Have you upgraded your internal storage? How did it go? Did you reinstall steamOS from scratch or clone the original M.2/eMMC?

  • lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I decided it wasn’t worth it.

    I bought the 256 GB deck. That filled up fairly quickly obviously and I looked at the alternatives. It turns out that if you buy the right SD Cards they’re basically the same speed as the SSD, so I just bought a 1TB Samsung EVO and it’s been great. Also, I didn’t have to lose the existing 256 Gb of space that I had and it was zero effort.

    Maybe one day I’ll upgrade to a 2TB internal, or maybe I won’t.

    • Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      While game loading times are about the same, I definitely notice a big speed difference when installing games on the SSD vs microSD.

  • PrivacyBean@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I replaced my 64 gig with a 1tb sabrent rocket. The speeds alone are worth it no matter what. Going to desktop and back is like magic. I always install from scratch though, more steps for less hiccups is the way I always look at it

  • SoggyPigeon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I got the 64gb veraion and upgraded it within a week of owning it, would’ve done it sooner if the SSD had arrived quicker

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No I just opted for a 1tb sd card. It does the job. I have a 256gb model so I install a good few things and lots of Roms and uninstall when I’ve finished a game

  • Rossel@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I swapped my 64GB for a 1TB Samsung PM991a. I reinstalled SteamOS from scratch and it has been working perfectly for a couple of months now.

  • shectabeni@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    No, I got the 512 and it’s been enough for me just rotating as needs. I have played around with the SD card but don’t usually play anything off of it.

  • one30610@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I got the 64gb version in batch one, and immediately upgraded it with a 256gb ssd I had laying around from another system. It was pretty easy, and flashing the OS was trivial even in those early days, but I did find it difficult to get the EM shield to go onto the drive that I chose… It was a tight fit and took 10 minutes of tinkering to get it on there.

    It’s turned out to be nice to have the extra internal space for doing things in the desktop mode (especially tinkering with emulation) just because, while the sd card is seamless for steam libraries, it adds some complexity and headaches for other software.

  • Jupdown@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    YES! I bought a 64GB model thinking that I could just use the MicroSD card for everything as my gaming needs aren’t very demanding, however between EmuDeck, ProtonUp-QT and Shader Caching, I essentially had no storage left to do anything, and it was becoming a bit of a problem. I upgraded my Steamdeck with a Solidigm 1TB P41 Plus: Photograph of the Solidgm P41 Plus SSD At the same time, I did a backplate swap with the JSauX Transparent Back Plate PC0106: Photograph of the JSaux Transparent Back Plate PC0106 installed on a steam deck And I reinstalled SteamOS from scratch using a USB Stick following the Steam Deck Recovery Instructions article by Valve: A photograph of a steam deck performing the re-imaging, re-installing the Operating System from a USB stick. The whole process went great as a whole. No real performance difference to report but I am experiencing a weird bug where SteamOS reports that it is “offline” when I am in fact, connected to the Internet. The bug resolves itself after a few minutes and I have noticed no other networking related issues to speak of… 🤔

    • Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      I’ve started having the same network bug lately, I think it’s just software update related and not anything to do with physical changes you made.

      • Jupdown@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        😅 This makes me very relieved to hear! I figured that if it was a hardware issue that I would notice it in other applications such as streaming games.

  • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Not yet but I’m moving towards it. Maybe black Friday if I can get a 512 gig drive or higher for cheap.

    • Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      That makes a lot of sense, but just so you know opening your deck will not void your warranty.

      Obviously any new parts you put in aren’t covered, and if you damage something that damage won’t be covered. But unlike some devices opening your deck won’t void warranty for the whole thing simply because it was opened.

  • NuPNuA@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I upgraded from 64 to a 512 drive and it was smooth as butter. Flashed a new install, since I was 64gb before all my games were on an SD so didn’t seem worth cloning.

  • Bandicoot_Academic@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Honestly I never saw i need for it. 64 GB of internal storage plus a 512 GB microSD card is more then enouth space for me.

  • SteamedPepper@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    I did upgraded mine from 64gb to 1TB. Apart from almost stripping a screw, the whole process was pretty easy. I reinstalled SteamOS because I didn’t have much on my deck anyway