Geekworm X1001 M.2 KEY-M NVMe SSD Shield for Raspberry Pi 5

Picked this up to go with the Geekworm case for a Raspberry Pi 5 home assistant build, and it does exactly what it’s meant to. Fits cleanly, no alignment issues, and once installed it just worked – the Pi recognised the NVMe drive without any drama. Performance is solid, much faster and smoother than running everything off an SD card, and it feels like it really unlocks what the Pi 5 can do. Combined with the case and active cooler, it makes for a tidy, reliable little setup. If you want proper storage on a Pi 5, this board is a no-brainer.

Quite a neat little addition to the Pi and boasts potential 2-3x speed increase compared to a USB caddy for an NVMe. Only downside is it didn't work with the SSD I was using initially and it wasn't obvious what the issue was. After some Googling, I found a comment from a user referencing material (I couldn't find) that said the particular Phison (?) NVMe controller could sometimes not function correctly with the hat. After changing out to a new SSD, it just started working perfectly at 8GB/s.

GREAT SERVICE AND GREAT PRODUCT

Easy to fit. Bought with a cheap 512Gb NVME M2 (Fikwot) and I am now launched into the 4th dimension of Pi'ing. I don't think that is a word but, you know what I mean. I thought it didn't make much of a difference at first. Then when I changed my mind about what OS to use, I booted from the SD card again and it was so slow. Booting from this is considerably faster. Well packaged and works perfectly. Also bought a UGreen USB-C caddy for the NVME and you can use Pi Imager straight to the drive in the USB caddy to install. Then just put the drive in here and you are ready to go.

Works, but I haven't tried NVME boot. If I was to buy again I would get the one that allows 4 NVME devices, so I could use it as a NAS.

Works as expected. Easy to install and setup

Perfect for my raspberry Pi 5.

Works great, and discrete enough that it doesn’t fully cover cooler

Muy bueno y fácil de usar la única pega le faltaba un tornillo para sugetar el disco

Laat ruimte voor ventilatie van de oorspronkelijke koeler. Werkt zonder probleem.

Installato insieme a un ssd Lexar NM620 funziona perfettamente. Non occlude la ventola sottostante.

It got disconnected all the time, I run Disk check on the NVMe and works perfect, I change the PCI cable and keep disconnecting randomly

Raspberry pi 5 resmi soğutucusu ile uyumlu, şuan ikisini birlikte sorunsuz kullanıyorum ancak FPC kablosu soğutucu fanın önüne denk geliyor haliyle soğutucu FPC kablosuna sıcak hava üflüyor, uzun vade de bir sıkıntı olur mu bilmem ancak şu an düzün bir şekilde çalışıyor.