Update June 26, 2022: The valve designer, Lawrence Young, explained the potential problems with this hack, and warned that this Steam Deck SSD mode “will significantly shorten the life of your deck.” (Opens in a new tab)
The original story June 24, 2022: Goes against Valve’s warnings (Opens in a new tab), One Canadian repeater upgraded the Steam Deck SSD to accommodate the 2242 M.2 NVMe SSD SSD, instead of the 2230 format SSD it comes with. Although you may have thought about increasing the storage capacity of your Steam deck, now you know that it can be physically increased as well.
The PCB seems to work pretty well for fitting 2242 sqm to the steam deck, it does not collide with anything on the motherboard or puts any extra load on cables. However, this causes the heat distributor to bend slightly. The rear plate was reassembled without issue. Pic.twitter .com / 4j4LVbS0NGJune 21, 2022
Hot hardware (Opens in a new tab) Brought to our attention the twitter’s Twitter review, where we learned that the new SSD “does not collide with anything on the motherboard or puts any additional load on the cables”. Slightly worryingly, however, the mod did “cause the heat distributor to bend slightly.”
This potential may cause problems with overheating later, but they note that it did not interfere with the shape of the back panel getting out just fine. Which all sounds completely safe. completely.
For anyone wondering which SSD the modder went for, this is a 512GB KingSpec PCIe 3.0 x2 that reaches a level of about 1100 MB / s. Unfortunately, there is still no way to block one of the best NVMe SSDs (Opens in a new tab) There, because they come in a standard 2280 format, but at least 2242 a little easier to get (Opens in a new tab) More than 2230 NVMe SSDs. Which may make pasting 1TB of storage into your deck quite simple.
Although there are ways to do this without changing the internal parts. You can always carry a super large micro-SD (Opens in a new tab) Card and run it instead.
Measuring the difference between micro SD and NVME SSD (Opens in a new tab) Inside the Steam Deck, testers found that the micro SD load was only 2 seconds behind, while in others there was no measurable difference: it was just as fast. So if you are worried about his speed, do not worry too much.
But if you’re desperate for more storage space, and don’t bother too much with eliminating your warranty, a larger internal SSD might just be the way to go for fast loads.
If you are desperate for more storage space and are not too worried about voiding your warranty, a larger internal SSD may be just the way to go.
Valve has made it incredibly easy to get on board, with no proprietary screws or a winding process in its disassembly. You just release and with a bit of jimming, the whole inside is there for your technological amusement.
Just make sure to slip in any SD card you may have a name before, or it desire to break.