In case you really feel just like the Steam Deck would not include sufficient storage, you may all the time beef it up, and should you’re tech-savvy, a 2TB SSD will be put inside – or you could possibly chortle at that mere capability and hook up a 61TB drive.
As VideoCardz experiences, StorageReview managed this inconceivable sounding feat with the Steam Deck and an exterior (enterprise focused) SSD.
The 61.44TB Solidigm P5336 drive solely has a piffling 55.7TB of area remaining after set up and formatting, thoughts, however that ought to nonetheless just about cowl your gaming wants (we would hope).
In fact, this mod is much from easy, as you may think. To attach the exterior SSD, it must be positioned in an enclosure after which an M.2 to U.2 adapter is required (the Solidigm drive is a U.2 mannequin).
Oh, and never forgetting a separate energy provide for the SSD, as that drive cannot be powered by the Steam Deck through the M.2 slot, it will not shock you to be taught.
So, that is very positively a kind of extremely impractical mods – it clearly renders the Steam Deck motionless, and successfully a desktop PC – but it surely’s nonetheless an interesting one. To not point out an experiment that clearly reveals the Steam Deck is a full PC, if that wanted to be additional illustrated.
Try the above tweeted video to see the modding course of, and as StorageReview notes, this isn’t a supported modification, or one that ought to even be inspired – but it surely’s probably enjoyable to drag off.
Final month, we heard that the Steam Deck is lastly dropping off when it comes to gross sales, or not less than we have witnessed the primary indication that that is occurring.
