Official Steam Deck thread. Steam handheld gaming device.

[spliz]

interesting. I guess it depends how easy it is to get inside to access it

Bro imma keep it real. That shyt don’t even matter. If u ain’t getting the highest one. Most games u download gonna be ran off ur SD card anyway. Lol.

 

[daze23]

Bro imma keep it real. That shyt don’t even matter. If u ain’t getting the highest one. Most games u download gonna be ran off ur SD card anyway. Lol.

SD card is pretty fast anyway. not as fast as a NVMe, but it's the kind of thing where you might not be able to tell the difference

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

Cat literally has NO idea what he talking about. Lol. Also. Just found out there’s an M.2 slot in the base version of the Steam Deck. So that shyt may have actually been the best value purchase.

Where u found out base version has m.2 slot?

 

[StatUS]

Mine has a soldered modchip installed. Thats the only way.

Ahh, thought so. I'm good, preciate the into breh.

 

[daze23]

Where u found out base version has m.2 slot?

 

[spliz]

Where u found out base version has m.2 slot?

Someone asked Gabe. But it’s not officially supported to upgrade so u may have to do a little work to do it urself. That doesn’t really matter tho considering like I said before. Most shyt is gonna be running off an SD card. The storage on these things won’t hold much of anything AAA on Steam. Lol.

 

[daze23]

apparently it uses the M.2 2230 form factor, which are around $200 for 512GB

 

[RubioTheCruel]

preordered a 256 GB for the NVMe, probably won't see it till Q1

 

[Legalese]

The SSD ones aren't shipping til Q2 of 2022?

Ive gotten use to how fast SSD is, i’ll probably hold off

 

[spliz]

apparently it uses the M.2 2230 form factor, which are around $200 for 512GB

This one is 1TB for $180.
Dell M.2 PCIe NVMe Class 35 2230 Solid State Drive - 1TB | Dell USA

 

[daze23]

This one is 1TB for $180.
Dell M.2 PCIe NVMe Class 35 2230 Solid State Drive - 1TB | Dell USA

idk, that one has a different slot (two notches vs one)

edit: I guess we'll need more info on the exact M.2 compatibility

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Damn you can install your own SSD in this???

 

[TheOptimisticCynikal]

Leaning towards it. Other than some major titles and throwbacks, the Switch is way too kiddie. Like 80% of their selection seems like titles they hoping little kids are gonna steal their parents credit cards to buy.

 

[Mike809]

Someone asked Gabe. But it’s not officially supported to upgrade so u may have to do a little work to do it urself. That doesn’t really matter tho considering like I said before. Most shyt is gonna be running off an SD card. The storage on these things won’t hold much of anything AAA on Steam. Lol.

Doom Eternal is like 80 GB on steam , so depending on which model you buy except the first one ...you can fit 3-5 AAA games.

Not every AAA game is outrageously big except the GTA's and COD's type of games.
monster hunter stories 2 is less than 40 GB.

 

[daze23]

Damn you can install your own SSD in this???

I think it's gonna be very hard to access, and possibly soldered to the board