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 Dax87   ( @Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net )  to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 2 years ago

What are your must-have accessories? And … How I’m achieving 4TB+ on my Steam deck

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What are your must-have accessories? And … How I’m achieving 4TB+ on my Steam deck

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 Dax87   ( @Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net )  to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 2 years ago
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What are your must-have accessories? And ... How I'm achieving 4TB+ on my Steam deck - Stellar Castle
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I have a problem. I like to have all of my games downloaded on the gaming system I play on. It’s the closest thing to ‘owning’ the game you purchased in this digital age. I have around 400-500 games on steam, which are around 5 TB or so in total (thanks Ark). Since the steam deck only has a micro SD card slot and an NVME 2230 slot, options are limited without getting too creative. An ironic fortune for proton is that not all of my games are compatible with SteamOS, so I don’t need 5tb+ necessarily, just enough for the games that do work. So I ended up purchasing these: - NewQ Portable Steam Deck Dock: https://a.co/d/0Ov3HUL [https://a.co/d/0Ov3HUL] - 2x Cotchear Mini Super Speed Micro SD/SDXC TF USB 2.0 Card Reader Adapter: https://a.co/d/eb4N9Wq [https://a.co/d/eb4N9Wq] - 3x Silicon Power 1TB Micro SD Card U3 SDXC microsdxc High Speed MicroSD Memory Card with Adapter: https://a.co/d/i7rtkAb [https://a.co/d/i7rtkAb] A relatively inexpensive experiment, aside from the micro SD cards, which can still be used as needed, or find their way to other uses if the experiment fails. I only needed 3 SD cards because I already had a 1tb one before this. So that totals to 4 TB of micro SD cards plus my 256gb nvme, which I could upgrade for a total of 5gb The biggest issue I’m facing with this setup is that those USB adapters are unreliable, and often disconnect randomly. Two of them have already just died, so Im going to opt for some more familiar brands like this SanDisk MobileMate USB 3.0 microSD Card Reader: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5JV2B5 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5JV2B5] and see how that goes. The dock itself seems good enough. Especially for the price. And the SD cards are holding up. Anyway, I thought I’d share my little journey. Do you have any accessories that are a must have for you?
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    2 years ago

    Oh wow!! Cool concept, at least I know what I’m looking for. Thank you!

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