OEM Kioxia 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVME SSD Internal Solid State Drive 30mm 2230 Form Factor M Key Steam Deck

[Review for the 256GB Kioxia BG5 (4th gen?) // Seller: OEMGENUINE]I upgraded the storage in my Surface Pro 7+ w/ this, replacing the OEM Samsung drive. This Kioxia is surprisingly a lot better of a drive. According to Kioxia, the performance is up to [3,400 MB/s Read] and [1,900 MB/s Write]. For random IOPS [350k Read] and [360K Write]. This drive is impressively quick and it certainly feels as such, w/ the OS feeling a lot snappier for a lot of tasks. I only got a fraction of the IOPS, but that's probably due to the PCI-E bus in this Surface or because the drive is not empty. Still a large upgrade over my prior Samsung, and R/W speeds were w/in spec. Kioxia's warranty (not sure if applicable w/ the seller) has an endurance rating of 150 TBW, which is seems to be an industry standard. Overall, I highly recommended the product.

Wanted to setup a bootable SSD drive on my Raspberry Pi 5 using a PCIe M.2 HAT board. I struggled for days with a WD-based drive that refused to boot after restarts. I was at a loss until I read that I needed an SSD card that was compatible. This Kioxia 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVME SSD did the trick. It works perfectly with my board and the Pi now boots from the drive without any issues. And boy is it speedy!

Fantastic Product

This thing is amazing in the Steamdeck. Installation is about as easy as it can get and it speeds it up drastically compared to the 64gb emmc. Just a heads up though.. If you have a somewhat newer Steamdeck, your buttons and triggers will not work during the reinstallation of the os. The only thing that works is the touch screen. But, once you update the os, all of your buttons will work again. It was a sketchy 10 minutes or so after I put the thing back together and the buttons didn't work. So I wanted to give you all a heads up. I got this for $12.50 for the 256gb mainly to speed up boot times. It's probably the best $12.50 I ever spent and I'll probably upgrade to a bigger one when the prices come down a bit.

Bought this to be used as a flash card, moubted in external case, reading and writing speed is very nice.

and it works like a dream needed the space and i got it it here. pretty fast read and write speeds. easy to install compatible reliable. a must have for the value and for any steam deck owner 👌👍💯

BEWARE in purchasing this product. You will receive a USED drive that has previously been installed in another system. It is not new as advertised (see photo). Upon installing it, Windows Explorer launched and shows that this drive was previously part of a Dell system (see screen shot).Does it work? It does power up. I was able to format it to erase the data. I was able to copy new data. But being used who knows how long it will function.If this had been properly listed as a used product I would have purchased something else.

The drive was not in new condition-Crystal Disk Info reported that it had been lightly used. Packaging was not sufficient-the drive was shipped in a plastic container designed for a larger drive, with a retaining screw loose in the package as well. However, drive is functional and great value for money.