Comment on Steam Deck/ROG Ally SSD Upgrades Coming from Western Digital
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 1 year agoI 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.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It is likely SLC will never exist in this form factor and even MLC is getting rare in general.
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, it’s significantly more expensive so only the commercial market values the reliability gains enough. Even then MLC, TLC get more reliable over time too.