Even more options to upgrade your Steam Deck SSD! The folks at iFixit have begun offering SSDs and upgrade kits.
Nice to see in addition to Framework and Scan UK, as these smaller SSDs have been a little difficult to come by. The more that stock them and the more that sell, the more likely they are to spread further and come down in price after a while too.
As for what iFixit are offering they have the Micron 2400 NVMe SSD in 512GB, 1TB and 2TB editions with either their Upgrade Kit or just the SSD by itself. It looks like currently they're only in the US (didn't show up for EU / UK). Pricing goes from $99.99 for just the 512GB SSD up to $304.99 for the 2TB SSD plus the Upgrade Kit so it can be a little on the pricy side still right now.
See more on the iFixit Store.
Are you planning to do an SSD upgrade or have you done it already? Let me know in the comments.
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Turkeysteaks Feb 18, 2023
At the moment I've actually not come too close to filling up the 256GB as it is, but I have been a bit more cautious and so far still only been playing some smaller indie games. I think eventually I'll upgrade to 1TB or 2TB, but think I'd be a tad worried about damaging the deck while doing the upgrade. Interested to see if others will be upgrading it
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Kimyrielle Feb 18, 2023
I use the Deck mainly for smaller Indie games, plus one larger AAA type game at a time. I got the big Deck version so I am not too concerned about drive space yet. I guess it's like back in the olden days when people had to actively decide what games to keep installed. :D
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I already updated mine with a 1tb ssd, gullikit joysticks and changed my fan since I got a whining delta one. The deck is amazing and it being linux js the best part, so many changes and customisations that are done easily.
Love the site, thanks for the amazing work, it’s my main steam deck and linux gaming source of news!
Love the site, thanks for the amazing work, it’s my main steam deck and linux gaming source of news!
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At the moment I've actually not come too close to filling up the 256GB as it is, but I have been a bit more cautious and so far still only been playing some smaller indie games. I think eventually I'll upgrade to 1TB or 2TB, but think I'd be a tad worried about damaging the deck while doing the upgrade. Interested to see if others will be upgrading itIf you have ARK: survival evolved you will need about 300GB. If you put that on uSD, it will take literally over an hour to patch if there is an update to download. It's not the downloading, it's the patching of the full binary :-(. When I bought it, it was just an indie game in pre-alpha stage (somewhere in 2014, 2015?). I still use that world.
The best part of ifixit is that they are all street prices. $303 for a 2TB SSD kit is almost normal for an 2280, and we are talking about 2230...
But yeah, I know what you mean. I am already on age, and I'd rather pay someone else to do it than having to do it myself. For me that's actually cheaper. It's the sole reason I went with the 512GB version.
I did the same with my phone, paid a 250 euro extra not for the camera but for about 400GB of extra ufs. Worth every euro I spent on the extra capacity.
Last edited by Ardje on 18 February 2023 at 6:44 pm UTC
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I guess it's like back in the olden days when people had to actively decide what games to keep installed. :D
Well… I think having many games installed at the same time actually keeps many people from playing them.
I've bought the 256 GB one since I didn't want to upgrade it at once and it's enough for the moment.
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I hope I'll be able to buy just a shielding replacement. My Framework 2TB SSD just arrived the other day and I realized I would have to be very careful to reapply the shield properly.
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InhaleOblivion Feb 19, 2023
Nice offering. So far I'm fine with my current 256GB Steam Deck and 256GB SD card. This is a great upgrade option for many of us down the road.
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I want to upgrade to 1 TB. But have not seen any in my region (Sweden) that don't cost you an arm and a leg.
If you have any tips, please let me know.
Got the 64 GB version and a SD card. The 256 and 512 had a much longer waiting time when I purchased mine.
If you have any tips, please let me know.
Got the 64 GB version and a SD card. The 256 and 512 had a much longer waiting time when I purchased mine.
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Got the 64 GB version and a SD card.I also got myself a 64 GB Steam Deck, and a good 512 GB micro SD card. The total was still a bit cheaper than even the 256 GB version. Very happy about it so far.
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Personally, I prefer just using Micro SD's. It basically feels like the PC equivalent of physical media. I have 3 512 GB Micro SD's and I swap them out, like I would with Nintendo DS cartridges, depending on the game and roms I wish to play.
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as someone with a library that will probably hit 2k by the end of this year (there's a lot of games coming out this year fyi xD) this is excellent news! I can relegate my sd cards to demos, 3rd party games, and roms! $300 is a bit steep though so I'll probably wait a bit to see if prices fall...
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I want to upgrade to 1 TB. But have not seen any in my region (Sweden) that don't cost you an arm and a leg.I guess wait and see if they turn up in the EU storefront. They seem to have much (all?) of the other Deck bits.
If you have any tips, please let me know.
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I guess it's like back in the olden days when people had to actively decide what games to keep installed. :D
Well… I think having many games installed at the same time actually keeps many people from playing them.
I've bought the 256 GB one since I didn't want to upgrade it at once and it's enough for the moment.
This is actually a problem that I think could be mitigated with library UI. The collections system (on top of loading issues because of thumbnail population) has problems and is frankly an insufficient and cumbersome tool IMO. I'd much rather have autopopulated "playlists" as well as a better recommendations tab: things like "games you've installed, but haven't played", "old favorites you haven't played in a while", "trending games", and the likes. Being able to mark games with tags like "finished"/"unfinished"/"100% completion" would also be a great tool.
On one hand having 1-3 games you focus on at a time is pretty effective for completing games (and avoiding choice paralysis) on the other hand there's plenty of times where I'd think about playing a game, but don't want to have to wait an extra 30+ minutes for it to install when I have literally hundreds of other games already ready to play.
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I'd much rather have autopopulated "playlists" as well as a better recommendations tab: things like "games you've installed, but haven't played", "old favorites you haven't played in a while", "trending games", and the likes.
I vaguely remember having seen such things on Steam...?
Was it in some sale action?
Being able to mark games with tags like "finished"/"unfinished"/"100% completion" would also be a great tool.
I do this with the current tag (category?) system, what's missing is something like
select *
from [games]
where genre = 'RPG'
and State <> 'finished'
and State <> 'givenup'
order by release_dateLast edited by Eike on 20 February 2023 at 7:59 am UTC
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I'd much rather have autopopulated "playlists" as well as a better recommendations tab: things like "games you've installed, but haven't played", "old favorites you haven't played in a while", "trending games", and the likes.
I vaguely remember having seen such things on Steam...?
Was it in some sale action?
Being able to mark games with tags like "finished"/"unfinished"/"100% completion" would also be a great tool.
I do this with the current tag (category?) system, what's missing is something like
select *
from [games]
where genre = 'RPG'
and State <> 'finished'
and State <> 'givenup'
order by release_date
There's been ways to do these kinds of things built in, but it needs to be fleshed out and (again) automated. This is really a large library problem so I suspect it's not an issue for most users, but it would definitely be welcomed for those of us who do have large libraries.
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