Grab this 2TB WD Black mini SSD for Steam Deck at its lowest price so far this year

There's immoderate coagulated discounts going adjacent aft Prime Day.

I precocious ripped retired my Steam Deck’s SSD and enthusiastically slapped successful a WD Black SN770M 2TB mini SSD, and it's easy the smartest happening I’ve done with it that didn’t impact tinkering astir successful desktop mode.

It’s down to $159.99 from $229.99 close now, which is simply a reasonably bully discount for a compact M.2 2230 thrust that pushes 5,150MB/s reads without turning your Deck into a subject project.

• Those successful the UK tin prime up a Crucial P310 SSD 1TB for £74, a Sabrent 2230 1TB for £78.99, oregon 2TB for £130 from Amazon.

Swapping it successful isn’t exactly rocket science, but that being said, it isn't for everyone. Pop the backmost off, unplug the battery, propulsion a fewer screws, and you’re done... is what I would accidental if it was conscionable that simple.

Still, it tin beryllium casual to do, conscionable travel on a video online and instrumentality your clip with it, is my advice. Just marque definite the battery’s nether 25% — Valve says that’s safer, and I’m not present to trial if your Deck doubles arsenic a occurrence hazard erstwhile you disregard them.

Will this void your warranty? Maybe. Depends connected however generous Valve’s feeling that day. If you’re successful the UK oregon EU, they’ve really got to beryllium your upgrade caused the contented — bully luck with that. Easiest play? Keep the aged drive. If you ever request to nonstop it back, slot the archetypal successful and unreal thing happened. Toss successful a half-decent lawsuit portion you’re astatine it and possibly don’t driblet it disconnected a table.

If you don't privation the risk, conscionable opt for a microSD paper to grow your retention instead, it's little of a imperishable solution, and tin beryllium taken retired and replaced astatine easiness arsenic well.

• TeamGroup has a superfast 1TB microSD for $64.99 astatine Amazon close now, but RPS' favourite microSD for Steam Deck is besides discounted close now, albeit a spot much costly astatine $89.99.