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? 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?