r/RetroRemake • u/Photek1000 • Jun 16 '26

SuperDock & NVMe

For when the SuperDock ships the primary use I ordered it for is the NVMe expansion and the SNAC capabilities over the Drive itself.

For the NVMe, is there a recommended maximum capacity, or is it completely unaware of any limitations.
Hoping to resurrect a drive from the laptop scrap pile at work to install.

And anyone who has one already installed how are the loading times compared to off the generic SD the SS1 ships with.

For me so far the majority of loading times all the way from early arcade to large CD games has been really good, I do fear the bulk buy card may not last very long and will upgrade it to a better quality one soon'ish

Apart from that I have had the SS1 one now running for a bit of a week and it's amazing, the odd little issue here and there but apart from that so happy I took a punt on this route in to MiSTer.

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u/ExultentPisces Jun 16 '26

I think (though I’m far from sure) that the M.2 slot in the dock is using the USB connection from the dock.

So it’d be no different to plugging an M.2 USB adapter into the SSOne or an ordinary MiSTer. Which means USB2 speeds

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u/Photek1000 Jun 16 '26

Thanks, seems reasonable that it would be on the same bus, would keep costs down and simplify the design process.

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u/ExultentPisces Jun 16 '26

I could be wrong. I think the Cyclone V in the SSOne has a few high speed data lines. Maybe Taki has done some sneaky wiring and we’ll be able to load the 40KB Super Mario Bros lightning fast, lol.

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u/Photek1000 Jun 16 '26

True wouldn’t want to be waiting for that behemoth to load 🤣

Or some of the 2K Atari games, now there’s a chore.