The Steam Deck is superior, and so is the truth that it’s wide open for users to modify. But really carrying out that may be tough, because it’s utilizing a ton of customized elements. Take the upgraded mannequin’s storage, for instance: an M.2 2230 SSD, a teeny-tiny, semi-standard measurement that doesn’t precisely present up on the cabinets of Best Buy. But Sabrent is out to alter that with its newest Rocket NVMe drive. The 30mm-long NVMe drives have been introduced over the weekend.

The new Gen 4 2230 drives are the right measurement to switch the one within the Steam Deck, requiring solely a screwdriver and about ten minutes for an entire swap. With speeds of as much as 5000MB/s learn and 4300MB/s write, they need to be roughly double the velocity of the quickest inventory drive accessible from Valve (as a result of even the pricier fashions are utilizing a Gen 3 drive). They’ll be accessible in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB capacities, in response to StorageReview.

Of course you need to use a 2230-sized drive in additional than the Steam Deck — it’s a preferred possibility in ultra-portable laptops like the Dell XPS 13, and nothing’s stopping you from putting in it in every other M.2 port. But discovering one which’s accessible from a retailer drive provider is a large boon for moveable avid gamers particularly. There’s no phrase on a launch date or pricing for the brand new drives, however we’d guess they need to arrive someday early in 2023.