The Steam deck remains one of the best choices as a handheld. However, like any other PC gaming device, you may need to upgrade its storage to load even more games. While Valve believes in your efforts to do right by repair, upgrading your Steam Deck SSD is no easy feat. So, if you want to avoid accidentally cutting or breaking your Steam Deck altogether, join us as we learn how to easily upgrade its SSD.
Easy Steam Deck SSD Upgrade!
Before we upgrade our Steam Deck SSD, you'll need a few things. In addition to the list below, it never hurts to have a little tinkering knowledge of your own. Also, remember to remove your microSD card from the Steam Deck to avoid damaging it. But even if you're doing this for the first time, check off the list below and keep reading to learn how:
Note that you can only install up to 2TB NVMe SSDs. Now that we have all the above setup, let's move on.
Let's start upgrading our Steam Deck for the SSD upgrade. Thankfully, I had a host of trailblazers like iFixit to look up to for this. As such, I've relied on their hands-on guide alongside pictures. With that, let's open up our deck by following the steps below.
