Have you upgraded your internal storage? How did it go? Did you reinstall steamOS from scratch or clone the original M.2/eMMC?

  • PinGZ@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Before even using the deck I updated it, pre-downloaded the steamos onto a usb drive.

    The install was very straightforward, highly recommended the upgrade. My only regret is is didn’t get the 1Tb drive

    • benzmacx16v@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Exactly what I did. I went for the 1tb though. The storage prices for the deck are pretty outrageous and upgrading is pretty easy. So a 64gb deck + 1tb card comes out to be about the same as a 256gb deck.

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        1 year ago

        Outrageous is a bit strong… There are companies charging way more than that for the same increase in storage…

  • lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I decided it wasn’t worth it.

    I bought the 256 GB deck. That filled up fairly quickly obviously and I looked at the alternatives. It turns out that if you buy the right SD Cards they’re basically the same speed as the SSD, so I just bought a 1TB Samsung EVO and it’s been great. Also, I didn’t have to lose the existing 256 Gb of space that I had and it was zero effort.

    Maybe one day I’ll upgrade to a 2TB internal, or maybe I won’t.

    • Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      While game loading times are about the same, I definitely notice a big speed difference when installing games on the SSD vs microSD.

  • SteamedPepper@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    I did upgraded mine from 64gb to 1TB. Apart from almost stripping a screw, the whole process was pretty easy. I reinstalled SteamOS because I didn’t have much on my deck anyway

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    1 year ago

    I have a 512. I’ve heard it’s still worth it to upgrade, but I can load dozens of games with no issue and it’s less effort. If I have a large game I want to play (100gb+) I’ll probably upgrade.

    • Damage@feddit.it
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      1 year ago

      Same. I have many installed games and play a couple of them at most at a time. I travel a lot and connection isn’t always guaranteed so I bought a large SD card to offload games I may want to keep with me, I ended up barely using it.

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      1 year ago

      Same. I installed a bunch of games from my backlog, including a few big ones, but I still have more than 100GB left, both on internal and SD card. You’re fine as long as you uninstall the ones you’re done with for the time being. Just uh, check if Steam Cloud works for the saves, Dark Souls games for instance say it works but it doesn’t. Then again, maybe OP has a 64GB, in which case, he probably should.

      Definitely buy an SD card though, it’s a quick upgrade.

  • FreeBooteR69@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    No i didn’t bother. 512gb plus my 1tb micro sd has been enough really. Besides, i have a full PC with shit loads of storage.

  • epyon22@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Thought about it but it was honestly pretty easy to throw a 512gb sd card in and cheaper. Plus most if not all of the stuff on the deck is saved in the cloud not a big deal if it fails.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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      1 year ago

      Yeah most games that work on the deck will be fine coming from a modern microsd card. Even Skyrim really would be fine. I’ve read reports that upgrading to some drives is causing too much heat, and tbh as much as I love tinkering - deck is perfectly made IMO. I’ll just swap out cards, even then I haven’t really needed to.

  • Jupdown
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    1 year ago

    YES! I bought a 64GB model thinking that I could just use the MicroSD card for everything as my gaming needs aren’t very demanding, however between EmuDeck, ProtonUp-QT and Shader Caching, I essentially had no storage left to do anything, and it was becoming a bit of a problem. I upgraded my Steamdeck with a Solidigm 1TB P41 Plus: Photograph of the Solidgm P41 Plus SSD At the same time, I did a backplate swap with the JSauX Transparent Back Plate PC0106: Photograph of the JSaux Transparent Back Plate PC0106 installed on a steam deck And I reinstalled SteamOS from scratch using a USB Stick following the Steam Deck Recovery Instructions article by Valve: A photograph of a steam deck performing the re-imaging, re-installing the Operating System from a USB stick. The whole process went great as a whole. No real performance difference to report but I am experiencing a weird bug where SteamOS reports that it is “offline” when I am in fact, connected to the Internet. The bug resolves itself after a few minutes and I have noticed no other networking related issues to speak of… 🤔

    • Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      I’ve started having the same network bug lately, I think it’s just software update related and not anything to do with physical changes you made.

      • Jupdown
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        1 year ago

        😅 This makes me very relieved to hear! I figured that if it was a hardware issue that I would notice it in other applications such as streaming games.

  • scutiger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I bought a 64gb and upgraded it to 512gb. I did the full re-image from a micro sd card. The whole process of swapping and reinstalling was about 20 minutes in total.

  • Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I’m on the verge of updating my 256GB to the 1TB Corsair MP600 Mini. I’ve done a lot of tweaking over the year I’ve had my deck, so I’m planning to try cloning the drive instead of doing a fresh install.

    Just wanted to hear everyone else’s experiences with it.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, I upgraded from 64 GB to 512 GB. I also replaced the fan. I reinstalled SteamOS from USB I flashed with the steamOS recovery image. I used a USB C thumb drive, but I think a regular thumb drive would work if you have a dock with a USB port. It was very simple, I thought.

  • bug@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    No need, 256GB is plenty when you’ve got fast enough internet to download things when you need them. Plus I don’t usually tinker with my devices until they’re old and actually need it!

  • SoggyPigeon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I got the 64gb veraion and upgraded it within a week of owning it, would’ve done it sooner if the SSD had arrived quicker