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Upgrade your Steam Deck with this £80 1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDThe 2230 form factor continues to see price drops.
The 2230 form factor continues to see price drops.
Image credit:Integral
Image credit:Integral
Get the Integral 2230 1TB SSD for £70
To install this SSD in your Steam Deck, it’s best to follow along with a guide online. You’ll need to take off the rear panel of the Steam Deck to access the internals and disconnect a few items before swapping out (or adding in, for eMMC models) the 2230-sized SSD. iFixit is probably the best-known guide maker, so take a look attheir instructions.
If you don’t like Integral as a brand for whatever reason, you can pick up some alternatives at a slight premium. WD’s SN740 Pyrite is£80 for a 1TB model, while the Sabrent Rocket 4.0 is£85 for 1TB. These drives won’t offer any speed advantage over the Integral in a Steam Deck, but they might be preferable for use in handhelds with PCIe 4.0 support.
Of course, this tiny drives will also work in full-size PCIe slots - but if you don’t need this smaller form factor, then you may as well get a full-size drive as there is more competition, better value and more physical space for features like DRAM.
