{"id":1010970,"date":"2026-01-11T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BXmEVBW7VhDzgT9qdbQVTk"},"modified":"2026-01-11T08:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:09:31","slug":"you-can-now-turn-your-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-proper-retro-gaming-pc-with-official-hardware-as-the-manufacturer-just-released-its-own-pcie-3-0-ssds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-can-now-turn-your-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-proper-retro-gaming-pc-with-official-hardware-as-the-manufacturer-just-released-its-own-pcie-3-0-ssds\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a proper retro gaming PC with official hardware as the manufacturer just released its own PCIe 3.0 SSDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The thing that surprised me the most about Raspberry Pi 5 when it launched in 2023 was that it supports PCIe drives. Naturally, the first thing that came to my mind upon learning this was the possibility of turning it into a veritable desktop PC capable of gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there were no official Raspberry Pi PCIe SSD solutions upon release, and while the company eventually released <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.com\/products\/m2-hat-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its own M.2 HAT+<\/a> (HAT meaning Hardware Attached on Top, and not, like, an actual hat) to allow for SSD connectivity, you still had to go third-party for the SSD. Now, however, Raspberry Pi Ltd has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.com\/news\/raspberry-pi-ssds-and-ssd-kits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/raspberry-pi\/raspberry-pi-announce-branded-range-of-nvme-ssds-and-ssd-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/a>) official SSDs and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.com\/products\/ssd-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSD kits<\/a> that combine these with the M.2 HAT+.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year when I decided to speed up my Raspberry Pi 5, I <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/how-to-speed-up-and-overclock-raspberry-pi-5-install-ssd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opted to use<\/a> the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/nvme-base?variant=41219587178579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pimoroni&#8217;s NVMe Base<\/a> to connect a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crucial-PCIe-NAND-NVMe-3500MB\/dp\/B0B25LZGGW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crucial P3<\/a>. To connect an SSD you have to use a HAT like the Pimoroni Base\u2014or the official Raspberry Pi one\u2014because the Pi 5 doesn&#8217;t have an M.2 connector built into the board. It has a PCIe connector that you can use a ribbon cable to connect a HAT to; this way lots of different PCIe devices can be used.<\/p>\n<p>In <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/raspberry-pi-5-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my review<\/a> of the Raspberry Pi 5, I pointed out that it&#8217;s the first Raspberry Pi to be really viable as a desktop PC. Its performance gains over the Pi 4\u2014especially when combined with an active cooler\u2014make it able to handle most everyday desktop use cases.<\/p>\n<p>I even tried gaming on it and was surprised to find it able to run Doom 3 at somewhat playable framerates, admittedly at a very low res. Nothing spectacular compared to, you know, actual <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaming PCs<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-handheld-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handhelds<\/a>, but pretty damn impressive for a tiny SBC.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem was, I was running it off a MicroSD. Even fast MicroSDs aren&#8217;t going to offer stellar load times, and they certainly aren&#8217;t going to offer data stability. What I needed was an SSD, which is why I went down the Pimoroni + Crucial P3 route.<\/p>\n<p>But that was expensive (for a Raspberry Pi) and involved ensuring I picked exactly the right SSD, because not all gel well with the Pi. Despite now being very happy with the Pimoroni + Crucial combo, if I&#8217;d have had access to an official HAT and SSD solution like the kits Raspberry Pi is now offering, I&#8217;d have gone for that in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Your next machine<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"xXhrEsP3nMY9e43WUFUxSC\" name=\"gaming-pc-group-shot.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"Gaming PC group shot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/you-can-now-turn-your-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-proper-retro-gaming-pc-with-official-hardware-as-the-manufacturer-just-released-its-own-pcie-3-0-ssds.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best gaming PC<\/strong><\/a>: The top pre-built machines.<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best gaming laptop<\/strong><\/a>: Great devices for mobile gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that the new Raspberry Pi SSDs are PCIe 3.0 compatible, too, even though the Pi 5 only officially supports PCIe 2.0. You can unlock 3.0 speeds, however, by edding the Pi&#8217;s config file and adding &#8220;dtparam=pciex1_gen=3&#8221; to the bottom. It&#8217;s a simple way to overclock your Pi 5 + SSD setup.<\/p>\n<p>Raspberry Pi says, &#8220;The entry-level 256GB drive is priced at $30 on its own, or $40 as a kit; its 512GB big brother is priced at $45 on its own, or $55 as a kit. Both densities offer minimum 4KB random read and write performance of 40k IOPS and 70k IOPS respectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While adding such an SSD to your Raspberry Pi 5 has plenty of other uses, gaming is certainly one of them. Hell, Jeff Geerling recently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2024\/use-external-gpu-on-raspberry-pi-5-4k-gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hooked up an external GPU to one for 4K gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, if not using it for running Steam on the Raspberry Pi Linux OS, I, for one, would be inclined to use the SSD to house a retro gaming OS such as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/retropie.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retropie<\/a> or <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recalbox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recalbox<\/a>. Whichever gaming solution you opt for, there&#8217;s now an officially licensed way to upgrade your Raspberry Pi 5 to make getting there that much better.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-pcs\/you-can-now-turn-your-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-proper-retro-gaming-pc-with-official-hardware-as-the-manufacturer-just-released-its-own-pcie-3-0-ssds\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thing that surprised me the most about Raspberry Pi 5 when it launched in 2023 was that it supports PCIe drives. Naturally, the first thing that came to my mind upon learning this was the possibility of turning it into a veritable desktop PC capable of gaming. Unfortunately, there were no official Raspberry Pi PCIe SSD solutions upon release, and while the company eventually released its own M.2 HAT+ (HAT meaning Hardware Attached on Top, and not, like, an actual hat) to allow for SSD connectivity, you still had to go third-party for the SSD. Now, however, Raspberry Pi Ltd has announced (via Tom&#8217;s Hardware) official SSDs and SSD kits that combine these with the M.2 HAT+. Earlier in the year when I decided&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/you-can-now-turn-your-raspberry-pi-5-into-a-proper-retro-gaming-pc-with-official-hardware-as-the-manufacturer-just-released-its-own-pcie-3-0-ssds\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1010971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[10918,66],"class_list":["post-1010970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-pcs","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>You can now turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a proper retro gaming PC with official hardware as the manufacturer just released its own PCIe 3.0 SSDs | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The thing that surprised me the most about Raspberry Pi 5 when it launched in 2023 was that it supports PCIe drives. 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