https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/bcfc6d3f-d806-419c-9517-8afd4778882c 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZET7Jhza8, Explaining Computers Network Install video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll9Tmp3tppU, 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/2023/forcing-pci-express-gen-30-speeds-on-pi-5, Devices I mentioned (some links are affiliate links): Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/m2-hat-plus/, Pineboards (many devices mentioned): https://pineboards.io, Cytron MakerDisk NVMe: https://www.cytron.io/p-nvme-2242-b-plus-m-key-makerdisk-ssd-128gb-preloaded-rpi-os, Pimoroni NVMe BASE: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/nvme-base?variant=41219587178579, 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!), Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff 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? Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:45:41 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/bcfc6d3f-d806-419c-9517-8afd4778882c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.