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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2024
Well, up until a few days ago, I had no idea that Sandisk made 1.5TB cards.
I bought this a few days back, and it arrived on the same day. I put it straight into my Steamdeck, and it worked no problems. Formatting took a while, but it's a seriously meaty card, disk space wise.
After formatting, you will end up with a total of 1.3TB useable disk space.
Up until recently, I only had a 256GB NVME in my Steamdeck. If you have a low amount of NVME storage space, a card this size adds some much needed capacity to the Steamdeck.
At the minute, my Steamdeck sits at 4TB storage space. I have one of these cards installed into it's internal MicroSD Card Reader, a 2TB Western Digital NVME, which I installed about 2 weeks ago, replacing the 256GB one that I used previously, and a 512GB Samsung Evo which is read via an external USB C Hub which I have magnetised to the back of my deck, which is recognised by Steam in gaming mode.
While it is true that the read / write speed for the card is slow, compared to an A2 class card, the storage space that it adds to the deck is immense.
Mortal Kombat 11 took a bit of time to load, but once it had loaded, the performance was the same as if I was using any other MicroSD Card.
What is so nice about having access to all the space however, is the fact that you should never have to keep swapping MicroSD Cards out, particularly if you only have a small selection of games on Steam.
I can probably install all of my Steam games on to my Steamdeck now, without ever having to swap MicroSD cards out to try another game. I can just dump my games on the three drives that I use now, and just leave all of them there, whether they are large AAA games like the Hitman Series, or small indie games like Beat Hazard 3.
I would honestly recommend that Steamdeck owners purchase one of these cards irrespective of whether or not they have a large capacity NVME, such as 1TB or above, or if they have a lower capacity NVME anywhere between 64GB to 512GB.
Think of it this way, your turning a 256GB Steamdeck into almost 2TB, using this card, which is more than enough room for installing a handful of AAA games, and a good amount of smaller indie games. The, your turning a 1TB or 2TB NVME into a full fledged gaming system by adding one of these cards. 2.5 - 3.5TB, even without an external USB C hub, is still more disk space than what some desk top gaming PC's have.
I will issue a single word of warning. These cards can be terribly flimsy. They do need to be handled with care. Once you install one into your SteamDeck, if you can, leave them there. If you intend to tinker with your SteamDeck, ALWAYS make sure that you remove the MicroSD card first, before taking the back off. Otherwise, your system will spit the MicroSD Card out of the SD Card slot, and it will bend the head of the MicroSD card. I've only done that once, on a 1TB card, forgetting to remove it, before taking the back off, and it ruined the card, as well as £100 of hardware.
The ONLY downside is the price.
Honestly, I can't complain.
I bought this a few days back, and it arrived on the same day. I put it straight into my Steamdeck, and it worked no problems. Formatting took a while, but it's a seriously meaty card, disk space wise.
After formatting, you will end up with a total of 1.3TB useable disk space.
Up until recently, I only had a 256GB NVME in my Steamdeck. If you have a low amount of NVME storage space, a card this size adds some much needed capacity to the Steamdeck.
At the minute, my Steamdeck sits at 4TB storage space. I have one of these cards installed into it's internal MicroSD Card Reader, a 2TB Western Digital NVME, which I installed about 2 weeks ago, replacing the 256GB one that I used previously, and a 512GB Samsung Evo which is read via an external USB C Hub which I have magnetised to the back of my deck, which is recognised by Steam in gaming mode.
While it is true that the read / write speed for the card is slow, compared to an A2 class card, the storage space that it adds to the deck is immense.
Mortal Kombat 11 took a bit of time to load, but once it had loaded, the performance was the same as if I was using any other MicroSD Card.
What is so nice about having access to all the space however, is the fact that you should never have to keep swapping MicroSD Cards out, particularly if you only have a small selection of games on Steam.
I can probably install all of my Steam games on to my Steamdeck now, without ever having to swap MicroSD cards out to try another game. I can just dump my games on the three drives that I use now, and just leave all of them there, whether they are large AAA games like the Hitman Series, or small indie games like Beat Hazard 3.
I would honestly recommend that Steamdeck owners purchase one of these cards irrespective of whether or not they have a large capacity NVME, such as 1TB or above, or if they have a lower capacity NVME anywhere between 64GB to 512GB.
Think of it this way, your turning a 256GB Steamdeck into almost 2TB, using this card, which is more than enough room for installing a handful of AAA games, and a good amount of smaller indie games. The, your turning a 1TB or 2TB NVME into a full fledged gaming system by adding one of these cards. 2.5 - 3.5TB, even without an external USB C hub, is still more disk space than what some desk top gaming PC's have.
I will issue a single word of warning. These cards can be terribly flimsy. They do need to be handled with care. Once you install one into your SteamDeck, if you can, leave them there. If you intend to tinker with your SteamDeck, ALWAYS make sure that you remove the MicroSD card first, before taking the back off. Otherwise, your system will spit the MicroSD Card out of the SD Card slot, and it will bend the head of the MicroSD card. I've only done that once, on a 1TB card, forgetting to remove it, before taking the back off, and it ruined the card, as well as £100 of hardware.
The ONLY downside is the price.
Honestly, I can't complain.
