Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
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Eric was kind enough to send me over a new SSD they've been working on for review, this is a 2230 sized NVME SSD for the steam deck. This size is commonly found in these new hand held PC gaming devices, most notably the steam deck, the Aya neo series, and the upcoming ASUS ROG Ally...
Drive fit great, installed fine, reused the thermal tape jacket, and only took less than 20mins with a small Phillips and a plastic spudger/pry tool. reloading the Steam Deck OS took about another 20mins. The drive benchmarked FAST! Scoring about the same as A similar WD SSD 2TB drive, which is impressive as larger drives tend to be a little faster than smaller ones!
2:06 - Unboxing
5:58 - Teardown begins
6:56 - Meeting Linus from Linus Tech Tips story
8:34 - Splitting her open
11:07 - Removing the heat shield
13:31 - Comparing the SSDs
14:34 - Installing the new SSD
15:59 - Putting it back together
18:14 - I have a screw loose
19:29 - Important discovery about screw locations
22:43 - Test boots
25:14 - Performance Benchmarks!!
@LinusTechTips
@Jayztwocents
@GamersNexus
This guy has a great set of instructions to reload the OS starting around the 3min mark:
youtube.com/watch?v=arwyS_pnEAw
#steamdeck #ssd #upgrade
Get your Silk Systems Gaming SSDs at https://www.silksystemsgaming.com, High performance drives for Steam Deck, Arcades, PCs, PS5 and more!
Eric was kind enough to send me over a new SSD they've been working on for review, this is a 2230 sized NVME SSD for the steam deck. This size is commonly found in these new hand held PC gaming devices, most notably the steam deck, the Aya neo series, and the upcoming ASUS ROG Ally...
Drive fit great, installed fine, reused the thermal tape jacket, and only took less than 20mins with a small Phillips and a plastic spudger/pry tool. reloading the Steam Deck OS took about another 20mins. The drive benchmarked FAST! Scoring about the same as A similar WD SSD 2TB drive, which is impressive as larger drives tend to be a little faster than smaller ones!
2:06 - Unboxing
5:58 - Teardown begins
6:56 - Meeting Linus from Linus Tech Tips story
8:34 - Splitting her open
11:07 - Removing the heat shield
13:31 - Comparing the SSDs
14:34 - Installing the new SSD
15:59 - Putting it back together
18:14 - I have a screw loose
19:29 - Important discovery about screw locations
22:43 - Test boots
25:14 - Performance Benchmarks!!
@LinusTechTips
@Jayztwocents
@GamersNexus
This guy has a great set of instructions to reload the OS starting around the 3min mark:
youtube.com/watch?v=arwyS_pnEAw
#steamdeck #ssd #upgrade
