The main benefit, you would obviously expect, from upgrading the storage of your Steam Deck is an increase in the space you have to play games. But improving the battery life, too? That's the potential for Sabrent's Rocket 2230 drives, diminutive SSDs that are high in capacity and low in power consumption.
That's especially true of the 512GB drive which both improves on the performance of the top Steam Deck 512GB SSD shipped with the most expensive versions of Valve's handheld, and on the power it draws during game loads.
And when something doesn't need to operate at full power for as long, and doesn't need as much juice doing it, that's a double win for a device that needs all its battery power for keeping you gaming as long as possible.
At $90 the new Sabrent Rocket 2230 512GB is maybe a bit hard to 100% recommend as an upgrade if you've already got a 512GB drive in your Deck, however, but if those boot times are getting you down it's certainly an option.
You could still double your capacity with a 1TB version, which is just $170 right now, though it's not quite as power sipping as the half terabyte versions. Still, it's still got the extra loading speed, and doubling the capacity—at least—is a worthy endeavour in and of itself.
The upgrade process itself is relatively straightforward, thanks to Valve's desire to make the Steam Deck as open a platform as possible. Isn't that right, Katie?
