Upgrading ssd steam machine

[satjosh]

Hey guys I’m a lay person and wanted to ask about upgrading on the upcoming steam machine. Wanted to save a buck so I have
Corsair MP600 PRO LPX 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe x4 Gen4 SSD - Optimized for PS5 (Up to 7,100MB/sec Sequential Read & 5,800MB/sec Sequential Write Speeds, High-Speed Interface, Compact Form Factor) Black

This is currently inside my ps5 is this compatible with the steam machine so I can opt in on the smaller machine and just swap it with this. Asking if it’ll fit and compatible and is it ok or is it obsolete. Thank you exited for the machine.

[Alex]

it should be

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fdo-we-know-yet-what-size-nvme-ssd-the-machine-will-use-yet-v0-p1xk9xhsi30h1.png%3Fwidth%3D2148%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D7ab3e2f9f040cb2290544b538eb9c274bb0f8fc4

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Steam Machine supports M.2 storage replacements in both 2230 and 2280 form factors.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Any M2 NVME SSD will do as long as the slot support 2280 size.
But yes, 2 or 4 TB is highly recommended.

There is no such thing as "Optimized for PS5"
That's as ridiculous as "Gaming Motherboard" or "Gaming Headphones":

As long as it's not a DRAM-less SSD it should be fine; Gen3, 4 or 5

[satjosh]

Hi so the specific one I mentioned is good to go then I just copied and paste the description here is the link from Amazon that I’m talking about out. And thank you guys.

https://a.co/d/0bDxCdyo

Next question what do I do before I install on the steam machine? Can I just pull it out of the ps5 and put it on the steam machine? How do I reformat it will the steam machine be able to reconfigure it and erase it on its own?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Simply make a SteamOS 3.x USB on another PC first so you have a way to install it on new SSD.

Or connect both current Steam Machine SSD and your New SSD to a PC and go into your PC's OS and clone the Steam Machine SSD to your New SSD. Then install new SSD into Steam Machine.

[satjosh]

I’m sure this is simple lol. But coming from someone who doesn’t know hopefully I can do everything you just said. I’m hoping I have enough space to not remove the ssd from the heat sink but I guess I will have to remove it worse case

[Taste-TheRambo]

Just curious, did you do the conversion? I have the SM, and the same SSD in my d PS5. Curious if it’ll fit.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Taste-TheRambo:

Just curious, did you do the conversion? I have the SM, and the same SSD in my d PS5. Curious if it’ll fit.

As long as it is 2280 or smaller which is standard size for PS5 and PC Desktop/Laptop Motherboard

[ziom]

One question, Gen 4 or Gen 5?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Which is ever is cheaper and not terrible such as the really ch3ap ones tbat are DRAM-less or lacking in tbat area. As it's generally not going to benefit from Gen5 speeds just like mostly all PC Gaming does not benefit

[_I_]

Originally posted by ziom:

One question, Gen 4 or Gen 5?

its connection to the board is not the weakest link

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by _I_:

Originally posted by ziom:

One question, Gen 4 or Gen 5?

its connection to the board is not the weakest link

In pretty much any PC, the storage device is generally the slowest link. It's operating well below what the rest of the hardware is capable of for data throughput. But also at the same time, software and most games not always capable by design of taking advantage of faster SSDs. Generally it still helps if it makes the OS more and more fluid and there is enough RAM and such. CPU cache helps too.

[Kos don't qq]

The drive will work — the Steam Machine takes standard M.2 NVMe in 2230
or 2280 (a standoff for full-size drives is included), and the "for PS5"
branding is just marketing. The one thing I'd double-check on the LPX
specifically is the heatsink: the stock drive in the machine is bare and
Valve doesn't publish clearance for heatsinked drives, so a bare drive
is the safe bet. Also plan on reinstalling SteamOS from the recovery USB
after the swap — there's no data migration.
Came across a compatibility table with sources while looking into this
(form factors, microSD limits, what the swap needs):
https://royalstrawberry.com/en/tech-gadgets/steam-machine-storage-reference/

[ChaosU]

The question is still, is it a gen 4 or 5? Compatible? No need to add a SSD gen 5 for its speeds if the Steam Machine is a Gen 4 compatible…

[PopinFRESH]

Originally posted by Kos don't qq:

The drive will work — the Steam Machine takes standard M.2 NVMe in 2230
or 2280 (a standoff for full-size drives is included), and the "for PS5"
branding is just marketing. The one thing I'd double-check on the LPX
specifically is the heatsink: the stock drive in the machine is bare and
Valve doesn't publish clearance for heatsinked drives, so a bare drive
is the safe bet. Also plan on reinstalling SteamOS from the recovery USB
after the swap — there's no data migration.
Came across a compatibility table with sources while looking into this
(form factors, microSD limits, what the swap needs):
https://royalstrawberry.com/en/tech-gadgets/steam-machine-storage-reference/

Just as an FYI from work on Steam Decks; you can do a block-level clone of the original drive to the new drive and upon first boot on the new drive SteamOS will automatically expand the user volume to fill the remainder of the new larger drive.

E.g. if you are comfortable with Linux command line you can just use the dd utility to clone one block device to the other block device. You can do the same with some Windows utilities as well, however, you want to make sure the cloning you are doing is a block-level clone and not a filesystem/file level clone; and that the utility isn’t attempting to “fix” partitioning/boot structures when completing the clone.

If you’re upgrading a brand new Steam Machine I’d probably just do the SteamOS recovery like you mentioned since you don’t really have anything on it yet. But if you use it for a little bit to test it out and don’t want to have to go back through the OOBE and set things up again then cloning it will carry over any changes you’ve made including whatever games you’ve installed, etc.