performance and compatibility
06:29 - Multi-drive HATs - compromises
07:50 - Opportunities and a Pi 500?


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