66 SkHynix 256GB PCIe NVMe 2230 SSD (HFM256GDGTINI) (OEM)

This SSD card is really worth it for upgrading the steam deck and its really that ez to replace

Does exactly what it should, and works just as well as the stock 64GB drive

VERY AFFORDABLE and perfect replacement for my Dell laptop

I replaced the 64GB drive in my Steam Deck with this one, and it works well. I used Gnome Disks to duplicate the old drive to this one and resize the home partition, so I didn’t even have to reinstall SteamOS. If you want to do that too, you’ll probably need a NVMe to USB adapter though. I did, and I did the whole process on the Steam Deck itself with a bootable Manjaro USB stick.

I havent had a chance yet to check data speeds or really put it through its paces, but so far so good. Installation wasnt too bad for a newly purchased 64gb steam deck. Theres plenty of how-to vids on youtube. If youve ever done phone surgery, this SSD install is easier. Comparable to popping open the bottom panel of a laptop to work on the innards. I ended up flashing the OS from a mircoSD card. Most installations recommended a USB C thumb drive which I didnt have so I took a shot with a 32gb microSD card and didnt run into any problems. I ran into some minor snags with the OS install so this review may help some. The initial boot/Black install screens went through without problems. A couple times when it got into the steam OS to do an install it gave me some errors, but I kept retrying and it went through after a few attempts. The bigger problem I ran into was the final OS install/update while in Steam OS. The install status bar kept making it to almost the end but then go back to the beginning. After it did this a few times I figured something was wrong. Fortunately, there was a comment in the youtube vid comments section that saved the day. If this final install endless loop happens, turn off the deck completely and then get to the boot menu (I wanna say power up and vol up button at the same time, maybe vol down), then go to boot drive options. Theres two options for sk hynix with long alphanumeric designations. Just pick the one WITHOUT the steamOS title in it (I think it was the 2nd one for me). After that the final install went fine. The commentator that saved me also reported using a sk Hynix (512 gb version), so maybe this is a sk Hynix quirk. In the end I had I think 222gb free space, although I wonder if theres a leftover partition from the install that I can remove. I got this drive when it dropped to $20. Even at $35, this is a steal compared to the extra $130 you have to pay to get the 256gb model from steam.

Works great. I used it on steam deck easy to install and obviously there is not much else to say other than it works. I have a lot of skhynix sdds and they are all good. Tho if you are installing on steam deck just two things to point out 1.- that apparently the wifi cable runs just under the ssd area and i had a few issues and had to reset a few times to get wifi to work again probably knocked it about a bit and if you are also installing it on a steam deck its not as simple as just download on a usb stick and reinstall there is a process that you have to go through so the deck recognizes the file using rufus 2.0 app nothing to do with the ssd itself but i wish i knew before i started so just a heads up

This was an upgrade for my SteamDeck and once I got around to installing it, it has performed flawlessly. There are plenty of videos and guides to do the upgrade and it doesnt take much in terms of skill. Go for it.

Bought the 64gb Steam Deck and wanted to upgrade storage. Saw this and other reviews that it was used for the same purpose. it worked and its a step up in storage. Would recommend.

Item did the job.

Its nice and fast, no problems with stability or anything.