2230 M.2 SSD 1TB NVME Hard Drive for Steam Deck with free screwdriver and SteamOS USB Stick £50.53 from imidossd Store / AliExpress

Yeah I would not trust that NVMe with a preinstalled OS.

If something is too good to be true, usually is.

£60.76 at checkout after applying all discounts.

Does anyone know how good the quality of the screwdriver is because that's all I really need

I wonder what has been installed in the back door?!

Mine's arrived and installed and working fine. Haven't seen any problems so far.

There is absolutely 0.00000001% chance that that drive is legit.

Seems to lead to an old macbook pro SSD based on the model number.

Read speed isn't great on these cards, would pay the tenner extra to get the 1TB WD SN740.

honestly seems too good to be true. i'd be worried about getting a smaller drive with a flashed chip so it looks like it has a higher capacity than reality like some of those 2tb usbs or dodgy micro sd cards. Definitely order with a credit card if possible. The reviews look good but I've seen obvious fake drives get good reviews before so you can never be too safe. I paid £75ish for my 1tb drive for mine (edited)

That's a great price. But for me I have a 256gb internal and 1tb SD , which for now does well as I usually play one game at a time. But would jump on this if I needed.

The OS comes pre-installed on the included memory stick and not on the actual SSD itself.

Reading the reviews people have said the included memory stick is Micro-USB and not USB-C, so you won't be able use it to flash the drive as the DS only has USB-C ports unless you have an adapter.

Oh and someone who used the included screw driver claim its too small causing the screw heads to get shredded.

It will be a cheap OEM drive but should do the job.

That is damned cheap. Is this a legit good product or not?

Won't this void the warranty?

Great deal if legit, but it’s a proper gamble…

There's a 512mb Sabrant on Amazon for 62 quid. I think I might just get the half TB and be happy haha

LETY9 for an extra 5% off

Did you buy one Spark? I might risk it, though my Steam deck has been RMA'ed and haven't heard anything from them yet, hopefully I will get a new one!

Would it work on the 64Gb version?

£6 more for samsung aliexpress.com/ite…tml
I know nothing about whether its genuine but I have used aliexpress serval times. The shipping can take forever but I usually dont get charged import tax on orders less than £100.

Anyone received this one, can test the speed?
I received mine and tested only 16MB file as the windows partitions are too small.
I ordered 1TB and seems like the size is ok according to Windows partition software but the speed is slower than a memory card.

I'll try installing mine later today too and report back. I was going to try migrating data from the current one but it might not be worth the hassle really.

Did anyone use that USB stick that came with it btw? (edited)

Mine got returned to sender by rm price jumped a tenner, may hold off for a decent wd deal

Received mine, it only had about 12GB writes (from the Steam OS (or something?) that was on there), 0 hours power on time, so brand new really. Wiped it now though, temperature went up to 54c quickly but no higher, perhaps it was throttling. It said it was going to take about 45mins to wipe but took 2 hours, dram exhausted or throttling maybe. Will do more tests tomorrow! (edited)

This deal is active again. I paid just under £60 (including taxes and delivery) for it. Might not be the fastest drive but more than good enough for the steam deck.

Can anyone help please ? I ordered this SSD and it arrived today. I have an m.2 enclosure already but my pc won't let me access the SSD to check or wipe it (it recognises the enclosure but I get the message it's not accessible)
I first thought that this was due to the drive being pre-formatted for the steam deck but I've tried a few different ways to access it now and each has failed. Is it just a dud drive or should I try anything else first ? Cheers (edited)