What if your Valve Steam Deck runs out of storage?
In addition to PC or console gamers, I believe that there are some gamers who enjoy using handheld game console while lying in bed or on the living room sofa. Not only they can take their handheld console with them any time, but they can also indulge in a bit of leisurely gaming when traveling alone on a business trip.
With the rise of mobile games, many people have forgotten the exceptional days for handheld game consoles when everyone owned a Gameboy or a PSP. Nowadays, besides Nintendo's Switch, Steam Deck, known as the Portable Gaming Desktop, is also loved by many gamers. This handheld game console can support the Steam platform. Its ultra-high resolution has allowed players to enjoy the extensive library of games on Steam platform anytime and anywhere. They can be immersed in the world of 3A masterpiece games all the time. Then, it is time to test the console's storage capacity. Today, we will look at how to expand the storage of your Steam Deck.
With the rise of mobile games, many people have forgotten the exceptional days for handheld game consoles when everyone owned a Gameboy or a PSP. Nowadays, besides Nintendo's Switch, Steam Deck, known as the Portable Gaming Desktop, is also loved by many gamers. This handheld game console can support the Steam platform. Its ultra-high resolution has allowed players to enjoy the extensive library of games on Steam platform anytime and anywhere. They can be immersed in the world of 3A masterpiece games all the time. Then, it is time to test the console's storage capacity. Today, we will look at how to expand the storage of your Steam Deck.
1. MicroSD Card Expansion
Whether it's a Steam Deck LCD or a Steam Deck OLED, every Steam Deck has a microSD slot to expand its storage capacity. The T-FORCE Gaming A2 Card is available in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB capacities, and can be installed in Steam Deck for storage expansion. In terms of the capacity of microSD in the market, 1TB is considered the highest specification supported. Gamers can choose the capacity according to their needs.
2. 2230 M.2 SSD Upgrade
Steam Deck comes in three capacity specifications including 256GB LCD, 512GB OLED, and 1TB OLED options. If you want to upgrade the console SSD, only 2230 M.2 is available for Steam Deck. As of the current market offerings, the 2230 M.2 SSD only supports up to 1TB of capacity. Thus, gamers will choose to use microSD for storage expansion. However, Team Group has launched TEAMGROUP MP44S M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD with capacity up to 2TB, which is very rare in the whole 2230 M.2 SSD market. Meanwhile, it also supports 5,000 / 3,500MB read/write speeds and comes with a graphene composite heat sink, allowing gamers to upgrade the SSD storage of the Steam Deck with confidence.
If a Steam Deck gamer chooses to upgrade their console SSD with a TEAMGROUP MP44S M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD 1TB and additionally expands storage using a T-FORCE Gaming A2 Card 1TB, they will be able to get a total of 2TB of storage space. Considering the fact that each 3A game usually takes up to 100GB, this expansion will solve most Steam Deck gamers' storage problems!
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