“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!”
“Easy to set up, works a charm further adding to the speed and functionality of the PI 5 and in a compact and protective form factor keeping you new NVMe drive safe and secure.”
