Raspberry Pi have recently expanded their hardware offerings with their own SSDs and SSD Kits, plus they're also selling their own SD Cards now too. Giving you some more chances to turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a full-blown desktop at a low cost with good performance.
Earlier this month they released branded SD Cards and the silicone Raspberry Pi Bumper you can just snap onto the board to protect it. The SD Cards were made in partnership with Longsys, so you at least know they're going to be legit and work properly. These are available across 32GB, 64GB and 128GB.
And just this week they've also now launched Raspberry Pi SSDs and SSD Kits. Available across 256GB and 512GB these use the M.2 2230 form factor. You can buy the SSDs separately, or you can buy them as a kit with the also newly launched Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ to actually plug them in. Making it super simple to get started.
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Interesting stuff the M.2 Hat, and maybe pair it with other NVMe - https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/m2-hat-plus/
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Good to know! 
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Interesting stuff the M.2 Hat, and maybe pair it with other NVMe - https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/m2-hat-plus/
Not a fan of having said hat placed on the cpu side, right at the ideal place to hinder cooling.
There's alternative m.2 hats that fit on the other side of the pi (should one call those boots?).
Even more interesting to me: Argon have released a new case with m.2 support for the pi5 that doesn't get in the way of their cooling solution of turning the top of the case into a cpu heatsink: https://argon40.com/products/argon-one-v3-m-2-nvme-case
Last edited by emphy on 24 October 2024 at 1:21 pm UTC
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Cool, I have an excuse to get another Pi. How well would this work as a (preferably passively cooled) NAS using the highest possible memory configuration? I'd obviously need a bigger NVMe than the ones they sell and it looks like it can take 2242 form factor ones. However, the largest 2242s I can find are 2TB which might not be big enough for if I intend to store something like rsync backups from at least two computers on there (even with compression).
Might also need a heavy duty SD card. I've had multiple Pis destroy their SD cards due to overheating.
Might also need a heavy duty SD card. I've had multiple Pis destroy their SD cards due to overheating.
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Could be the reason I get another one of these. I've been thinking of getting one for an emulator and steam link device (and another to put in my car for Android Auto if I can get it to work).
Last edited by pilk on 25 October 2024 at 9:38 pm UTC
Last edited by pilk on 25 October 2024 at 9:38 pm UTC
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Hello,
I am using RPI 5 for my Desktop station since 12/2023.
I never had any speed problems with SD CARD providing the card is AT LEAST U3 (just 10 or U1 won't suffice).
The processor is limited, so having a ultra speedy disk won't be much of the improvement, and if it's true that the hat is covering over the processor and if the processor can't be any longer cooled with the coolsink, then it's a huge step back bacause RPIs heat a lot (if used as a desktop PC). If this is true then I won't get this hat.
Also get a decent case with your RPI. FLIRC case with passive cooling is excellent and looks megacool. https://flirc.tv/products/raspberry-pi-5-case
Last edited by prosoor on 14 December 2024 at 10:21 am UTC
I am using RPI 5 for my Desktop station since 12/2023.
I never had any speed problems with SD CARD providing the card is AT LEAST U3 (just 10 or U1 won't suffice).
The processor is limited, so having a ultra speedy disk won't be much of the improvement, and if it's true that the hat is covering over the processor and if the processor can't be any longer cooled with the coolsink, then it's a huge step back bacause RPIs heat a lot (if used as a desktop PC). If this is true then I won't get this hat.
Also get a decent case with your RPI. FLIRC case with passive cooling is excellent and looks megacool. https://flirc.tv/products/raspberry-pi-5-case
Last edited by prosoor on 14 December 2024 at 10:21 am UTC
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Hello,
I am using RPI 5 for my Desktop station since 12/2013.
I never had any speed problems with SD CARD providing the card is AT LEAST U3 (just 10 or U1 won't suffice).
The processor is limited, so having a ultra speedy disk won't be much of the improvement, and if it's true that the hat is covering over the processor and if the processor can't be any longer cooled with the coolsink, then it's a huge step back bacause RPIs heat a lot (if used as a desktop PC). If this is true then I won't get this hat.
Also get a decent case with your RPI. FLIRC case with passive cooling is excellent and looks megacool. https://flirc.tv/products/raspberry-pi-5-case
The biggest problem people have with using the sd card is not speed, but reliability.
Rightly or wrongly, sd cards on pies have a reputation for dying quickly.
<waiting for the joke that one shouldn't be eating sd cards>
Last edited by emphy on 27 October 2024 at 7:13 am UTC
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