Co-Founder and President Gabe Newell has confirmed all three models of the Steam Deck use a m.2 slot, though Valve is discouraging buyers from attempting to upgrade the storage themselves.
Valve announced the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC, this week and gamers are abuzz with interest. As preorders opened on Friday, questions poured in about various aspects of the device which is powered by AMD’s Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU technology. It is available in three variants which differ only in storage capacity and type. Among other things, prospective buyers were eager to know if and to what extent the onboard storage options are upgradeable. Co-Founder and President Gabe Newell has confirmed all three models of the Steam Deck use a m.2 slot, though Valve is discouraging buyers from attempting to upgrade the storage themselves. Gabe’s email responses were first posted to reddit ‘s r/Steam community by u/midnight_watch and u/BernardoOne. u/midnight_watch first inquired to know whether or not the SSD was upgradeable, to which Gabe replied «2230 m.2 slot». This indicates the SSD is indeed swappable — but more on that in a moment.
