SBCs: It's time to ditch microSD

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?

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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?

[timaidley]

Whenever Jeff says "Until next time, I'm Jeff Geerling", I wonder who he will become next time.

So far, it's always been Jeff Geerling.

[gigaherz_]

Just starting the video. My take before watching: microSD card is to the Pi, what the floppy drive was to the original IBM PC. As soon as Hard Drives were available, people mostly stopped booting off the floppies, and started using them as external storage and for transferring files between computers. If I had anything newer than a Pi3B+, I would be booting off a proper SSD instead of the microSD.

[christian]

That segue to the sponsor was S+ tier.

[roblatour]

I really like the way you referenced Explaining Computers; it shows real maturity to point people to other youtubers for related info

[peterblaikie]

Jeff I liked how to mentioned Chris at Explaining Computers. Between the both of you I learned enough to get my PI4 running and enjoy all the tips and advice as well as the product reviews.

[Aruneh]

"It's time to ditch microSD - for Raspberry Pi"

There, fixed the title to be less clickbaity.

[Supermunch]

The troll at 2:17 got me SO GOOD! 😆🤣😆🤣😆

[YouShisha]

Next Pi should have builtin m.2 header.

[jfolz]

Imagine a world where instead of 6 displays and cameras, the Pi5 had an nvme slot and didn't require active cooling.

[stephenvalente]

First reaction was that I found it odd when the email from Pi Hut and Pimoroni arrived this morning that the Pi Foundation had ignored the 2280 format drives in favour of the more expensive 2230 & 2242 sizes. Compact yes, but generally harder to find over the established 2280 format drives from Samsung, WD, etc.

[IanTheWoodchuck]

I'm a big fan of the ArgonONE cases and accessories. The new V3 with NVMe add-on is just such a clean and professional look, and the machined aluminium-alloy direct contact case siphons off heat better than any case I've used that wasn't a tower-cooler design. Plus once it's bundled up, you can still easily access the SSD slot through a heatsink plate on the bottom. My only complaint is that it took just over a month to arrive directly from China because US supplies were unavailable.

[i_Kruti]

2:17 That LINUS style sponsor segway was....!!😂🤣

[aquaponieee]

i have a 10 year 8GB microSD card that has traveled with me for generations of phones, and it vaults a lot of memories. it wouldn't feel the same if it was all on the cloud...

[Digital_Notions]

Completely agree that NVMe M.2 is the way forward. However, anything over 2TB requires some hoops to jump through to get it to boot due to the MBR limitations in the default Raspberry Pi boot images.

[AmyGrrl]

I really hope when the Raspberry Pi 6 comes out they just include an NVMe slot on the bottom of the board. While still keeping that PCIe connector for expansion.

[allenellisdewitt]

0:05 TWENTY? I had no idea there'd be so many already!

[christophmuller]

I am still angry that the raspberry pi foundation didn’t place an M.2 slot on the bottom of the pi, this flat flex solution is finicky.

[MarkEmeryPhotography]

For older Pi, I’ve used AllNet Rock Pi 4 eMMC to USD Board.

[jackielinde]

I clicked on this video expecting Jeff to argue NVMe as a replacement for MicroSD's as a portable drive device. Sadly, that was not the case. Still a very informative video.

[award_]

jeff, the sponsor segue troll was hilarious dude!