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If say I bought the cheapest variant, could the same type of SSD upgrades fit in it, just as they would the mid and higher tier steamdecks?

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[–] fades@beehaw.org -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I believe valve suggests not changing the ssd, voids the warranty and all that as well. For me I just got a proper sd card with good stats (A2, class 10, etc.)

That said, I feel like they should be swappable if you were to get your hands on one of the bigger ssds

[–] Zebrazilla@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

3.0 Exclusions
The Limited Warranty does not apply if the Hardware:
has been modified or repaired by anyone except a Valve-designated service center and the cause of the issue for which you seek service is the modification or repair, or damage caused by either;

Quote from Valve Hardware Warranty.

In other words, simply changing SSD doesn't void warranty, but damaging the Steam Deck in the process of doing so does.

[–] codus@leby.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did this for a while until recently I put in a 2TB SSD and the performance difference is night and day.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some YouTube benchmarks say there there is no too little difference in game loading time. What sd card did you have before?

[–] codus@leby.dev 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

SanDisk 1TB Extreme microSDXC UHS-I. I play a lot of Diablo IV and Forza Horizon 5 and the loading screens are much faster.

My observation is that the SD card tops out around 30mb/s.

[–] Gatsby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a 1TB.

Was the 2TB in your earlier comment a typo?

[–] codus@leby.dev 1 points 2 years ago

No typo. I had my games on a 1TB microSD card and now they are on a 2TB SSD.

[–] fades@beehaw.org -1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the tip!