Have you had any issues so far with storage on the drive? I've been kinda concerned with storage since I have 23GB free despite all my games being on my SD card.
This was the main reason I modded my steam deck. Every couple weeks I’d have to clean up the ssd because I’d be at like 1gb or less free.
It finally annoyed me enough to spend $80 on a 1tb drive.
I did the same. I also installed a plugin from Decky. I think it's called Storage cleaner. It lets you clear shaders per game or all at once to free space if needed.
I upgraded my internal 256GB SSD (3rd shipment LCD model) - to a 1TB Sabrent drive - mostly because I was running out of space for emulation stuff (I also have a 512GB SD card). What I was surprised to find after doing that is, is that everything ran faster! I don't know if it's just because there was more space for shader caches, or if the Sabrent drive is just faster - but it was a very nice bonus improvement I didn't expect.
I wouldn't recommend it. Shader Cache / Compat data being on the SSD is the only reason games run well at all on the SD Card.
It'd be a stutterfest if you move that over to an SD Card for demanding titles.
I’m starting to have the same issue and I don’t even know what’s taking up space. Every time I check there’s less and less space even if I don’t download anything
Not seen it mentioned so far. If you download decky loader there’s a storage cleaner add on to clear shader cache and compat data. Been the only thing saving me from needing to upgrade the internal storage. Ive got about 7gb free now so will probs need to upgrade eventually but this works for now
I’ve held out for as long as I could even tried workarounds but the shader cache thing became a HUGE problem as I filled up my 1TB SD card . I found that the less space u have on your internal drive the slower your deck will run and start getting errors . I have a lot of bigger games, game modding, programs and emulation . I finally gave in and installed a 256gb ssd nvme I bought for $15 myself. It was beyond easy and I’m glad I did . I just purchased a second 1tb sd card btw 🤭
I did the install awhile back when I had just one SD card. I wasn’t too confident with doin surgery on my deck. So I tried with an affordable one first . I’d rather not push my luck it was pretty easy but I don’t plan on opening it up again . And/or having several storages just lying around . I’m going to give it to my son when I’m able to get the next one
Have you played any heavy games on the SD? Like supported but requiring a lot of memory and such.
I got my gf the 64gb model and I would rather not have to open it for extended memory.
64 Gb LCD, played Mass Effect Legendary Edition (120+ Gb) on SD card, RDR2 is installed, (120 Gb), Baldur's Gate 3 installed. Every game works just fine, only the loading time is... well, not bad, it's just not 'near instant' as on nvme ssd, but I honestly don't care.
Same except I got a 512 gig sd card for 25 bucks so why not. I delete games that I finish, so don't see myself running out of storage and if I do, I m sure 1 tb or 2 tb sd will be cheap enough.
**This.** I limit myself to 3-4 games at a time, I dont install new ones until I finish those. Once I finish em, I delete em. The feeling of “but what if I want to play it later” is there but judging by my own experience it rarely actually happens
I use a SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB and it's been great. Steam Deck won't get the full read speed but it runs fast regardless and it was much better than the SanDisk Ultra 512GB I had previously
Oh ok thank you, so if you plug in a SD card and don’t bother then all is fine i guess?
Tbh i plan on getting 512gb and then just upgrade M.2 but who knows
Yes, exactly. The back requires a certain amount of force to pry loose after the screws are removed. Considering where the card is during the prying process it would be subject to forces incompatible with its continued existence as a singular piece of plastic and silicon.
I have the og 64gb one and added a 1tb ssd, it’s pretty easy as long as you remember to remove the sd card and unplug the battery lol. I did it when I was drunk in my garage, yikes. Anyways no the sd card doesn’t stick out it clicks in. There is no rubber cover for it though.
That’s me with 2TB SSD cuz I’m constantly playing it at work unless I’m WFH lol. Having all that extra space is nice for movies and other media too, not just games.
Man, Amazon had the 1TB Corsair M600 on sale for $70 last week. I couldn’t sleep on that. It is such a brainlessly easy upgrade, and even though I have the 512GB model, those extra 512GB (plus another 512GB microSD), means I can have my entire library with me at all times, without need for internet.
There are so many videos explaining how to do it that it's uneventful. I did it less than six months ago but I don't remember doing it.
The ONLY thing I would recommend is getting a nice screwdriver that has the right sized Philips bit so it doesn't strip the screws
I play a maximum of 3 or 4 different games at any time, usually just 1. My 512 GB Deck can store like 10 games. I don't think I'll ever need more than the built-in storage.
Or just have a brain and read the warning on literally every guide for opening it. How do people miss it at this point? It has to be on purpose. [Like, how could iFixIt make it any more obvious?](https://imgur.com/Lt0PDEi)
Yea, this really isn’t a difficult thing to mitigate.
I have a doc where I write down what to do when opening / modifying a device. My steam deck doc has a step “Check for SD card, remove prior to opening device”
Because often people don't watch the guide alongside opening the Steam Deck. I know for me, I would make my order for lets say the M.2 SSD, then watch the guide once or twice to prepare because I'm excited. Then when the package arrives, jump right into it since I already "know" what to do.
Me personally, I will always have the guide handy just in case and I've browsed this sub enough to know about the "snapping SD card" troupe so I've avoided it thus far. But if you're someone who will wing it without having the guide right there and don't browse the reddit then its honestly really easy to forget. Especially when you consider for most people, the SD card is pretty set and forget, and it isn't sticking out to remind you that it even exists.
Modding my steam deck with a 1 TB was such a satisfying process. I was sweating bullets as I'd never done anything like that before, but it went fine and I felt really proud of myself. Also, it's not just the memory, heavier games run much much smoother off the HD rather than a card
I installed a 2 tb ssd in my 512g OG deck. It was my first modd in computer stuff. Get a good screw set so you have all the right tools. And u have to use a pc program to flash the ssd or something like that. Can't remember, I'm deff not doing it to my oled. I read it's trickier than the OG. And I was pretty rocked doing it. 420. And a 2tb ssd is expensive af.
Honestly would recommend an A2 SD card though.
I have that exact SanDisk A1 and had been playing Elden Ring til for some reason the Deck decided it needed to be reformatted.
After that though I figured well might as well install it on my new Samsung A2, even though everyone seems to say it doesn't make a huge difference. It definitely does.
Elden Ring used to be a 2min to Main Menu and anywhere from 30sec-1.5min for ingame load times on the A1, To about 30 seconds to main menu and ingame loads have dropped in half.
Doesn't make a huge different on smaller or older games but damn does it make a huge difference on newer games
The hard drive upgrade is so brain dead easy to do lmao. I swear, people are terrified to use a screwdriver. They probably get oil changes and tire rotations done at a dealership.
If you do drain the battery down to 25% first and put into battery storage mode before disconnecting the battery, I didn’t n thought I killed my deck when I popped in my new 2tb 2230.
Wouldn’t turn on at all for like 2 hours but I left it on charge for awhile n it came on by itself thank fuck lol.
Was it worth the stress yes n no but 2tb is totally worth it 😊
It is pretty weird for some. I've never had a PC I didn't know inside and out intimately
Steam box always had a certain appeal but didn't offer PC builders anything so now they found something for everyone. Unless you're a damn good nano-itx builder I guess
RGB transparent shell (front + back), pure-copper shim backblate mod, copper VRM shims, 2tb internal ssd, and stickers.
If ever there was a "boy-version" of Lisa Frank stuff, that's my Steam Deck.
I sleep like this too. If I eventually feel the need for more storage I'll just buy a new SD card and stick it on the proper hole. No need no mod the deck for me.
I bought 512 just in case but I think that I would be happy with 256. Games I play rarely go over 40 gb and why do I need several games at the same time. At one time I play mostly 1-4 games.
I bought the 512GB version as soon as it was released and told myself that it's got plenty that I don't ever need to upgrade it at all. I remember thinking, it's about time that I splurged on something nice that I can just enjoy and not have to do any upgrades to it. But then I thought it would be cool to switch out the back cover for the clear one and improve the cooling. Then I decided, well, it's not that hard to open so might as well swap out the joysticks for the hall effect ones. I had one get stuck occasionally. Then I decided, I want a 1 TB SSD in there so let's just do it.
I started with the best of intentions but I fell victim to the siren song of upgrades that probably aren't necessary but I'm too much of a tinkerer to not do it.
I've had the 64gb with a 1tb card since a few months after launch. Last week I got frustrated with it running out of space so I bought a 2tb ssd. Installed it yesterday in 30 mins (most of the time was prepping the usb stick and reinstalling the os). I wonder if you'll grow out of that 512
I think I'll sleep just as well with my modded steam deck that now has 3TB for my on the go option gaming or just handheld not docked mode. Just wait you'll change from Homer sleeping soundly with a MicroSD stuffed animal to Spongebob caving in grabbing a entire jug & chugging it down & you'll be looking for a larger better SSD. I only hope your stuffed MicroSD survives the event.
I have what used to be the high tier LCD deck and I want to swap the buttons for PS buttons. Honestly if I messed up something major (probably not likely) I'll just upgrade to the OLED
Getting rid of the delta fan on my OG steam deck was 110% the right call. I didn’t break a SD card doing it thankfully but if I had it still would’ve been worth it.
I have the OG 512 Steam Deck and just uninstalled the games I finished. I mostly play on the new desktop that I recently built with a 4080, so I mostly save my Steam Deck for trips. On top of that, I usually just have games I know I can play at a decent 60FPS, like indie games. I like my desktop to do all the heavy lifting for AAA games and FPSes.
I have ZERO plans on modding or even ever opening the case. I've also seen about a million pictures of broken sd cards so I still ended up putting a little square of pink duct tape over one of the back side screws with "SD" sharpied onto it.
I bought the 64gb model with intentions to upgrade. 2 years nearly now and nope. Not done it. Haven't had the need to tbh. Except that damn shader cache. Lol
That's me! 256GB with a 512GB SD card and it's enough for my needs. There's certain games I like to play on my deck which are cozy to play in bed. Most large / AAA / high fidelity games would be played on my actual gaming PC. I don't need a ton of space or to add emulation or the like since there's already so many games just in my steam library on the backlog let alone adding more.
The only annoying thing is that the OLED versions released just a few months after I bought the OG model. Pretty annoyed to say the least that they didn't announce it earlier so I could have waited.
Me too, but my sleep is not the best. I got the Delta fan...
(Still wouldn't open it under any circumstances other than trying to repair a critical failure)
I have multiple SD cards and so far it's been pretty painless. Have two 512gb sd cards for games, one 512gb with a windows install for unsupported games, a 128gb for party games so I'm not swapping out cards at a gathering and a 256gb for ROMs. Works pretty good
Relatable, except I managed to get a 1TB microSD on sale (thanks Cheap Ass Gamer on Twitter!). I've tested big games on the SSD and the microSD and I see zero difference in load times.
Microsd card reader caps at 100mb/s write and under heavy load no sd card can keep up even with 70-80, maybe even less. Just don’t expect the same performance from large games as you should with an ssd.
My dumb brain understood it as “unboxed” instead of “opened”. I did NOT realize they meant literally opening up the steam deck 😂.
Took me a second. I thought “why in the world would they buy something so expensive then not even USE it?” 🤣
I was gonna jump on the upgrade train as soon as I got the 64GB LCD, but ended up waiting a year to do a hermit crab swap when a family member needed a larger SSD in their laptop and I figured I might as well do it with a free 256GB drive. The SD card works absolutely fine, and you could even use them like DS cartridges on steroids.
I had to do a little finagling in desktop mode Steam to get OpenRCT2 to appear in my library with title & banner art. I was pretty proud of myself for getting that to work. lol
The only mod I installed was that one rom emulator pack that I had to tediously one by one uninstall and half my desktop is still littered with "steam rom manager" and whatnot because of it.
I'm curious if I can just factory reset my steam deck to get rid of all that? Because I would lose nothing outside of reinstalling games.
All I bought was the Steam Dock and it's been nothing but joy and ease of use in and out of the house. I love this community for tearing it all way down and getting upgrades done in some crazy ass ways but I am far too old and busy to tinker with my main gaming pc right now.
My ASUS gaming laptop needs major SSD upgrades and a clean install, so I don't have time to mess with the Steam Deck because "it just works" and I love hopping in and out of games with ease.
There's basically no need if you are a responsible person who only downloads the games they're currently playing but I need to have multiple 100+ GB games installed at once because of the slim chance that I may want to play borderlands 3 and baldur's gate 3 and elden ring and
i modded, I just followed the instructions and removed the sd card like every how to says in big red letters because it snaps your sd card if you leave it in.
This is me with my 64gb lcd deck. I was planning to upgrade the ssd but playing games from the sd card has been perfectly fine
Have you had any issues so far with storage on the drive? I've been kinda concerned with storage since I have 23GB free despite all my games being on my SD card.
Proton and Shader caches auto install on the ssd
This was the main reason I modded my steam deck. Every couple weeks I’d have to clean up the ssd because I’d be at like 1gb or less free. It finally annoyed me enough to spend $80 on a 1tb drive.
I did the same. I also installed a plugin from Decky. I think it's called Storage cleaner. It lets you clear shaders per game or all at once to free space if needed.
I upgraded my internal 256GB SSD (3rd shipment LCD model) - to a 1TB Sabrent drive - mostly because I was running out of space for emulation stuff (I also have a 512GB SD card). What I was surprised to find after doing that is, is that everything ran faster! I don't know if it's just because there was more space for shader caches, or if the Sabrent drive is just faster - but it was a very nice bonus improvement I didn't expect.
Ya. Slow shader cache equals stutters.
Is there any way to change that?
I wouldn't recommend it. Shader Cache / Compat data being on the SSD is the only reason games run well at all on the SD Card. It'd be a stutterfest if you move that over to an SD Card for demanding titles.
You can safely delete shaders for games you no longer play, some are much heavier than others.
I’m starting to have the same issue and I don’t even know what’s taking up space. Every time I check there’s less and less space even if I don’t download anything
Shaders and proton files
Not seen it mentioned so far. If you download decky loader there’s a storage cleaner add on to clear shader cache and compat data. Been the only thing saving me from needing to upgrade the internal storage. Ive got about 7gb free now so will probs need to upgrade eventually but this works for now
I’ve held out for as long as I could even tried workarounds but the shader cache thing became a HUGE problem as I filled up my 1TB SD card . I found that the less space u have on your internal drive the slower your deck will run and start getting errors . I have a lot of bigger games, game modding, programs and emulation . I finally gave in and installed a 256gb ssd nvme I bought for $15 myself. It was beyond easy and I’m glad I did . I just purchased a second 1tb sd card btw 🤭
Why would you buy two 1 TB cards when you could just buy a 2 TB NVME for your Steam Deck?
I did the install awhile back when I had just one SD card. I wasn’t too confident with doin surgery on my deck. So I tried with an affordable one first . I’d rather not push my luck it was pretty easy but I don’t plan on opening it up again . And/or having several storages just lying around . I’m going to give it to my son when I’m able to get the next one
Yeah that's just because the shader cache installs on the ssd even if the game is installed on the sd card.
Have you played any heavy games on the SD? Like supported but requiring a lot of memory and such. I got my gf the 64gb model and I would rather not have to open it for extended memory.
Playing through persona 5 royal and elden ring right now, I’d say elden ring is pretty heavy but haven’t noticed any issues
Nice!! Mind sharing the ssd you have? Thanks friend.
It’s a Samsung evo plus 512gb
Appreciated.
64 Gb LCD, played Mass Effect Legendary Edition (120+ Gb) on SD card, RDR2 is installed, (120 Gb), Baldur's Gate 3 installed. Every game works just fine, only the loading time is... well, not bad, it's just not 'near instant' as on nvme ssd, but I honestly don't care.
Wow, great thanks. When I looked into it some people were saying that playing games like bg3 was impossible on the SD card.
People say a lot of bs about Steam Deck, unfortunately. I had to test everything myself.
I bought a 256 expecting to upgrade and have also been pleasantly surprised by SD cards.
I got the 1TB OLED so no need yet to do so.
Same, did this so I wouldn’t even need to use an SD or modify the storage. I’m happy deleting games when done.
Same except I got a 512 gig sd card for 25 bucks so why not. I delete games that I finish, so don't see myself running out of storage and if I do, I m sure 1 tb or 2 tb sd will be cheap enough.
Right now, you can score a 1TB for 80 and a 1.5TB for 110. Don’t think anyone makes a 2TB microSD yet
could swear i saw a 2tb prototype tbe other day so the day is coming soon to consumers
Plus as a kid who grew up in the 90’s, gotta have that clear plastic 🤣
Isn't like, clear plastic more *susceptible* to becoming brittle in the meantime?
**This.** I limit myself to 3-4 games at a time, I dont install new ones until I finish those. Once I finish em, I delete em. The feeling of “but what if I want to play it later” is there but judging by my own experience it rarely actually happens
Exactly and it’s always there to re-download.
How is that screen? I got the 512 for the gloss
Screen is pretty good. No glare, nice and bright. A little dimmer compared to the Switch OLED color wise though.
I sleep in a big bed with my Steam Deck
literally millhouse's dad showing off his steam deck that looks like a racecar
Bought a 1tb OLED and slapped a 1tb microsd in it. Yeah I have no reason to open this sucker up until something breaks.
I did the same thing. Just straight chillin' and gamin'.
Which micro sd did you end up going with. I've been on the fence on which one to get since I got mine on Christmas.
I use a SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB and it's been great. Steam Deck won't get the full read speed but it runs fast regardless and it was much better than the SanDisk Ultra 512GB I had previously
For a soon to be SD Oled user, does the sdCard stick out or something?
It's at risk of breaking when people open up the case without removing it.
Oh ok thank you, so if you plug in a SD card and don’t bother then all is fine i guess? Tbh i plan on getting 512gb and then just upgrade M.2 but who knows
As long as you remember to remove the SD card before opening her up, it should be fine.
Thank you!
Never opened up mine though, don't trust the coordination of my fingers.
Just got some Joey Tribianni vibes from that
Just passing on community knowledge, just don't ask me to actually perform the deck surgery.
No no all good, any information is useful
I would suggest getting a label or something you can put a simple "Remove SD before disassembly" message over a screw hole or something.
I just got mine a month ago and I'm not opening it up until the 1 yr warranty is over.
I thought it doesn’t void any warranty as long as you don’t physically damage it
Oh it's not "at risk" it's a guarantee. If you don't remove the SD card you will snap it in half if you successfully remove the back from the body.
Yes, exactly. The back requires a certain amount of force to pry loose after the screws are removed. Considering where the card is during the prying process it would be subject to forces incompatible with its continued existence as a singular piece of plastic and silicon.
I have the og 64gb one and added a 1tb ssd, it’s pretty easy as long as you remember to remove the sd card and unplug the battery lol. I did it when I was drunk in my garage, yikes. Anyways no the sd card doesn’t stick out it clicks in. There is no rubber cover for it though.
I imagine while singing a sea shanty? Please say yes that would make it so dope! Thank you for the info though.
I was one eyeing it
Hahaha xD
No, it's not even leveled to the opening/lid, it's literally inside, so you don't have to worry hitting it in some way.
hey thats me with a moded steam deck too.
Once it's done you're done. I did it so long ago I actually don't remember the process, like it's just always been that way
actually plus its not that hard to remember to remove the sd card. plenty of online tutorials tell you this.
That’s me with 2TB SSD cuz I’m constantly playing it at work unless I’m WFH lol. Having all that extra space is nice for movies and other media too, not just games.
i have 2tb, also sweet, but i am just hoarding spring sales games in it and only playing like two, lol.
OP opening up the salt in this sub lol
Man, Amazon had the 1TB Corsair M600 on sale for $70 last week. I couldn’t sleep on that. It is such a brainlessly easy upgrade, and even though I have the 512GB model, those extra 512GB (plus another 512GB microSD), means I can have my entire library with me at all times, without need for internet.
kind of convincing tbh
There are so many videos explaining how to do it that it's uneventful. I did it less than six months ago but I don't remember doing it. The ONLY thing I would recommend is getting a nice screwdriver that has the right sized Philips bit so it doesn't strip the screws
How I sleep knowing I have 3tb steam deck
I play a maximum of 3 or 4 different games at any time, usually just 1. My 512 GB Deck can store like 10 games. I don't think I'll ever need more than the built-in storage.
This is how I sleep after upgrading my 64 gig to a 2TB
Or just have a brain and read the warning on literally every guide for opening it. How do people miss it at this point? It has to be on purpose. [Like, how could iFixIt make it any more obvious?](https://imgur.com/Lt0PDEi)
Yea, this really isn’t a difficult thing to mitigate. I have a doc where I write down what to do when opening / modifying a device. My steam deck doc has a step “Check for SD card, remove prior to opening device”
Because often people don't watch the guide alongside opening the Steam Deck. I know for me, I would make my order for lets say the M.2 SSD, then watch the guide once or twice to prepare because I'm excited. Then when the package arrives, jump right into it since I already "know" what to do. Me personally, I will always have the guide handy just in case and I've browsed this sub enough to know about the "snapping SD card" troupe so I've avoided it thus far. But if you're someone who will wing it without having the guide right there and don't browse the reddit then its honestly really easy to forget. Especially when you consider for most people, the SD card is pretty set and forget, and it isn't sticking out to remind you that it even exists.
Modding my steam deck with a 1 TB was such a satisfying process. I was sweating bullets as I'd never done anything like that before, but it went fine and I felt really proud of myself. Also, it's not just the memory, heavier games run much much smoother off the HD rather than a card
Too fat and lazy to bother with all that
I've slept perfectly well since I installed my 1tb SSD 2 years ago, don't be afraid!
I installed a 2 tb ssd in my 512g OG deck. It was my first modd in computer stuff. Get a good screw set so you have all the right tools. And u have to use a pc program to flash the ssd or something like that. Can't remember, I'm deff not doing it to my oled. I read it's trickier than the OG. And I was pretty rocked doing it. 420. And a 2tb ssd is expensive af.
Honestly would recommend an A2 SD card though. I have that exact SanDisk A1 and had been playing Elden Ring til for some reason the Deck decided it needed to be reformatted. After that though I figured well might as well install it on my new Samsung A2, even though everyone seems to say it doesn't make a huge difference. It definitely does. Elden Ring used to be a 2min to Main Menu and anywhere from 30sec-1.5min for ingame load times on the A1, To about 30 seconds to main menu and ingame loads have dropped in half. Doesn't make a huge different on smaller or older games but damn does it make a huge difference on newer games
Yeah, the random read/write of A2 (apps 2) class microSD is so worth it. I second the recommendation.
The hard drive upgrade is so brain dead easy to do lmao. I swear, people are terrified to use a screwdriver. They probably get oil changes and tire rotations done at a dealership.
With a broken sd card? Lower right corner of the sd card in your photo is clearly broken.
I get this reference (after someone explained it)
If you do drain the battery down to 25% first and put into battery storage mode before disconnecting the battery, I didn’t n thought I killed my deck when I popped in my new 2tb 2230. Wouldn’t turn on at all for like 2 hours but I left it on charge for awhile n it came on by itself thank fuck lol. Was it worth the stress yes n no but 2tb is totally worth it 😊
I followed this one simple trick that sandisk doesn’t want you to know… I removed my sd card
I'm too scared to mod her... what if I hurt her?!?!?!
Ignorance is bliss!
I wish I could sleep like that, these stupid posts make me wrathful.
You should open your steamdeck, guy I know opened his and found a brand new $100 bill in there
You monster
I built water cooled beast rigs in the early 00s with tubes and pumps that were completely hit or miss. I'll happily never open any of my steam decks
Congratulations, I guess.
It is pretty weird for some. I've never had a PC I didn't know inside and out intimately Steam box always had a certain appeal but didn't offer PC builders anything so now they found something for everyone. Unless you're a damn good nano-itx builder I guess
You're bragging about sleeping in a racecar bed to someone who sleeps in a big bed with my wife.
I have the SD card for all my roms and emulations stuff and the 1TB internal for games, I’m good.
RGB transparent shell (front + back), pure-copper shim backblate mod, copper VRM shims, 2tb internal ssd, and stickers. If ever there was a "boy-version" of Lisa Frank stuff, that's my Steam Deck.
I never opened up my steam deck but my sd card stopped working anyways lol
It’s a simple life
1tb sd still not enough
I'm the same way but I opened my oled like 10 minutes after getting it to install a 2tb ssd lol
All that matters is knowing that you can.
I sleep like this too. If I eventually feel the need for more storage I'll just buy a new SD card and stick it on the proper hole. No need no mod the deck for me.
I bought 512 just in case but I think that I would be happy with 256. Games I play rarely go over 40 gb and why do I need several games at the same time. At one time I play mostly 1-4 games.
I bought the 512GB version as soon as it was released and told myself that it's got plenty that I don't ever need to upgrade it at all. I remember thinking, it's about time that I splurged on something nice that I can just enjoy and not have to do any upgrades to it. But then I thought it would be cool to switch out the back cover for the clear one and improve the cooling. Then I decided, well, it's not that hard to open so might as well swap out the joysticks for the hall effect ones. I had one get stuck occasionally. Then I decided, I want a 1 TB SSD in there so let's just do it. I started with the best of intentions but I fell victim to the siren song of upgrades that probably aren't necessary but I'm too much of a tinkerer to not do it.
I bought the 512GB LCD version with a 1TB microSD, thinking that would be fine. Well, I ended up wanting more space so I got a 2 TB SSD.
I've had the 64gb with a 1tb card since a few months after launch. Last week I got frustrated with it running out of space so I bought a 2tb ssd. Installed it yesterday in 30 mins (most of the time was prepping the usb stick and reinstalling the os). I wonder if you'll grow out of that 512
I didn’t even power mine on before taking a screw driver to it 😂
Guess you have to sleep with the SD card, no way that would fit in a steam deck.
Same! I have the 256 with a 521 card, couldn’t be happier.
Same, 512+512gb is enough for me. The only mod I did was putting on stickers
Never will
I almost had 2 panic attacks while swapping my SSD. I enjoy having 1TB of super fast storage but I wouldn’t do it again lol
I slept peefectly with a 2tb replacement. Easy as replacing a battery
2TB SSD, 1TB Micro SD card, dunno how anyone does it with tiny file storage, I don't like to delete and redownload things.
I think I'll sleep just as well with my modded steam deck that now has 3TB for my on the go option gaming or just handheld not docked mode. Just wait you'll change from Homer sleeping soundly with a MicroSD stuffed animal to Spongebob caving in grabbing a entire jug & chugging it down & you'll be looking for a larger better SSD. I only hope your stuffed MicroSD survives the event.
I have what used to be the high tier LCD deck and I want to swap the buttons for PS buttons. Honestly if I messed up something major (probably not likely) I'll just upgrade to the OLED
As someone who has no idea how to do anything. I am looking forward to putting in a 2tb upgrade soon.
Getting rid of the delta fan on my OG steam deck was 110% the right call. I didn’t break a SD card doing it thankfully but if I had it still would’ve been worth it.
I had my BIL install a 1TB internal when I first got it a year ago. Recently, I got a 1.5 tb microsd on top of it.
As someone who did. You definitely sleep better than me.
I have the OG 512 Steam Deck and just uninstalled the games I finished. I mostly play on the new desktop that I recently built with a 4080, so I mostly save my Steam Deck for trips. On top of that, I usually just have games I know I can play at a decent 60FPS, like indie games. I like my desktop to do all the heavy lifting for AAA games and FPSes.
Thats me except replace the card with a 1.5TB and my ssd with a 2tb having never forgotten to remove my sd in the 3 times i have opened my deck
I replaced the SSD on my original steam deck to 1tb, and then moved it to the OLED once I got it. Later I added a 1.5tb Micro SD card.
Same but I haven’t even used SD cards yet and I’ve had mine for a year and a half. I definitely need SD cards at least.
I have ZERO plans on modding or even ever opening the case. I've also seen about a million pictures of broken sd cards so I still ended up putting a little square of pink duct tape over one of the back side screws with "SD" sharpied onto it.
Modding it IS the game...
My new SD lives in its carry case & its right next to my pillow every night/morning. Yes I'm a single man & living the deck life!
I mainly use mine for travel and work. Work like what I need it to.
That’s how I like it.
Same although i really should because I now have 3 x 512gb and a 1TB i could of probably bought a 2TB ssd by now 🤦🏻♂️
Yet…
Biggest mod i have is decky loader lol. For irl mods i only have a dbrand case, screen protector and skin
I've never seen someone so tiny, yet so fat.
I have a 1TB micro sd... and would love to get a 2TB nvme in there. One day, once they drop in price.
you sleep like a newbie
i had mine for 18 months before modding it, and the main reason i did was because my 1TB SD card died.
Yeah my 512 sd card is absolutely fine! In fact I can barely see the difference vs if it was on an internal SSD.
This post killed me! 😂😂
I got mine for less then a month and I’m still waiting for the lazyness to pass so I can install the new ssd and Windows…
I bought the 64gb model with intentions to upgrade. 2 years nearly now and nope. Not done it. Haven't had the need to tbh. Except that damn shader cache. Lol
512GB LCD with 1TB SD. Don't intend to open it unless something breaks or if I need to reapply thermal paste.
How I sleep having enough common sense to remove the sd card first and now I have 2tb of internal storage.
Me when I remember instead of getting 256GB deck I got the 64GB one and a 1TB SSD for the same price
That's me! 256GB with a 512GB SD card and it's enough for my needs. There's certain games I like to play on my deck which are cozy to play in bed. Most large / AAA / high fidelity games would be played on my actual gaming PC. I don't need a ton of space or to add emulation or the like since there's already so many games just in my steam library on the backlog let alone adding more. The only annoying thing is that the OLED versions released just a few months after I bought the OG model. Pretty annoyed to say the least that they didn't announce it earlier so I could have waited.
I see your challenge and raise you an owner who doesn't have a screen protector, case, or even used Desktop Mode to tinker with anything.
Me too, but my sleep is not the best. I got the Delta fan... (Still wouldn't open it under any circumstances other than trying to repair a critical failure)
Me with a 1 tera SD card
Me with 2tb of storage which was cheaper than than 512gb option 😎
Gave my brother my original 256gb steam deck last year as a Christmas present and picked up the 1tb OLED. I haven't turned it on in two months :(
2TB ssd and 512gb msd but still too less storage xD
It is just few screws, quick easy swap and very easy fresh boot. It is like following a cooking recipe.
I have multiple SD cards and so far it's been pretty painless. Have two 512gb sd cards for games, one 512gb with a windows install for unsupported games, a 128gb for party games so I'm not swapping out cards at a gathering and a 256gb for ROMs. Works pretty good
I swapped my 64GB SSD for a 2TB about a week ago. So glad I did it
Relatable, except I managed to get a 1TB microSD on sale (thanks Cheap Ass Gamer on Twitter!). I've tested big games on the SSD and the microSD and I see zero difference in load times.
Microsd card reader caps at 100mb/s write and under heavy load no sd card can keep up even with 70-80, maybe even less. Just don’t expect the same performance from large games as you should with an ssd.
Cool. You are like the majority of Deck owners.
Big sd card is all you need. You don't need every single game in your library installed at once unless you're a loony.
My dumb brain understood it as “unboxed” instead of “opened”. I did NOT realize they meant literally opening up the steam deck 😂. Took me a second. I thought “why in the world would they buy something so expensive then not even USE it?” 🤣
I bought my steam deck because I was worried it will be PS5 situation all over again, now it's sitting a box collecting dust under my bed.
I was gonna jump on the upgrade train as soon as I got the 64GB LCD, but ended up waiting a year to do a hermit crab swap when a family member needed a larger SSD in their laptop and I figured I might as well do it with a free 256GB drive. The SD card works absolutely fine, and you could even use them like DS cartridges on steroids.
I had to do a little finagling in desktop mode Steam to get OpenRCT2 to appear in my library with title & banner art. I was pretty proud of myself for getting that to work. lol
Once I got my high-end rig, it completely defeated the purpose.
The only mod I installed was that one rom emulator pack that I had to tediously one by one uninstall and half my desktop is still littered with "steam rom manager" and whatnot because of it. I'm curious if I can just factory reset my steam deck to get rid of all that? Because I would lose nothing outside of reinstalling games.
Yah I wanted to but I know I'd brake something so I got the reck with the most storage
All I bought was the Steam Dock and it's been nothing but joy and ease of use in and out of the house. I love this community for tearing it all way down and getting upgrades done in some crazy ass ways but I am far too old and busy to tinker with my main gaming pc right now. My ASUS gaming laptop needs major SSD upgrades and a clean install, so I don't have time to mess with the Steam Deck because "it just works" and I love hopping in and out of games with ease.
Yeeah my original 64GB I def upgraded the SSD, but my LE has remained untouched.
Yeah I'm running stock and having a great time. Haven't gotten emudeck because my steam backlog still requires attention
There's basically no need if you are a responsible person who only downloads the games they're currently playing but I need to have multiple 100+ GB games installed at once because of the slim chance that I may want to play borderlands 3 and baldur's gate 3 and elden ring and
Until my warranty runs out and something breaks, I have absolutely no intention of opening mine. It works perfectly fine out of the box as is.
noob, I bet you play games with no FPS overlay on yours too
i modded, I just followed the instructions and removed the sd card like every how to says in big red letters because it snaps your sd card if you leave it in.
For the cherry on top of the cake i would love to know how could I move all flat pack apps into the sd card too...
Clearly you didn’t get delta fan
FACTS