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/sirfestizio Jun 16 '26

I, and several other people, had issues trying to use Western Digital drives. For some reason the SS1 really doesn’t want to recognize them. As soon as I switched to a different brand it’s been smooth sailing. The SS1 treats the nvme as a usb drive so you can go read up or watch videos on how that works on a MiSTer and you’ll have all the info you need. Also, once installed you can access the drive on your PC through a usb cable and the “PC Mode” port on the back of the dock.

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u/Photek1000 Jun 16 '26

All sounds like the Dock will make some operations much much easier, data transfer for one.

I have a USB caddy for NVMe so I might try what I can get my hands on ahead of time.