A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
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I found this one, for example but I don't know the brand. The only 2240 SSD of a company I know on Amazon Italy is Kingston, but has the wrong screw placements.
ROG Ally owner here - I come in peace. I know many ROG Ally users in r/rogally were reporting they purchased a Sabrent SSD to throw in their Allies (is that the plural?) and I hadn't seen any reports of issues there, for what it's worth.
Anyone that bothers you based on your hardware is an actual π€‘
Anyone who uses a handheld PC is welcome here.
I hope that bullshit doesn't come to Lemmy. It doesn't matter if you have a SD or a Ally, play on PC or console, etc. All have cons and pros and you should be able to discuss about, whatever your situation is. I hated that so much on Reddit.
Peace you shall have!
I was at Bestbuy a few days ago and got to hold one. Really nice feeling device.
Genuine curiosity - how do you cope without the trackpads on the Deck? They're so useful in game for mouse based games (e.g. No Man's Sky and Guild Wars 2), and useful out of game for fiddly pointing e.g. when in desktop mode.
The Ally looks cool, but the absence of at least one makes it look like a non-starter (not that I'm trying toove on from my Deck anyway).
Well, I've never owned a Steamdeck, so I guess ignorance is bliss in this case; I don't know what I'm missing. I really try to find games that work best with a controller to play on my Ally. There are plenty of games that require a keyboard and mouse, and I'll either use my desktop or dock my Ally, but again, I got it for the controller games.
I never used the trackpad in NMS on the steam deck. Never even thought about it. I've generally found the SD trackpad too fiddly for mouse games and I usually get tired of playing them pretty quickly.
The trackpad are much more useful in desktop mode on the Steam Deck, and that's where I really feel them missing on the Ally. It's actually really tough, because the Ally is an amazing PC. Just as a straight up windows PC, it is incredibly fast, quiet, and has 4k120 output. It is better than any laptop I've ever owned. It runs Cinebench multicore at nearly 6x the speed as my Surface Book 2. Single core performance is comparable to my desktop with a 5900X. If it had a damn trackpad I would make it my only computer. As it is I'll probably return it because the steam deck is more pleasant to use as a handheld gaming machine.
Handheld PC Master Race! I welcome are ROG Allies here (pun intended).
points and screeches
Seriously though, how do you like your Ally so far?
I'd recommend this one by Corsair
It's faster and more power efficient than the stock one, name brand, cheaper than most, and I haven't heard any failure reports about it.
The Sabrent Rocket one you linked I have seen a lot of reports of it dying and complaints that Sabrent didn't honor the warranty, but it's hard to know how widespread issues like that actually are. The corsair one hasn't been out as long, so it's possible there's just been less time for negative reports to show up.
Just installed this one. Works great.
Fwiw, my Sabrent 512 died on me a few weeks ago. I think it was running hot so this energy efficient Corsair might be a good replacement.
That's honestly true, in my country the β¬114 Corsair is asking is in the low end for this type of ssds. But I will have to check shipping.
I went for the Corsair MP600 Mini, but I can't give you any feedback about it yet, cause I'm still waiting for some tools to arrive before I can install it.
I have the Kioxia BG5 and it works great. Any 2230 NVMe without packages on the back should be work fine.
Packages?
Components. Mostly surface mounted devices (SMD). In other words if the backside of the PCB is plain it should fit in the steam deck
Sabrent is a well known company and, while I personally don't have experience with their stuff, LTT often uses their ssd for builds.
Right now I'm on one of those dodgy 256gb Kingdata... under the sticker it was all Micron number parts so at least the one I got is fine. But I'm looking forward prime day to see if I can get a tb of something more reputable XD
Non ci sono molti 2230 su Amazon.it, vero?
Yeah, Kingdata sounds very suspicious.
No, la quantitΓ di 2230 Γ¨ davvero scarsa in Amazon Italia.
When they're in stock the best place is Framework: https://frame.work/gb/en/products/western-digital-sn740-nvme-m-2-2230?v=franrtwd0b
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mK8yzag
I just ordered this one off AliExpress for my deck. 2TB for $135 USD (might not be exact had to convert currency from my own). Free shipping too.
Friend of mine ordered one for his deck a few weeks back and confirms it works well.
With how poorly Aliexpress support managed to not-fix an account and device banned for no reason I now refuse to have anything to do with them.
I just ordered this one this morning from another seller on there. Excited to get the extra storage.
At one point I will upgrade to 2TB, I have the 512GB and it's good for now.
Also got the 512 and have a 256 sd card. More demanding stuff I put on the SSD. It made a huge difference on my 64gb deck.
I forgot I have a 400gb microSD, but mostly for roms and games that I don't want to play.
I purchased one made by Micron from Newegg. About $96 or something like that. It's been great. Micron is the parent company of Crucial FWIW.
Can't say much, Newegg does not operate in Italy.
I have this exact same Sabrent Rocket. Happy with it.
If you can get a Solidgim 1TB (formerly Intel) for $60, dang that is a steal. https://www.newegg.com/solidigm-1tb-p41-plus/p/N82E16820318018
(I got a Corsair. It's okay, their best feature is that you can buy it direct. The worst feature is that if there's a firmware update, it's strictly through Windows. And most links to the Corsair Flash Tool go to a 404. Super. Competent.)
The drive you mentioned is exclusively sold in the USA.
Just put one in my Deck. Works great, and actually seems faster than the stock SSD, though I haven't benchmarked either.
Only issue I had was that my USB to NVMe M.2 enclosure couldn't read it for some reason. Had to swap it into my Deck, put the Deck's SSD in the enclosure, and then boot a Linux USB to DD clone to the new SSD.
No idea why my enclosure had issues, as it's definitely not an M.2 SATA enclosure or something. I have a different enclosure for SATA drives.
and actually seems faster than the stock SSD
Larger SSD's tend to be faster than their smaller counterparts. Has to do with a more efficient data controller or something.
Iβve had the Sabrent Rocket in mine for a few months now. Iβm pretty happy with it.
been running Sabrent 1TB for ~5 months. its working well so far.
Solidigm (ex-Intel) apparently has a P41 Plus 2230 1TB model that's decent (p/n: SSDPFPNU010TZ01).
For anyone looking for 1TB - 2TB drives I'd recommend the Micron 2400 2TB SSD: https://www.newegg.com/micron-2tb-2400-series/p/0D9-0022-000N1?Item=0D9-0022-000N1
It also has low power like the corsair and it is at a cheap price at $162.
I've had great experiences with it so far. Runs great.
Only sold in the USA.