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

One month later and the drive is still working perfectly.

For 30 bucks I get more than 64gb? Opening the stem deck is easy. Installing this is easy. Booting is Easy. Such a major upgrade for such a small price.

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

It makes getting the 64gb steam deck so much more worth it since for super cheap you basically upgraded to what would be about a $100 more version.

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

bought it for the deck not much else to say removed the 64GB drive put in this one and it works great

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.

its all good.

Comes in a little plastic zip baggy without any bells or whistles. It is as advertised, a nifty, but tiny little SSD. Its cheap and it works. Great as a backup.

I had a question about ssd performance, seller responded very quickly. Once item was shipped got it quick. Working as promised!