Grab this 2TB Crucial Steam Deck gaming SSD for its lowest ever price

There's a whopper of a discount to be had on a Steam Deck storage upgrade, thanks to this Steam Deck SSD deal. The 2TB Crucial P310 SSD is on sale for just $121.99 now, which is its lowest ever price on Amazon. That saves you $43 off its MSRP, and gives you the chance to boost the storage in your handheld gaming PC without breaking the bank.

Only a few models in our best handheld guide actually offer 2TB of storage. If you're a Steam Deck owner, it isn't even an option, with 1TB the maximum available in the default configs. Thanks to this Crucial SSD upgrade, however, you can push past these limits, giving you loads of space for your favorite games.

This Crucial P310 NVMe M.2 2230 is a PCIe 4.0 drive, offering sequential read speeds of up to 7,100MB/s and write speeds of 6,000MB/s. Most handhelds support the M.2 2230 form factor for SSDs, but it's important to point out that if you're looking to upgrade a Steam Deck, you do have some limitations on speed.

That's because both the OLED and LCD versions of the Steam Deck only support PCIe 3.0 drives, capping your read speeds at 3,500MB/s. You still get all the advantages of the extra storage space, though. What's more, some newer handhelds, such as the Asus ROG Ally X, support faster PCIe 4.0 SSDs, so if you own one of these devices, you can get 2TB of super-fast storage too.

This is still a great Steam Deck upgrade, however. If nothing else, doubling your storage capacity is a quality-of-life improvement that will allow you to keep more games installed on your device at any one time. It's also significantly faster than relying on a microSD card for boosting your storage, where a typical UHS-I spec card can only manage sequential speeds of around 100MB/s in the deck. It also gives you a fast drive that you can transfer to a newer handheld at a later date, perhaps if and when the Steam Deck 2 comes out.

If you're fed up with limited storage on your handheld, then this 2TB Crucial P310 2230 drive is a must-consider upgrade, especially with this 26% discount. It won't be around for long, however. Make sure to click on this link to grab this drive before this limited-time deal, or available stock, runs out. UK gamers, meanwhile, can click this link to grab it for £128.99 instead.

Don't forget to check out our best gaming SSD guide next to see our recommendations for memory upgrades you can apply to your gaming PC, laptop, and handheld, with options that will suit a range of budgets.

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