Installation on the Steam Deck is a breeze as expected. Make sure to take the heat shielding sleeve off the stock drive and slide it over the new drive, which is thicker so it will require you to peel the sleeve open and re-wrap it around the Sabrent to get it to fit around it. Easy peasy. The drive has excellent performance and stays nice and cool in the Steam Deck, so no risk of overheating like some others. Great addition for anyone looking to upgrade their storage on the Deck or any slim form factor device.

Work great with Surface pro 7+

This upgrade was A+. Thanks to previous reviewers here. Random reboots on the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 we’re frustrating but expected. Replacing the drive was very easy. I chose to fresh install Windows 11. Worth re-enforcing: Install ALL Windows software updates. Use Microsoft’s free Surface Diagnostic Tool. There was a problem with failure to install certain updates. Many YouTube videos available to address but I didn’t need it. Important lesson learned: Keep your Surface 8 Pro’s 6W power cord plugged into grid power. I power cords from older Surface models. Don’t know why but it made a big difference. Hardware-wise no issues so far. From my perspective pertaining digital photography the Surface 8 Pro got way faster after upgrade from 256GB to 512GB. Prior to drive upgrade Raw Image processing choked even with a brand name external 1TB SSD used for cache. Would recommend.

At the time of writing its been working great in my steam deck for about 3 weeks now, would recommend

Bought a 64GB steamdeck, popped in this 1TB drive, and it works great! no more uninstalling fames to make room for other games.

Perfect fit and easy install for steam deck. Note to anyone upgrading steam deck storage, after you install and image your new drive, if the buttons on the deck no longer work you just need to use the touch screen to navigate to settings and run a system update.

Installed this in my steam deck to replace the 64gb factory SSD. Followed a YouTube tutorial. Installation was fairly straight forward. Has been working flawlessly since without any issues.

Only install this on your device if you know what youre doing. You cant blame a company or product for breaking your tech while improperly installing this. If you successfully install this, its your Steam Decks best internal storage option. The only issue I had was availability. I wanted a more practical storage option, but it sold out too fast. Hopefully, when you read this, you can get the storage option you want at the regular listing price or cheaper. I guess Im a hardcore gamer as Ive maxed out the 256GB version but originally wanted the 512GB. Your mileage may vary depending on the types of games youre playing and at what frequency and volume. So, youll have to do the math on the accumulative install size of all the games you plan to play on your Steam Deck. I also want to note that Sabrent is excellently supporting the Steam Deck. I recommend looking into their USB adapters, USB-C Hubs, Steam Deck Dock, SD Cards, and charging cables. Some Sabrent executives love the Steam Deck and keep releasing accessories for it - so Id watch for future Sabrent releases. And no, theyre not paying me for this review. Ive just bought their products for my Steam Deck.

Easy to install and works well with steam deck

I bought this very excited to finally upgrade my Surface Pro 8 to 1tb. I had read all of the reports of issues with the Surface Pro 8 but I was under the impression that as long as you made the tweaks as described, you would be fine. Sadly, for my specific SP8, that is not the case and when I did some more digging online it appears others seem to have issues where some Surface Pro 8 units just refuse to peacefully coexist with this drive. I made the tweaks to Windows, copied over the contents of my current SSD using Macrium Reflect, installed the new drive, and was blown away by how incredibly fast this drive is! It made my Surface FLY like a brand new machine. It was an absolute joy to use, and I had no issues with blue screens or reboots *while using the computer* on either AC or battery. It just flew and I was thrilled. I did notice my battery seemed to be dropping a little faster than usual, and it seemed to warm up the SP8 (although temps reported by the drive were fine, in the 40-50C range). I was going to keep an eye on it, until I discovered a bigger problem... Sadly, the one problem I was unable to solve, was the fact my Surface refused to fully go to sleep, or hibernate, with the Sabrent drive in. Every time I either pushed the power button, or closed the lid, the SP8 would go to sleep, for about 5-10 minutes. Then out of nowhere Id hear it wake up and reboot itself, without any interaction on my part. The fans would go full blast, and the computer didnt go back to sleep-- so if it was in a bag, it just got hotter and hotter and kept running. And it was a full reboot, so any programs/documents/etc I left up when I put the machine to sleep were gone. I tried every possible combination of the recommended registry tweaks and a few others, and this behavior persisted. I also wiped the drive and reinstalled Windows from scratch (using the Surface Recovery Image, and then letting it fully update back to Windows 11 22H2+latest updates) and had the same problem, so I know it wasnt just an issue with my current Windows installation. If you use your SP8 in a different way, or ALWAYS have it plugged in, and/or ALWAYS do a full shutdown when youre done, youre probably safe. But I need the ability to just put it to sleep and have it reliably wake up where I left it, and sadly I cant do that with this drive. I really, really hope Sabrent and/or Microsoft can get a firmware update or something that can resolve this issue, but for me it was a deal breaker, and I had to take the drive out and put my original, slow, boring OEM drive back. For reference, my SP8 was an early model, bought in late November 2021, so perhaps SP8s built later have a better experience. It sounds fine for SP9s. Its a great drive, its incredibly fast, but just make sure youre either using a *fully compatible* PC (which definitely doesnt include every Surface Pro 8) or youre ready for the possibility of going a bit nuts troubleshooting. My biggest problem now is now that Ive seen how much faster it made my SP8 Im desperate to find a way to somehow get that level of performance back!!