Any recommendations on what to do with this mini-PCIe slot in my x200s?
Any recommendations on what to do with this mini-PCIe slot in my x200s?
Not sure if it matters but I have Libreboot installed. It's the slot located next to the drive slot.
Also any other upgrade recommendations while I'm at it? I have maxed out the RAM and have an SSD. I am wondering if I should upgrade the WiFi card. I don't know if there are any limitations there.
A really poor performing eGPU? You're supposed to use it for a cellular card. I'm sure you could find a 4g cellular card in mPCIe, but 5g is probably only going to be in the M.2 formfactor.
And absolutely upgrade the wifi card. They make AX wireless cards in the mPCIe formfactor for whatever reason, and they're a great upgrade over the N cards that they came with. Even AC is a huge step above.
Don't use a PCIe 4G/5G card if you care about privacy. That's giving whatever proprietary firmware is running on the baseband DMA access to your computer.
How about a Turbo Memory card? The support on Windows seems terrible, but under Linux, it would show up as superfast 1GB or 2GB flash drive.
I haven't tried it myself, but I am (loosely) planing to.
how fast is a turbo memory card? Is it daster than modern ssds in a mpcie adaptor?
Not sure about the exact speed, but it's a NAND on a PCIE x1
I was looking at that myself. Some ThinkPad forum posts seem to suggest it only helps if you don't have an SSD.
If it actually functions as a secondary drive that's incredibly fast that would be a neat novelty.
I've seen something similar. What I gotten from that is the fact above only applies when you're using it as an accelerator (as intended).
Yes, it would function as a drive, at least under Linux.
Once again, I haven't actually used this thing..
Second wifi adapter to share/route/firewall your cell hotspot or public wifi?
An RGB card. Then cover it up.
Perfect size for a Coral Edge TPU. do some tensorflow stuff on device...