Stock Steam Deck SSD specs?

[kitnoman]

I'm seeing post that it's not a good idea to replace the ssd on steam deck as valve carefully chosen the one that it has due to it's power draw and if replaced, might cause issues in the future as other ssd have higher power consumption. So Just what is the power draw specification of the stock 256/512 ssd on steam deck?

I'm currently looking at the SN740 2tb and it 3.3v and 2.5a. Is 2.5a too high for steam deck?

[PopinFRESH]

The Steam deck uses multiple SSDs in those models. One is a custom model from phision that doesn’t have public specs available. The other two are from Kingston and Transcend.

Kingston
Model: OM3PDP3256B-A01
Form factor: M.2 2230
Capacity: 256 GB
Memory cell type: 3D NAND TLC
Data transfer interface: PCIe NVMe
PCIe version: Gen3 x4
NVMe version: 1.3
Read speed (ATTO, up to): 1700 MB/s
Write speed (ATTO, up to): 1100 MB/s
MTBF: 1 million hours

Transcend
Model: TS256GMTE352T-VLV
Form factor: M.2 2230
Capacity: 256 GB
Memory cell type: 3D NAND flash w/ SLC caching
Data transfer interface: PCIe NVMe
PCIe version: PCIe Gen3 x2
NVMe version: 1.3
Read speed (CrystalDiskMark, up to): 1700 MB/s
Write speed (CrystalDiskMark, up to): 1000 MB/s
MTBF: 3 million hours

I don’t recall the idle and active power consumption for them, however, those model numbers should help you look up and find the specs for them. I do believe they were lower power than that WD model, specifically the idle power, so you’d expect to have a bit shorter battery life. It should work fine otherwise.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

As far as I can see, 1TB is the max, as you are limited to the 2230 form factor of NVME SSDs. Can't use what we are used to on Laptops/Desktops which is 2280.

However you can use a Steam Dock and use any number of means to use an external drive such as NVME SSD, SATA SSD, SATA HDD; inside a caddy connected to USB 3.x Type-A or Type-C

This should prove helpful...
https://www.dexerto.com/tech/upgrade-steam-deck-storage-1970144/

[kitnoman]

Nope, there are 2tb now. One of them is the WD sn740 2tb.

The only details I can see is that the Kingston OM3PDP3256B-A01 is a 3.3v and 3a. While trancend one is 3.3v and 1.5a. I can't really confirm these details. But if this is true then wd sn740 and most single-sided 2230 ssd would work.

It's the rated power consumption is what I really trying to know. As I believe, the argument of valve choosing the ssd that they did was due to power consumption. And if replaced with other ssd, it might shorten the lifespan of the device. Getting an ssd with higher power rating, might cause extra heat as well. So that's what I'm trying to avoid. Get a higher capacity ssd that has a power consumption same or close to the stock ssd.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Oh ok good to know.
Yes I see WD SN740 2tb going for around $150 USD now.

[Mahjik]

A new entry into the market:

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sabrent-launches-5-gbs-ssds-for-the-steam-deck

[Bad 💀 Motha]

That's good. I have used their NVME ssds, good stuff.

[evg33n]

Has anyone installed this disc? do you have any experience of using it?

[PopinFRESH]

Originally posted by evg33n:

Has anyone installed this disc? do you have any experience of using it?

You're gonna need to be more specific as to "this disk".

[evg33n]

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Originally posted by evg33n:

Has anyone installed this disc? do you have any experience of using it?

You're gonna need to be more specific as to "this disk".

I received my order with WD PC SN740 NVMe SSD SDDPTQD-1T00 (3.3VDC: 2.5A), but now I doubt whether it fits the steam

[invision2212]

i replaced my SSD with a SK Hynix bc711 which is 3.3v 2.5a and have been using it for months with no issues

Here’s a link to the benchmark I did with it some time ago

https://i.ibb.co/2d176g5/Screenshot-20220814-172023.jpg

[evg33n]

Change ssd in my steam deck (64gb) to WD PC SN740 NVMe SSD SDDPTQD-1T00 (3.3VDC: 2.5A), after update deck work normal without issues

[kitnoman]

Originally posted by evg33n:

Change ssd in my steam deck (64gb) to WD PC SN740 NVMe SSD SDDPTQD-1T00 (3.3VDC: 2.5A), after update deck work normal without issues

but did you notice if the battery drains faster or you can't tell? Meaning, there's really no noticeable difference.

[evg33n]

Originally posted by kitnoman:

Originally posted by evg33n:

Change ssd in my steam deck (64gb) to WD PC SN740 NVMe SSD SDDPTQD-1T00 (3.3VDC: 2.5A), after update deck work normal without issues

but did you notice if the battery drains faster or you can't tell? Meaning, there's really no noticeable difference.

There is no difference, but I did not benchmark test.
Feels like it works the same as before.

[Diogenes]

I'm considering upgrading my 64GB drive with a 2242 Sabrent 2TB NVME.

I've seen YouTubers do it, and it seems to come with more Pro's than con's.

Even though it's physically longer, the price tag is ideal. £275 for 2TB of storage space.

It's a pity that Sabrent don't have any 2230's in stock on their web page. I don't seem to be able to find them for sale anywhere else in the UK and Sabrent tend to produce the cheapest drives.

I know it's been said that placing a 2242 in the Steam Deck uses more power, causes more heat and reduces the over all life span of the Steam Deck, but I haven't seen any evidence showing to what extent, or even if any of those statement's are true.

If it only causes a temperature increase of 1 or 2 degree's, I'm fine with that, since it makes almost no difference.

[Diogenes]

Originally posted by Mahjik:

A new entry into the market:

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sabrent-launches-5-gbs-ssds-for-the-steam-deck

Yeah, and I bet that won't be cheap either. I bet you won't have much change left out of £600.

Sabrent are trying to corner the market with their NVME's for the Steam Deck.

Can't say that I blame them, really. They're taking advantage of an opportunity, which is exactly what they should be doing.