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Upgrade SSD or getting a big SD card? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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So relatively new deck owner.

Got a deal on a regular Deck for pretty cheap. I didn’t opt for the 1TB SSD or anything like that.

I know that it’s a pretty easy hardware replacement for the SSD or the SD card.

I just have a couple questions:

Does the cloning process for the SSD require specialized tools?
do you notice a huge performance improvement on SSD compared to SD card?

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[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I had the 64GB model, and I upgraded it to a 1TB SSD.

It is miles better; mostly because some things don't get installed in the microSD card (shader cache, proton versions...), so I barely had any space left in the internal storage, even though I had 512GB on the SD card.

I didn't clone the previous install, I just did a new install from scratch, but it was painless and very fast with a USB-C pendrive by following the official instructions. I had to redownload some games but it wasn't an issue with gigabit internet.

The performance is similar for most games if you have a quality SD card, but if a game does heavy loading you may notice a difference.

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