ROG Ally 2280 M.2 SSD MOD! Low Cost, Super Easy, Fast, More Storage!

Update, The Drive and Board dose not touch the CPU Heatsink, There Is A Gap Between The Adapter Board And Botton Area of the ALLy Heatsink, Been Running For 3 Days SO far With No Issues. Running some test now toes IF we have any problems with heat but so far it Doing pretty Good.
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Update, The Drive and Board dose not touch the CPU Heatsink, There Is A Gap Between The Adapter Board And Botton Area of the ALLy Heatsink, Been Running For 3 Days SO far With No Issues. Running some test now toes IF we have any problems with heat but so far it Doing pretty Good.

[@zaidane6859]

hellooo! is there a link for that asus rog ally cloud recovery just in case i get stuck on cloud recovery?

[@jarihuuskola]

Would it be possible to put the black sticky sheet underneath the SSD? It would then act as an insulator between CPU and SDD. It kinda seems that you could easily make the necessary cuts to the sheet, so it would fit under the SSD.

[@djmorris666]

Thanks - did u do a speed test of the ssd? Wondering if the adapter does not do anything funky…

[@ETAPRIME]

Just added it thanks Defoe the reminder

[@tdata545]

@@ETAPRIME One your predictive keyboard is terrible. LOL. AND, secondly, does this support double sided SSDs? Or is that outside the voltage limits of their slot?

[@richardferaro]

This should have a follow-up long term review.

[@AndrewD50297045]

10/10 recommend this. I did this day one at launch. Works like a charm. Not a single issue.

[@DirtyHardSock]

You need to be super careful lady.

[@jaleelmcdonald3374]

Still working?

[@AndrewD50297045]

@@jaleelmcdonald3374 oh yeah. Not one issue ever.

[@watchmelivenstuff]

Do u need like a metal heatsink or anything?

[@xKillZone99]

​@@watchmelivenstuff no

[@Bl4ckH4nd]

I bought one of these last month. Absolutely fantastic. The small factor NVME drives are so hard to fine here and crazy expensive. Got a 2TB 2280 for half the price and installed it with ease. Highly recommended.

[@skirmishnoob225]

hello what about now? any weird reactions from hardware how about the heat thermals?

[@Bl4ckH4nd]

@@skirmishnoob225 Nope, no issues at all and I use my Ally for everyday. I tested the temps of the drive too, never reaches thermal throttling temps, even under heavy stress it never goes over 52 degrees C. A friend of mine also has one of these connectors, he's had it for longer than me and his Ally is also fine.

[@therealcheb]

Any update?

[@kevtattoos54]

​@@therealchebi did the same exact thing 2 months ago and absolutely no issues

[@c1tlr340]

The reason that screw does not come out is its designed to separate the case and you start with your separation tool here. It's the same design on ROG gaming laptops, I have one.

[@Rich-b3b]

Love that mod. I found it on alliexpress about 2 months ago. With a little bit more modification and instead if that one, they make another one that's shorter, I've managed to install a 4tb 2280 in the steam deck as well. I was worried about a couple things but I have to say I'm about 80 days after install and I've not had a single problem with it in the steam deck. I'm surprised it s taken this long to see a video about it on. But flag to finally see one. Awesome content man

[@Cryptech1010]

There has been many videos about it already

[@FoxOutdoors]

Any video of this being installed in a steam deck?

[@DaveMojica]

is your SSD double sided?

[@Cryptech1010]

@@DaveMojica it has to be single sided.

[@silversonic1]

Thanks for sharing awareness. Of course, I'd be too concerned about the heat from the heat pipes to ever do it. But it's good to know your options.

[@volcalstone]

I got my WD 2T 2230 for only $124 a couple of months ago. Based on this video it will be more safe in the long run. Not sure why they didn't run it lower closer to the battery but then again that might introduce another issue.

[@Cryptech1010]

Yea but you can get a 4tb 2280 for nearly same price, and plug it in directly with no mod. Not sure about long term, but temps are exactly same as stock ssd and its been months.

[@volcalstone]

@@Cryptech1010 you would need to mod your Ally to fit a 2280. A 4TB 2280 is around $180 if I remember right a couple of days ago. Probably similar speeds so it won't be getting as hot. 2TB is enough for my case usage so I don't need to do either mods.

[@tclark5481]

@@volcalstone That's the point of the angle bracket. No need to mod, just plug in the bracket and plug the ssd into that.

[@mystertom100]

@@tclark5481 technically the bracket is a mod as it is not stock

[@tclark5481]

@@mystertom100 That's like saying a 2230 2T SSD is a mod because it's not stock. It's plug and play, no modifications..

[@DTronicsUK]

The only issue here is that the ssd is going to be right over the APU which gets very hot. Even if the ssd doesnt touch it there will still be enough radiant heat from the APU that it will slowly cook your SSD. It may not kill it but the SSd's controller is going to throttle the SSD to stop it from cooking itself, speeds will be very fast at first but will slow down after a few minutes of heavy use as the SSD starts to overheat. Its still a nice idea but i feel you would just get the Micro SD issue but this time with a more expensive SSD

[@CraShRO]

The screw that does not come out is made like that so it raises the plastic back from the front part so that you can stick a tool to open the ally. They do that in laptops too.

[@dividion8102]

That's a nice simple but elegant solution.

[@nitmare64]

On reddit, it was said that the M.2 runs really, really hot. Makes sense since its almost on top of the heat sink.

[@codylester9081]

That’s my concern about this mod

[@InnocentBaystander]

Depends on the ssd - if you go for a cooler ssd that is not running with high thermals (e.g. crucial p3) you will operate within the specifications at max 70 degree celsius. If you go for a very fast high performing one you might run into problems though

[@cybercookie72]

How hot is hot when running hard games?

[@frankwong9486]

​@@InnocentBaystanderI planned it in reverse, if running heat high performance SSD now we can put pad and dump those heat on the heatsink also , it still hot but will will do better than no cooling attached

[@NamelessPassenger]

Depend on what ssd you are using. Pcie 4.0 and above will be very hot due to high speed. But if you are usinv nvme pcie 3.0 or just sata m.2 then there's no concern. It will be fine...

[@thertc204]

This is incredible. How did I miss this video until now? I have been saving up for a 2TB 2230 but now with this realization I can pull the trigger on a solid 2280 right away!

[@DoctorAtomTNT]

Wish there was a mod like this for the Steam Deck

[@Rich-b3b]

That make thar same mod board but smaller. With a little but more modification and using the shorter one, I have a 4tb 2280 in Mt steam deck. So, go get creative and think out side the box. I bet you'd figure something out as well. I will sya it deff wasn't easy and the other mod that u have to do (heatpipe ANd a couple other things) it was deff not easy but totally worth it😊

[@bloadstar]

I've been waiting for this video for weeks. I ordered the adapter off AliExpress for $4 and saw a 2tb lexar for $64 the other day but didn't buy it thinking prime day it'll be lower >.< can't wait to see the long term results!

[@CuriousTinkering]

Gotta love the people claiming this is bad cause of heat without even trying it when all the people who did the mod has shown that temps (with screenshots of drive temperatures while being stressed!) are fine and barely even hitting 60C.

[@bboyalanleung123]

Yup those people are dumb . Saying "it's too close to the heatpipes gonna get so hot .... I mean dude . Heatpipes you won't feel the heat if you don't touch it .. its not the exhaust fan

[@freddyfox8921]

Now I wanna add a 4TB after seeing this video

[@DeadVoivod]

Well this is truly awesome. I have a 2TB Sabrent inside the Ally, but it’s completely full, even though I’m also using a 1TB SD, which is also full, everything emulation. I started using a second 1TB SD on the USB-C port mainly for PC games. Now I ordered this adapter together with a 4TB Corsair MP600. You never have enough space 😊 Thanks for sharing the information.

[@_JferD_]

Where did you buy the adapter?

[@SomeDudeDan]

Just got the Ally, and I was looking for a tutorial, thanks! I have installed a 4TB WD SSD, let’s hope it isn’t going to have any issues.

[@untitleddistraction5634]

Is it running well? Are you getting any issues because I’m thinking on doing this because I’m afraid to use the sd card slot on the ally.

[@lvgs7348]

Any updates? I just bought this set up but I haven’t installed it yet, it was expensive so I’m on the fence if I should return and stick to a 2TB 2230 I have

[@jasoncamacho4526]

I'm ecstatic because of this modification. I am definitely buying an eight terabyte 2280! Thank you for showing new potentials to my future device. You definitely cannot do this on a Lenovo legion go at least not yet.

[@Tom-Bomb]

How’d this work out, you ever do it? I rly wanna put in a 4tb but I’m way too scared about frying the thing.. unless maybe going with the gen 3 adapter to throttle the speeds.

[@SCTimbal]

Thank you so much for this video. Followed your steps and it was flawless with a spare 1TB 2280 SSD I had laying around. :)

[@LauraStallone-we4hg]

I want to ask, does it over heat and do you need a Heatsink with a nano Thermal pads added to the ssd ? Pls let me know thank you

[@SCTimbal]

@@LauraStallone-we4hg Doesn't overheat that I'm aware of. There really isn't anything underneath it that radiates heat up to the SSD. Mine is just naked as in the video.

[@vfxraven_19]

I recommend this mod for the less expensive-large SSD's! I installed a 4TB and used Macrium Reflect to clone over the smaller SSD to this. I placed some electrical tape under the apadter to shield the area. Maybe Kapton tape can be used? Nonetheless, I've been gaming with this setup without any problems.

[@lloydchristmas6237]

Yep I used kapton tape under the part that sits on that battery connector, seems good to go I used same Macrium to clone the drive and now have 2tb!

[@MattTalkTech]

Amazing Mod, going to do this for my Ally right now!

[@bigdeelearning6406]

Treating myself to this handheld for black Friday almost here

[@TheZoenGaming]

This is a nice vid. I wish it was that simple for the SteamDeck.

[@andrenapper8802]

I just bought a open box Xtreme rog ally. I am loving how much easier it is to work on. I have a steam deck too, bought the 64GB version and then updated the SSD to a 1TB. not sure what I want to do with the steam deck yet, but I'm definitely loving the rog ally so far especially this mod.

[@kingzor100]

i would add that do not touch or do anything before unpluggin the battery ever, you dont wanna fry something that takes 2 seconds to completly eliminate the risk of happening

[@jaydaytoday3548]

VERY VERY important to disconnect the battery before touching anything. All it takes is a slip of the screwdriver or a screw to fall and cause a short. Also spend the extra 20$ to buy and m.2 enclosure and just clone your existing ssd to the new one. The benefit to doing it this way is now you have an extra 512 external drive.

[@Aleloltrol]

Hey dude , how can I pass my files form the 512 to the 2tb do I need an adapter for my iMac or portable pc to connect them and transfer the files like that ?

[@FREEZA_AKA_MR_COOLA]

I just did this upgrade and now it’s in recovery mode so it’s going good so far lol

[@RubenNeves22]

Just installed yesterday an 2280 Lexar NM790 2TB Gen 4 ssd and oh boy was i in for a treat, instalation is pretty straight forward like the video, just keep steady hands, Cloud Recovery is amazing, pretty easy, the load times are pretty instant, temps are lower

[@therealcheb]

Any update bro?

[@RubenNeves22]

@chebson20s everything is perfect honestly like just recently bought from factory, Temps are lower I believe and stellar performance, loading times are pretty much instant, no complaints at all, just added the Spigen Case also, feels amazing, and battery life is much improved disabling the cpu boost helps since it doesn't affect performance

[@adikurnia5364]

Do you use with or without heatsink variant ?

[@LauraStallone-we4hg]

@@RubenNeves22hello I want to ask, does it over heat and do you need a Heatsink with a nano Thermal pads added to the ssd ?

[@RubenNeves22]

@@LauraStallone-we4hg im not using any kind of thermal solution, just the ssd itself and the adapter, i believe the temps are even a bit lower, it's been a dream come true this Ally

[@acek1605]

Just want to say thank you for all the blessings 🙏

[@lancefelix5]

I have a 8tb no problem 😂 been using it for 2 months now 😅

[@PraveenVijayshankar]

Which 8tb Drive did you use? Also did you install a heatsink?

[@ayanekazuki8667]

Did this with a 4tb ssd and the sd card slot just stopped working the after a few hours. I didn’t use any thermal pad or copper heatsink. Going to exchange it for a new one and try again with the a thermal pad and heatsink on top. Update so I got a new Rog Ally and the ssd just died, that was with the heatsink on. Killed both sd card and now ssd. This was using custom tdp set to 25w. This is really annoying, I really wanted to like this device but burning up is making it really hard to keep. I’ll just keep my steam deck Oled and no I’m not a fanboy, I have had all three devices and steam deck is the one device with less issues for me. Not saying it’s perfect though.

[@ertepechis]

I've had an nvme drive burn out like this. I'd be careful. It was a high performance ssd. It's right over the heatsink for the cpu

[@TheRogueBro]

Curious if running that black paper flap stuff underneath the adapter would help keep the heat away

[@juanyunis]

I'm curious of how this happened to you. I'm seeing much better temperatures with my Lexar NM790 4TB (Max 75C with CrystalDiskMark) vs my previous WD SN740 2TB 2230 with copper heatsink (Max 88C with CrystalDiskMark) drive.

[@Methsman]

Pictures or it didnt happen...

[@sggsquadpresents]

@@TheRogueBrono its just electrostatic paper

[@therealruru]

​@@juanyunis did you install your 2280 ssd with heatsink or without?

[@chrisg8339]

You are going to cook that nvme drive. Might take a month or two but it will kill it. It's basically contacting the heatpipe and heatsink for the cpu. Dumping that heat into the NAND & controller on the nvme drive will cause them to die significantly faster.

[@8bitchiptune420]

You can buy some heat shield sheet and put it underneath the drive.

[@tudorioansafira4697]

2280 ssd also uses about twice the power of a 2230/2242

[@chrisg8339]

@@8bitchiptune420 I dont believe insulating the CPU/GPU to keep the nvme drive cool is a good idea. The ROG Ally already hits upper 80's to lower 90's depending on the game. You further insulate them you are going to be costing yourself performance.

[@Jaxv3r]

​@@8bitchiptune420at that point just buy a 2230 drive, instead of making your problem and fixing it yourself

[@bboyalanleung123]

@tudorioansafira4697 I don't think that's true. I had been doing research about it .

[@ccricers]

I've seen third party expansion boards like this being made for Thinkpads to add support for different sized m.2 and also other expansions, so it's nice to see this with handhelds too

[@SpartX7]

I know it way cheaper this way but I'm not sure about it yet. My concern is that the bigger size may affect thermals negatively. I hope this solution works best for everyone and hopefully we can use any drive we have available to us.

[@Bl4ckH4nd]

It doesn't affect thermals at all. I've tested this over the last few weeks. The NVME I have also doesn't go over 52c. No need to worry about heat :)

[@SpartX7]

@@Bl4ckH4nd That is great news.

[@ezimm81]

@@Bl4ckH4ndwhich nvme did you use? A lot of people using this mod complaining about heat and throttling

[@Bl4ckH4nd]

@@ezimm81 The XPG 2TB GAMMIX S70 Blade. It has a small heatsink, which doesn't bulk up the device and I've never hit thermal throttling with it, even when gaming for 5 or 6 hours. I checked the temps with CrystalDisk and it never went over 54C. This was whilst playing games during a heatwave where the room temp was around 34C. Hope that helps :)

[@basketballislife.1]

The M.2 screw that came with the adapter was too long and knocked off the power supply to the motherboard. I just swaped the M.2 screws and that resolved the problem.

[@chrisdsx6839]

Someone needs to test the heat of the SSD durring full load 30w gaming

[@ismaxplay]

This is really impressive

[@chocapix_BE]

We need this for the SteamDeck as well.

[@myew]

Thanks for this tip, I wasn't aware it was an option. I guess I wasted a fair bit on an SD card.

[@PathsTaken7]

Very helpful can’t thank you enough! 😅

[@kristopherharris6418]

Excellent video as always. Dont remember if you said or not but can this work on a steam deck maybe?

[@tazmania2984]

Ordered! Thank you@

[@arucane]

Yup! I'm putting in a 4TB 2280

[@platinum9898]

Putting a 4 tb 2280 silicon power 7000 on this bad boy. Hopefully no issues pretty awesome

[@M419.99]

Ah yes, what I really need for my system: more STOARGE 😂

[@Oscar-qe6kr]

Hello! Awesome vid explaining this process! Question though, would I need to update all my drivers again through the armory and myasus apps?

[@harshchavda7977]

Nice mod sir😊. But I have a question by the m.2 ssd slot can we add a egpu like you have done in Lenovo legion go. ???

[@enessenturk4543]

This is SICK! Big thanks for sharing!!

[@astralpowers]

When on battery, these handheld Zen 4 APU devices run their SSDs in Gen 3 speeds. If you use it docked, you may be leaving out performance.

[@RyeAlvaro]

Nope... Not true. He's on battery and getting 5K+ that's not Gen 3 speeds. I ran my own tests on 2 different Zen 4 devices. This an a laptop. Both had same speeds on and off battery. Even had the Ally on 20% battery 10 Watts and still 5K+

[@astralpowers]

@@RyeAlvaro I have a 6800u and have a 7840u device, Crystaldiskmark scores crashes when I run on battery vs plugged in on both using the default windows power profile.

[@RyeAlvaro]

@@astralpowers Sounds like user error, try a different installer or zip version.. The 6800 isn’t even Zen 4. It’s Zen 3+ Seems like you need to do some research.

[@astralpowers]

@@RyeAlvaro Mr snark, before you rush to criticize, 6800u supports Gen4 PCIe same with 7840u. And I tell, I get this same behavior when using the default windows power profile.

[@RyeAlvaro]

@@astralpowers Yes, but your original comment is written as if it is a Fact in every situation, when it is a per user issue. You continue in that comment to give advice on something that is not true. Next you say 6800u is Zen 4. That is how misinformation is spread.. Someone can read your comment, and think they need to have their device plugged in to get better performance. Then they start telling people that, and then you have a group of people who think this and when you try to correct them they disagree….. Do you see how this applies to how things are in the World now? Because of misinformation or a per-person issue.

[@ZackCrain]

Only thing i dont like is that it goes right on top of the CPU heatsink so the new SSD will probably get pretty hot, id maybe add a thermal pad inbetween the two if it fits

[@slothnium]

I'm surprised it doesn't have any heat issues. Even if it did, I figured adding some thermal pads would do the trick.

[@raffal81]

I wonder what the temperature of the SSD mounted above this hot radiator is.

[@bannedgotit185]

would of been easier to install windows 11 without asus recovery. asus oem windows security is too tight. my rog basically kept crashing with original software

[@pugpg]

Some China ppl producing the PCB of oculink interface with 2230 for ally, and remake the back shell for that. How crazy is that.

[@watchdoge6464]

A gen3 nvme (they get less toasty) + a very thin aluminum sheet on top of it, like the Kingston Fury Renegade has. That's how i'd do it. Maybe that would be safe enough to stay on top of a 80°C APU all the time

[@michaelong2241]

Hi ETA, just wanted to ask if you have the same method but instead of cloud recovery by using drive cloning instead? TIA :)

[@clintk4691]

Sweet! Even though the 512 is so far enough for me, I'm definitely keeping this in mind.

[@kevincampos6394]

just found out about this today! this installation seems easy and def a reason to possibly sell my deck for a rog. im guessing i can prob use a 4tb + drive ?

[@lvgs7348]

Any updates on this set up ETA? Wondering like a lot of people about the longevity of it

[@clutch24ever]

I would see this after i bought a 2230 1tb ssd for mine lol

[@Joshiswatchin]

Hey bro I've watched a lot of your videos for a while I've been looking in to getting one of these Asus Ally's. Of course I'll be doing some upgrading myself I have a question for you how has that m.2 been running with it that close to the heat sinks.

[@bipbop3121]

Given the Ally cooks micro SD cards for breakfast, it's hard not to be cheaper. However, losing out on library quick swap, backups, etc. The SD card issue is a deal breaker, for me.

[@mastersplinter483]

it only cooks microsd cards if you are a clown. IE: ppl trying to play hogwarts at uncapped framerate with the quality settings maxed out wondering why their SD cards are cooking while they run games at 95 Celcius. If you know how to use frame rate limiters, use an aggressive fan curve, and upscale 720p, my ally never runs over 60 C..... If you aren't thermal throttling your handheld trying to play cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing, you will be fine.

[@bipbop3121]

@@mastersplinter483 I live where the high temps can go over 46C. I don't have AC at home, either and even if I did, I'd want to play outside, on the go. I would not have to be pushing the Ally to it's limits, just using it during a 30-60 wait in the sunshine. My Asus laptop is fine, it isn't frying anything. However, I use it mostly inside and to be honest it doesn't mind the heat, but I don't really enjoy the extra heat, when I'm already sweltering. On that note, the heat did fry the fingerprint sensor on my phone, but my phone hasn't ever fried my SD card, even though that poor thing gets toasty (although it has safeguards. Unfortunately a software update lowered those to kick off at 46C, instead of 50C, the second summer, which made my phone a lot less functional.) is SD 888, so very toasty and many complaints (no collateral damage) , and no SD card damage. If a tiny (ok phones are not really tiny, but relatively ) phone can be designed right protected, the larger actively cooled Ally doesn't get a pass.

[@crashdude7589]

​@@mastersplinter483this is simply not true, the SD card will break even if you play at low wattages.

[@jazzawazza2033]

I like how delicate your gorilla hands are, teach me master we have the same hands

[@1972lesteryan]

Awesome video as always. I was wondering since its been two months since this video was posted has there been any problems with this modification? Any heat issues? Any performance issues? Im needing to upgrade my ssd in my Rog Ally and im trying to decide which route to take. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@_mnejing]

Unless you're fiending for a ton of space for whatever reason, I'd rather spend a few more dollars and get the 2230 than some high performance larger size drive that generates more heat while next to the heat pipe. My first reaction to this mod was "but that heat..." I'll stick with a 2tb 2230 personally.

[@1972lesteryan]

@_mnejing true but I can get a 4tb 2280 for the same price if not a little bit cheaper than a 2tb 2230. I'm using my rog ally for not only pc games but also emulation of a lot of ges I grew up with.

[@darkventhead581]

I did this but added some electrical tape over the exposed battery contacts because i was afraid the screw would short out on it somehow.

[@kevinmckenna5682]

This is probably the best Ally video on the internet.

[@trentl.2467]

Other than saving some money on a smaller NVMe, are you seeing much in the way of speed increases?

[@juanyunis]

I did this mod, using a high performance nvme and I'm getting 7GB/s speeds with the new drive but tbh, you don't really notice that speed while gaming, probably 1 or 2 seconds max while loading a gaming. You could save money and get a 5GB/s nvme.

[@MrPeterFountains]

Hey ETA Prime I went ahead and ordered all of the parts I need for this. I have an extra 1mm thermal pad for the ssd would it cause any issues if I put it on the drive after installation?

[@bojangles5890]

Why does everyone use the Asus cloud recovery? Is there a reason not to clone the drive? I understand if it's brand new - but after a few months it's probably customized to your liking not to mention all the updates that would have to be redone

[@GamersInkInfo]

Yeah what's the heat on the M.2 looking like, can you fit a heatsink? My ally X had enough space so I did a 2TB 990 pro with the heatsink on it. The larger you go in capacity the hotter it's going to get. The Gen3 drives stay cool. No need for a gen4 drive for just gaming and OS level stuff like chrome.

[@BoxBoxJunior]

I hope the ayaneo kun is as easy as the ally to upgrade the nvme drive :)

[@ctjk1982]

the problem i seen with installing games onto the micro sd card. is how the data is written to the sd card. depending on the game. there are times where more space of the micro sd card is used than is supposed to. for example bee simeulator will only take a little under 10GB on the SSD. but install the game on the micro SD card and it'll take upto 40+ GB. so the less games you have to install on the micro sd card the better depending on the game.

[@adaopavoni]

Unfortunately, the Micro SD card upgrade isn't viable. The ally will just burn your card. It's a BIG hardware design flaw. Mine failed about 30 minutes due to high heat, even with a 100% fan curve. The way to go, and this hurts to say, is the internal upgrade storage, which is a lot more expensive.

[@Nightwolf-yp7gt]

Has there been any problems with this yet just curious before i do it myself?

[@MatthewFling]

Very cool but not a fan of the SSD now sitting on top of the APU heatsink. 🔥

[@x7ameedo700]

Does this affect temperature? And battery life?

[@Slinger184Paintball]

WOW! Has anyone here tried an NVME bigger than 2TB? Does the ROG Ally support bigger than 2TB? It’s weird how perfectly this fits in the system, it’s like ASUS could have done this themselves making upgraded SSD compatibility cheaper and easier.

[@boitmecklyn4995]

If there's one for the Steam deck i would totally buy it.

[@big_bird8597]

hey brother whats that cable you have with the wattage readout

[@bghimself440]

No heatsink ?

[@Knight7I]

U r my hero ❤

[@arthurmiklaszewski6217]

Dude there is a typo in the thumbnail at "storage". Just letting you know in case you didn't spot it.

[@budthecyborg4575]

This could totaly 180 my opinion on the ROG Ally. Steamdeck 2 had better come with a 2280 slot. All these big manufacturers seem to totally ignore the value of upgradability.

[@catsspat]

As far as I know, *ALL* 2230 SSDs are DRAMless. If you can fit 2280, I see no reason not to. More selection, better prices, and higher performance.

[@b.vo.]

I'm so mad I bought a super expensive 2230 drive now 😭

[@spokehedz]

There is ZERO chance that placement of the SSD is not a stupid "we have to buy a special format storage" trick. So glad people can fix these afterwards thanks to open standards. (Looking at you XBOX.)

[@bigslots3143]

I cut the heat resistant paper and tucked it under the ssd and put a copper heatsink on the ssd....there's actually quite a bit of room left I wonder if a full sized heatsink would of fit

[@elisyoutubewatching]

Any people that upgrade there storage and get scared that it isn’t turning on you need to plug it in then turn it on :))

[@kiddiestories23]

me here watching even thought I can't afford it XD

[@untitleddistraction5634]

Is this the only video regarding this mod because I haven’t seen any videos about this.

[@Tom-Bomb]

Damn it I wish I had never even seen this video cuz I rly fkn wanna do this!!! But my responsible self will absolutely not allow it bc I know how hot some of these cards get and with no thermal protection and it sitting right above the CPU like that just seems like a recipe for disaster. UNLESS (and this is where I’m at war with myself) you get the gen 3 adapter which would throttle the speeds enough to HOPEFULLY keep it from burning up. But even then that’s still taking a hell of a risk on somethin I paid over $700 for and ultimately I don’t think it’s even worth trying..

[@doslover]

I'm good with the internal + SD card for how I use it but this is pretty cool! Looks nice and easy. If my internal drive ever dies I just may have to give this a try!

[@MrAmazinj]

It’s all fun and games until your sd card is fried.

[@doslover]

So I've heard, though it seems there are concerns heat could have the same effect here. Either way I generally play in short spurts at low TDPs so I'll probably continue to be fine.

[@Cyliano]

My slot died too for no reason, used to use it on low tdp and temps, but after it died I just ordered a 2tb SSD from AliExpress and now I basically only run it on turbo which feels really nice

[@doslover]

Ah, that's lame but good to know, thanks

[@diongrant9746]

Can you do this with one right out the box or should you create an account first

[@daddada-ck2xv]

mine, i cant close the backcover.. gotta cut a little plastic that press to the nvme in order to close it nicely.

[@mechaxjoe]

Will it help with the RAM and VRAM?

[@noname-vl6vy]

the ssd will be fried, it sits on top of the processor

[@GeraldKnight954]

Did the upgrade with 2030 and just stuck on window’s loading screen for ever hmmm 🤔

[@michaeldunn5788]

Wish I could do this to a Steam Deck.... 2TB ain't enough!!!