Pimoroni NVMe Base for Raspberry Pi 5

Add super-fast storage to your Raspberry Pi 5 allowing for lightning fast boots, NAS use, and snappy applications! NVMe Base is a PCIe extension board for Raspberry Pi 5. Simply populate it with an M-key NVMe SSD (2230 to 2280 sizes supported) and mount it under your Pi for a compact and fast storage solution. It even comes with rubber feet!

It's the perfect solution for turning your Raspberry Pi 5 into a file server, media centre, reverse proxy, or any task that benefits from large amounts of fast storage, especially with random high IOPS workloads. NVMe Base follows the new "PIP" design guidelines provided by Raspberry Pi ensuring that it will be easy to use and supported long term by updates to Raspberry Pi OS.

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Kit Includes

Base Kit

• NVMe Base PCB with M.2 Slot (M-Key)
• 'PCIe Pipe' Flat Flex Cable
• 4x Rubber feet
• M2 bolt and 2x nuts for SSD mounting
• 4x 7mm M2.5 standoffs for base mounting
• 8x short M2.5 bolts for base mounting
• 4x long M2.5 bolts for 'pass-thru' mounting with a HAT

NVMe Base + SSD Bundle

We also offer the kit bundled with a 250GB, 500GB, 1000GB, or 2000GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 or better). The Raspberry Pi 5 will run at PCIe 3.0 x 1 speeds at best, even though this mode is unsupported officially. Most drives are limited to around 700-800MB/s read and 350-450MB write at peak.

Due to the tides and vagaries of the SSD market, the brand of drive that we ship may vary. Nonetheless, it will have 250GB / 500GB / 1000GB / 2000GB (or better) capacity and be rated by the manufacturer at PCIe Gen 3 or better speed. Each drive comes personally tested with NVMe Base