Comment on Steam Deck/ROG Ally SSD Upgrades Coming from Western Digital

plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• AProfessional@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Identical. Same speeds, endurance, etc. Probably the exact same nand though unspecified.

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  • CatZoomies@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I decided to bite the bullet and preordered two 2 TB SSDs, which release officially next Friday on Sep 22nd. I haven’t used a Steam Deck, but the two I ordered just arrived today for my spouse and I (yay!). They’re a gift for us next month so I’ll have impressions by then.

    While doing research, I only found that there was an SN740 model from WD that was only sold in some regions. Reddit link here: …kavin.rocks/…/2230_sn740_nvme_ssd_for_steam_deck…

    People were happy with it so I figure the higher spec model is probably fine to use.

    So far though, I only know it’s TLC NAND and basically similar to the published Corsair MP600 specs. I’d love to get my hands on MLC or SLC, but I don’t think it exists for that capacity (nor would it be affordable). My guess is by the time an affordable MLC or SLC arrives in 2280 config, Steam Deck 2 will be out and probably use a more common SSD form factor.

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    • AProfessional@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is likely SLC will never exist in this form factor and even MLC is getting rare in general.

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      • CatZoomies@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        True. I didn’t think about it, but I guess that should have been obvious since 2230 isn’t a common standard.

        Meanwhile, i’ve had lots of WD drives without any issues. And some of my SSDs are TLC and QLC (before I knew about QLC longevity). I can’t imagine I’ll go wrong with these upcoming SN770 drives.

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  • simon@lemmy.utveckla.re ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m super happy with my Corsair FWIW

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