SSD for PBP

[bcnaz]

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When I Posted 2.5 watts, it was what the Pine Info team emailed in response to my question.
I Have Not seen any person in authority post the never exceed wattage ...

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Tllim and or Luke

Perhaps a possibility of putting the SPI into a socket ?
Then we could use "as is" or possibly purchase a flashed SPI module prepared to our wants/needs ?
Maybe the Pine Store could sell these flashed SPI modules ?

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Many users will want install a larger and faster drive.  So I'm starting this thread for questions and answers, and will update the information in this first post.

So far, there are at least five main issues:

1) The physical specifications.  They were posted earlier.  Sorry, I couldn't find the post.

2) Mounting hardware and installation.

3) Power consumption.  

"Around 2.5W reserved for NVMe drive. Please don't use the power hungry type SSD which can creates heat and power consumption issue."

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...8#pid47438

"the 3.3V regulator which is responsible for supplying the NVMe adapter can handle up to 8.25W momentarily, and isn't put under significant load by much else in the system"

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...5#pid48355
 
4) Heat. This is related to power consumption. It shouldn't make the PBP too uncomfortable to use, or make the drive or other components exceed their operating temperature.  Finding suitable drives will likely be the result of trial and error.  Fortunately, external enclosures are available, so buying a drive that runs too hot in the PBP won't be a complete loss. 
 
5) Starting up from the SSD as the system drive.

(Since I already placed my PBP order, I'm guessing I'm in the first 100, so I'm willing to do some testing on this issue.  I plan on buying two different 256 GB, then using one as a USB back-up drive.  Larger drives consume more power and produce more heat, but so far it looks like some 2TB drives should work.)

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   SO    I decided to purchase a drive
                     It is approximately in the described parameters that have been disclosed : 
            XPG SX6000 Lite  M.2  NVMe PCIe  3.0 x4  128gb
                 R/W 1800/600 MBps
              2.15mm/ .084" thick and 22 x 80mm standard size
             .14 watt idle  .33 watt active

   Plenty big for me,  and close to the maximum specs the board can handle  ?
           Bargain Price at NewEgg.
                 (When did Newegg start charging tax ? First time I noticed)

        I just did not feel like waiting any longer

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