SABRENT Rocket 2230 NVMe 4.0 1TB High Performance PCIe 4.0 M.2 2230 SSD [SB-2130-1TB]

I bought this to upgrade my Steam Deck from 64GB to 1TB and it works great. Just followed the guide on ifixit to install. It is well worth the money. Love mine.

I initially purchased the 1TB Sabrent Rocket 2230 to upgrade my Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ from its stock 128gig SSD to the 1TB Sabrent. While it was fast (included picture is benchmark in my Surface) and worked great, there are compatibility issues with Gen 4 SSDs and Microsoft Surface. This is not just a Sabrent thing, this impacts other brands of Gen 4 SSDs as well!! Unfortunately the tweaks and changes posted on line did not FULLY resolve my reboot issues so I had to go back to the stock drive. The drive also works great in an external enclosure, like the Sabrent EC-SNVE, for portable external storage. It maxes out the USB-C interface speed. Rather than returning, I decided to use the Sabrent Rocket to upgrade/replace the older Gen 3 SSD in my Desktop to this Sabrent Rocket. Its working GREAT! and a very nice speed upgrade too! Over all, while it didnt fit the purpose I originally intended, Im very happy with it! IF/When Microsoft fixes the issue impacting the Surface devices, Ill buy another Sabrent Rocket 2230 for my SP7+.

Popped into the steamdeck (Ifixit has a good tutorial along with the one sabrent did in the product page video) Pulled down a restore image from valve, flashed new image on there. Works great. Note: When you first flash the image onto the deck, the buttons will potentially not work (but touchscreen does), after steamos updates the drivers and restarts, they will start working (at least in my case).

Bought 1tb because 512gb was unavailable for a while. I have no regrets, i have just shy of 1tb of space after loading the OS back onto my Deck. Haven’t experienced any heat increases since day 1. Would recommend for deck storage upgrades, especially while on sale.

This not only is a spec monster in performance but its also such a beautiful piece of tech. Comes in a rose gold case thats super nice looking. Performance has been outstanding on my 1TB chip. My read and write speeds have doubled and notice a significant difference in load times while maintaining proper battery life. It was super hard to install but you play as you go and the brain figures it out. Deckready on youtube is a great person to follow while you do it. Not only was this ssd made for the steamdeck by a great company but it also performs just as good as any top preforming ssd on the market, if not the best preforming!. You might pay 20-40 dollars more for a new ssd like this but in my opinion its worth it. You dont have to deal with any secondary used market issues and you know what your getting straight from the factory. Sure you could pick up a used/new_other BC711 or PM991A ssd (which are also top performers) for around 125 on ebay but I didnt want to deal with the potential problems and stressors of having something go wrong with a pulled out and used ssd. If you share half my views, this is your item, right here!

Until they release a M.2 2TB, this is by far a must have. Easy to install and the videos to install was a breeze.

I ordered this SSD to replace the 64GB on my Steam Deck. Works well and I didn’t have any problem! I highly recommend if you’re thinking of doing that too!

Easy to install, upgraded from 256gb to 2T, definitely go for it if you can afford!

Easy install in my new 64 gb Steamdeck. Just follow iFixIt’s great tutorials. Cheaper and better solution than purchasing a 512 gb Steamdeck. Buy a non-glare screen protector and a 64 gb with this SSD becomes the high end model, but with 1 tb rather than 512 gb.

Worked like a charm with the steam deck. Price was pretty high but at half price seems like a fairly good deal.