Have you upgraded your internal storage? How did it go? Did you reinstall steamOS from scratch or clone the original M.2/eMMC?
I replaced my 64 gig with a 1tb sabrent rocket. The speeds alone are worth it no matter what. Going to desktop and back is like magic. I always install from scratch though, more steps for less hiccups is the way I always look at it
I upgraded my 512 to a 2tb sn740 by using an external nvme enclosure and rescuezilla to clone the original drive. Had zero issues.
I decided it wasn’t worth it.
I bought the 256 GB deck. That filled up fairly quickly obviously and I looked at the alternatives. It turns out that if you buy the right SD Cards they’re basically the same speed as the SSD, so I just bought a 1TB Samsung EVO and it’s been great. Also, I didn’t have to lose the existing 256 Gb of space that I had and it was zero effort.
Maybe one day I’ll upgrade to a 2TB internal, or maybe I won’t.
While game loading times are about the same, I definitely notice a big speed difference when installing games on the SSD vs microSD.
I got the 64gb because I want to upgrade the storage myself. I just need to get it.
I’m on the verge of updating my 256GB to the 1TB Corsair MP600 Mini. I’ve done a lot of tweaking over the year I’ve had my deck, so I’m planning to try cloning the drive instead of doing a fresh install.
Just wanted to hear everyone else’s experiences with it.
I bought a 64gb and upgraded it to 512gb. I did the full re-image from a micro sd card. The whole process of swapping and reinstalling was about 20 minutes in total.
Yes, I upgraded from 64 GB to 512 GB. I also replaced the fan. I reinstalled SteamOS from USB I flashed with the steamOS recovery image. I used a USB C thumb drive, but I think a regular thumb drive would work if you have a dock with a USB port. It was very simple, I thought.
Thought about it but it was honestly pretty easy to throw a 512gb sd card in and cheaper. Plus most if not all of the stuff on the deck is saved in the cloud not a big deal if it fails.
Yeah most games that work on the deck will be fine coming from a modern microsd card. Even Skyrim really would be fine. I’ve read reports that upgrading to some drives is causing too much heat, and tbh as much as I love tinkering - deck is perfectly made IMO. I’ll just swap out cards, even then I haven’t really needed to.
I did upgraded mine from 64gb to 1TB. Apart from almost stripping a screw, the whole process was pretty easy. I reinstalled SteamOS because I didn’t have much on my deck anyway
I’m still sitting on my 64gb with an SD card. I really need to just buy an SSD.
I upgraded mine and my brothers’ steam decks and I just installed steam OS new. I wanted to start over and clean up my install anyway :)
No i didn’t bother. 512gb plus my 1tb micro sd has been enough really. Besides, i have a full PC with shit loads of storage.
Yup. Upgraded to a Micron 2 TB SSD that I purchased from BLT. I went the cloning route, using a Clonezilla live USB image. No issues with anything.
All I waited for was a decent deal on a 1TB ssd and it went smooth, aside from not plugging the battery back in fully the first time. I cloned as I didn’t want to bother with setup again.
Upgraded because shaders were taking too much room for 64. Felt like a great investiment!
Too many games to choose from :/
