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Re:Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC – A Raspberry Pi 400 alternativ... by rjsw on Monday June 06, 2022 @03:24PM (#31644805)
Other RK3399 systems support NVME devices. Using an eMMC card in the Raspberry Pi 400 should have been easy to do.
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Re:Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC – A Raspberry Pi 400 alternativ... by CameronNemo on Monday June 06, 2022 @04:27PM (#31645746)
They do support NVMe, but only 4 lanes at PCIe 1.0 speeds. Seems like a waste to spend $$$ on storage that will only be partially used by a $$ board.
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Re:Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC – A Raspberry Pi 400 alternativ... by meatmanek on Monday June 06, 2022 @04:49PM (#31646051)
NVMe drives are surprisingly cheap these days - you can get a 128GB 2230 drive for $15 from several manufacturers. 256GB 2242 drives are around $30. If you have the space for a 2280 drive, you can get larger drives for under $100/TB.

128GB microSD cards are also around $15, but will likely have worse performance and durability than the SSD.

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