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October 24th, 2024

Official Raspberry Pi NVMe SSD Review

Raspberry Pi has launched NVMe SSDs in 256GB and 512GB capacities, offering up to 20 times the performance of microSD cards, priced at $30 and $45 respectively for enhanced user experience.

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Official Raspberry Pi NVMe SSD Review

Raspberry Pi has officially launched its NVMe SSDs, available in 256GB and 512GB capacities, which can be purchased individually or bundled with the M.2 HAT. The 256GB model is based on a Samsung PM991 drive, while the manufacturer for the 512GB variant remains unconfirmed. The SSDs are designed to maximize the performance of the Raspberry Pi 5, offering significant speed improvements over traditional microSD cards, with up to 20 times the performance in Gen 3 mode. Benchmark tests indicate that the 256GB SSD achieves random read/write speeds of 106,246 IOPS and 90,264 IOPS in Gen 2 mode, respectively, and even higher in Gen 3 mode. Pricing is competitive, with the 256GB SSD priced at $30 and the 512GB at $45, making them a cost-effective option for users looking to enhance their Raspberry Pi experience. The launch aims to provide a reliable source of NVMe drives for approved resellers, ensuring quality and performance for consumers. Overall, the Raspberry Pi NVMe SSDs fill a gap in the product lineup, offering a trustworthy and high-performance storage solution for Raspberry Pi users.

- Raspberry Pi has launched NVMe SSDs in 256GB and 512GB capacities.

- The 256GB model is based on a Samsung PM991 drive.

- The SSDs offer up to 20 times the performance of microSD cards.

- Pricing is $30 for the 256GB and $45 for the 512GB model.

- The launch aims to ensure a reliable source of quality storage for approved resellers.

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By @teruakohatu - 7 months
> At this price point, it’s easy enough to throw one in your basket when you’re already spending a decent chunk of change and be done with it, safe in the knowledge that you have a well-performing boot device. I do still think it’s a bit naff that the M.2 HAT+ doesn’t fit in the official case but I won’t re-open that can of worms.

An rpi5 plus M.2 hat plus a branded ssd and you are well into the realm of Intel N100 SBC that don’t need a hat, have a good GPU with encoding/decoding and a lot of CPU power. I really don’t understand rpi anymore beyond the Zero, 2040 and CM range for commercial use.

By @nsteel - 7 months
> it’s a bit naff that the M.2 HAT+ doesn’t fit in the official case

Pineboard have a hat that fits in the official case. Only £9.

https://thepihut.com/products/hatdrive-nano-for-raspberry-pi...

By @Neywiny - 7 months
Back in college we used a Pi (not the latest gen because their code was out of date but whatever) and being a local with a car, I volunteered to get them for classmates who couldn't. This was back when you could really only buy them in person or pay a 3-4x markup. Anyway, the prof let us know we'd need a pi, card, maybe a case, and maybe a power supply. A lot of people just wanted everything so they didn't have to worry about it. I think most beginners don't want to deal with this stuff and don't care if it's a marked up Samsung drive or marked up whoever uSD card. And now that I'm in industry, I agree. I wouldn't use a Pi but first party accessories are usually worth it vs the debugging hours to find out you bought garbage.
By @andrewmcwatters - 7 months
Using my Raspberry Pi 4, I find that interestingly enough, even just using the SD card slot on 1 GB of RAM, device usability is perfectly good.

As soon as I need to use a web browser, performance goes out the window, and you're nearly stranded in terms of usability.

I think that easily qualifies as "desktop usage," and it leaves this desire for a low resource consumption web browser.

By @swijck - 7 months
Is supply chain still an issue or is it finally possible to buy a pi without making it like buying tickets to Taylor Swift?
By @rixrax - 7 months
But what about the heat sinks / fan when you mount the m2 on top? Especially /w Pi 5, to get more perf out of it, it presumably should have a sizeable heat sink complete with the fan?
By @postpawl - 7 months
The official Pi 5 NVME hat doesn’t work with the active cooler and doesn’t fit full sized SSDs. I think the Pimoroni NVMe Base is a better choice since it doesn’t have those issues.
By @jmholla - 7 months
Does anyone know if these will work with the PoE HATs?
By @DidYaWipe - 7 months
"Are we seeing the beginning of the Cambridge Cartel? Where they corner the market of each of the accessories needed for your Pi?!"

What is this hysteria?

By @starik36 - 7 months
It would be cool to have a nex gen RPi (perhaps even the Zero edition) that does away with the micro SD slot and replaces it with a built in NMVe one.

In addition, replace most of the other ports (microUSB, etc...) with a number of USB-C ports.

By @sunshine-o - 7 months
The problem of Raspberry Pi today is they need to be relevant as a cheap innovation platform in the AI space.

They would need to do with AI what they did 10 years ago in the IoT and self-hosting space.

I have no idea if their recently AI Camera or Hailo based AI HAT is. But my guess is they would need to offer something good enough for a fraction of the price of a Nvidia Jetson.