I choose bottom version because have new not used GIGABYTE NVMe disk in 2280 format and… I want to use cooler maybe with fan.
I don’t have it at home because they should start shipping in a few days but I want to be prepared. I have fresh Volumio copy on M2 disk and wait.
The project’s creators give tips:
Enabling NVMe
If you do not intend to use your NVMe drive as a boot drive you need to enable the external PCIe port on the Pi 5:
Edit the boot config file (sudo nano /boot/config.txt)
Add dtparam=nvme to the bottom of the file, save it, and reboot
PCIe Gen 3 can be enabled with an additional config entry:
`dtparam=pciex1_gen=3
and for boot:
Ensure your system is up to date. This is crucial since old firmware revisions do not support booting from NVMe. Execute those commands in your terminal: sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade
Reboot your Pi with: sudo reboot
Edit the EEPROM on the Raspberry Pi 5. sudo rpi-eeprom-config --edit
Change the BOOT_ORDER line to the following: BOOT_ORDER=0xf416
Add PCIE_PROBE to enumerate over the PCIe bus: PCIE_PROBE=1
Press Ctrl-O, then enter, to write the change to the file.
Press Ctrl-X to exit nano (the editor).
Reboot your Pi with: sudo reboot
If you have your NVMe drive connected you can use Raspberry Pi Imager to install a fresh copy of the os. After doing so you can power off your board and remove the SD Card. Your Pi will now boot from the NVMe drive.
I’m going to try the Pimoroni one, I like the idea of it being the base of the raspberry and it’s also much cheaper. I will try to see if it is possible to place it on the base of the official box with a slot to pass the cable through.
I try to find info about port for external PSU for NVMe in Pimoroni. On HatDrive! I have double pin for + and double pin for - . It’s necessary because my 2TB NVMe need over 2A and… 5A PSU is not enough for Pi5 with HAT and LCD.
Now I preparing external PSU for NVMe and start play with M.2 disk.
I will check it for experiment. My Volumio is still powered on and I don’t need to wait for power on.
First I want use Volumio with M.2 hat like a home media server but I built NAS with Samba on Pi4.Now I bought another one Pi5 8M and will use with HatDrive on this server.