Best microSD Cards for Raspberry Pi

[Findy]

This is the kind of article I was searching for. I wanted a review of the Raspberry Pi to coincide with a review of hardware that is up to date. I plan on obtaining a RP 5 (or 4 if stability is still in question) and using Amikit (Commodore Amiga emulator) on the device. I was concerned with speed of the storage and this article answered my questions about maximizing performance levels. Speed of reads & writes will make a huge difference. I won't have to wait for paint to dry before seeing something get executed thanks to this info. Thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

This is the kind of article I was searching for. I wanted a review of the Raspberry Pi to coincide with a review of hardware that is up to date. I plan on obtaining a RP 5 (or 4 if stability is still in question) and using Amikit (Commodore Amiga emulator) on the device. I was concerned with speed of the storage and this article answered my questions about maximizing performance levels. Speed of reads & writes will make a huge difference. I won't have to wait for paint to dry before seeing something get executed thanks to this info. Thanks!

A USB SSD is 10x the performance of an SD card. The PI5 supports NVMe SSDs. Storage shouldn't be a limitation.

 

[necessaryevil86]

To many, the ONLY thing that matters for any Drive (SSD or HDD) is reliability, longevity. All performance test s are within 5% other then the Silicon's insane boot. For and SSD, I have personally never had one fail. For SD's i have personably have had a SanDisk Extreme fail, still have my 11yo 16G.

I agree that 5% does not matter, but speed is a thing. On my Raspberry Pi 4 with Samsung Pro Endurance SD-card it takes a lot of time to open the Chromium browser. I might buy an usb-SSD. Also, I've been told that usb-sticks can be faster than SD-cards. There are some tiny usb-sticks that are barely larger than an usb-connector, so an usb-stick might be a good idea too, but I think I'm going for the SSD anyway.

 

[kanewolf]

I agree that 5% does not matter, but speed is a thing. On my Raspberry Pi 4 with Samsung Pro Endurance SD-card it takes a lot of time to open the Chromium browser. I might buy an usb-SSD. Also, I've been told that usb-sticks can be faster than SD-cards. There are some tiny usb-sticks that are barely larger than an usb-connector, so an usb-stick might be a good idea too, but I think I'm going for the SSD anyway.

I used an M.2 SATA SSD. The enclosure makes a big difference. First enclosure was a poor performer. The uGreen that I bought second works great. Research before you buy.