Officially announced this week, the PNY XLR8 Gaming microSD flash memory cards will work great for the Steam Deck and other handheld portable gaming devices. Including the Nintendo Switch, mobile phones that still have microSD card slots, tablets and more. Of course, the focus here is on the Steam Deck. Valve’s portable gaming PC comes in three different storage size models. 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. If you’re a PC gamer, then you already know that even 512GB can fill up quickly. That’s where the microSD card slot on the unit comes in. Games stored on the microSD card should load nearly as fast as the internal SSD. Which means you can double your storage on the Steam Deck without having to swap out the internal SSD and still get great load times.
Double your Steam Deck storage with the PNY XLR8 Gaming microSD card
You can use just about any microSD card inside of your Steam Deck, but you shouldn’t use just any card. Ideally you want one that’s been designed to handle faster read and write speeds. And since the PNY XLR8 Gaming cards are designed for use with portable gaming handhelds, that makes it a great option for the Steam Deck. PNY offers this card in multiple storage size options. Including one that goes all the way up to 512GB. That will double your storage if you picked up the 512GB model of the Deck. The XLR8 Gaming cards offer read speeds of up to 100 MB/s and write speeds of up to 90 MB/s. You can also grab this particular card in 128GB or 256GB if you don’t want that much extra storage space. Though it’s worth noting that the 512GB model seems to be the best value. The 512GB model will retail for $59.99. Meanwhile the 256GB model retails for $28.99 and the 128GB model retails for $15.99. PNY XLR8 Gaming 128GB PNY XLR8 Gaming 256GB PNY XLR8 Gaming 512GB
