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Framework Laptop 16 Dual M.2 Adapter Expansion Bay Module
- myself248 2y agoDangit, I should've gotten the 16.
- MostlyStable 2y agooooh, I was just looking at their refurbished M2 drives (1TB for $50, 2TB for $115). Adding 4 TB of storage for ~$275 looks pretty good. I doubt I need quite that much, but I may get it anyways, haha.
- pella 2y agoWith the DUAL M.2 Adapter, it is much easier to set up an eGPU connection using Oculink. Or you can also test RAID 0 speed.
- sottol 2y agoGreat idea - I'm currently using a barebones Framework 16 mainboard with the 7940HS as my homeserver and local-AI playground in a 3D-printed case. UMA with the iGPU is nice though not much faster than CPU (20-30%? don't recall). But installing 64 or even 96GB RAM is more attainable though slower (60GB/s) than Apple's $$$-mem-upgraded M* Pro (200), Max (400) and Ultras (800). Although DDR5 is comparable to a regular M1 (70) afair. Most LLMs in the 20GB range run at around 7-12tok/s which is fine for playing around with them.
- pella 2y agobetter link: https://frame.work/blog/our-first-new-framework-laptop-16-expansion-bay-module https://frame.work/blog/our-first-new-framework-laptop-16-ex...
- opengears 2y agoWhy did they not add this to the standard Expansion Bay Shell? It would make a lot of sense to have this as default.
- nrp 2y agoWe expect most Framework Laptop 16 users won't need more than the two M.2 storage slots that are on the Mainboard itself, so we don't want to end up with a wasted module.