Hello friends,
I want to upgrade my NVMe from 512GB to 2TB. What NVMe models are considered the best fit for the Deck right now? What are your experiences with upgrade to 2TB?
Out of curiosity, what is everyone doing with the extra storage? I have the 512 oled. I have 3 AAA titles on it and a bunch of indies. beyond that, if i “ran out of space” i’d just uninstall and install. What’s the purpose of a 2tb drive if you can’t get your whole library on it anyway?
I have my go-to games that I periodically return to for short gaming sessions or speedrunning, like GTA V, Witcher 3, all Half-Life games, etc. So those games have always to be installed without the option to uninstall them. Add 1-2 current AAA games to that I’m playing simultaneously plus couple of more recent emulated games like BotW or TotK, and your 512GB drive is pretty much full. In my case, 1TB may be sufficient. But if I go through the trouble of upgrading my storage anyway, why not put a 2TB drive inside, just to be sure.
There are cheaper ones but imo I think the sn770m is one of the most efficient for a 2tb at 3.3v 1.8A as opposed to most others are 2.5A. just something to take in consideration if looking into the most power efficient. Seems like they only sell them at bestbuy in the US though.
I just ordered the sn770m yesterday and it should be arriving on Wednesday. Can’t wait to do the swap. I also ordered a 1TB mSD off Amazon and just got that today. I should have enough room to load on a few large games and finally delve into emulation. 😁
Can you plz share the output of “sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0” (without the quotes)?
I’m curious about what power states it supports.
SN740? The 770 is a 2280 module isn’t it?
770 is 2280, 770M is 2230. WD made it specifically for steamdeck/Ally/etc. 2TB is hard to find in retails. Not sure about other regions but seems only at bestbuy in US.
Ah there an M version that’s 2230? That’s pretty cool. How does it compare to the 740 that many bought?