ROG Ally 2280 M.2 SSD MOD! Low Cost, Super Easy, Fast, More Storage!

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8 ай бұрын

Update, The Drive and Board dose not touch the CPU Heatsink, There Is A Gap Between The Adapter Board And Botton Area of the ALLy Heatsink, Been Running For 3 Days SO far With No Issues. Running some test now toes IF we have any problems with heat but so far it Doing pretty Good.
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Adding a full Size 2280 nVME SSD to the ROG ally is easier than ever with this new 2230 to 2280 Adapter board! Add A Bigger SSD to the ASUS Ally and get out cheaper! Supports Gen 4 nVME and works very very well.
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@ETAPRIME 8 ай бұрын

@zaidane6859 8 ай бұрын

hellooo! is there a link for that asus rog ally cloud recovery just in case i get stuck on cloud recovery?

@jarihuuskola 8 ай бұрын

Would it be possible to put the black sticky sheet underneath the SSD? It would then act as an insulator between CPU and SDD. It kinda seems that you could easily make the necessary cuts to the sheet, so it would fit under the SSD.

@djmorris666 8 ай бұрын

Thanks - did u do a speed test of the ssd? Wondering if the adapter does not do anything funky…

@ETAPRIME 8 ай бұрын

Just added it thanks Defoe the reminder

@tdata545 8 ай бұрын

@@ETAPRIME One your predictive keyboard is terrible. LOL. AND, secondly, does this support double sided SSDs? Or is that outside the voltage limits of their slot?

@ccricers 8 ай бұрын

I've seen third party expansion boards like this being made for Thinkpads to add support for different sized m.2 and also other expansions, so it's nice to see this with handhelds too

@Bl4ckH4nd 7 ай бұрын

I bought one of these last month. Absolutely fantastic. The small factor NVME drives are so hard to fine here and crazy expensive. Got a 2TB 2280 for half the price and installed it with ease. Highly recommended.

@skirmishnoob225 6 ай бұрын

hello what about now? any weird reactions from hardware how about the heat thermals?

@Bl4ckH4nd 6 ай бұрын

@@skirmishnoob225 Nope, no issues at all and I use my Ally for everyday. I tested the temps of the drive too, never reaches thermal throttling temps, even under heavy stress it never goes over 52 degrees C. A friend of mine also has one of these connectors, he's had it for longer than me and his Ally is also fine.

@therealcheb 5 ай бұрын

Any update?

@kevtattoos54 5 ай бұрын

@@therealchebi did the same exact thing 2 months ago and absolutely no issues

@richardferaro 5 ай бұрын

This should have a follow-up long term review.

@AndrewD50297045 8 ай бұрын

10/10 recommend this. I did this day one at launch. Works like a charm. Not a single issue.

@DirtyHardSock 8 ай бұрын

You need to be super careful lady.

@jaleelmcdonald3374 7 ай бұрын

Still working?

@AndrewD50297045 7 ай бұрын

@@jaleelmcdonald3374 oh yeah. Not one issue ever.

@watchmelivenstuff 7 ай бұрын

Do u need like a metal heatsink or anything?

@xKillZone99 6 ай бұрын

@@watchmelivenstuff no

@silversonic1 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing awareness. Of course, I'd be too concerned about the heat from the heat pipes to ever do it. But it's good to know your options.

@bloadstar 8 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for this video for weeks. I ordered the adapter off AliExpress for $4 and saw a 2tb lexar for $64 the other day but didn't buy it thinking prime day it'll be lower >.< can't wait to see the long term results!

@dividion8102 8 ай бұрын

That's a nice simple but elegant solution.

@pure8091 2 ай бұрын

Yes I’m glad you did this ETAPRIME love it 😍👍🏽thanks for the video man love it and your videos

@user-hr4xk1db6l 8 ай бұрын

Love that mod. I found it on alliexpress about 2 months ago. With a little bit more modification and instead if that one, they make another one that's shorter, I've managed to install a 4tb 2280 in the steam deck as well. I was worried about a couple things but I have to say I'm about 80 days after install and I've not had a single problem with it in the steam deck. I'm surprised it s taken this long to see a video about it on. But flag to finally see one. Awesome content man

@Cryptech1010 8 ай бұрын

There has been many videos about it already

@FoxOutdoors 7 ай бұрын

Any video of this being installed in a steam deck?

@DaveMojica 7 ай бұрын

is your SSD double sided?

@Cryptech1010 7 ай бұрын

@@DaveMojica it has to be single sided.

@c1tlr340 8 ай бұрын

The reason that screw does not come out is its designed to separate the case and you start with your separation tool here. It's the same design on ROG gaming laptops, I have one.

@Froezone 7 ай бұрын

i wanted to come back after receiving the board in the mail and acquiring a m.2 and it does works perfect

@acek1605 8 ай бұрын

Just want to say thank you for all the blessings 🙏

@Augmented_AI 4 ай бұрын

Do we need to do any bios or asus related updates before swapping?

@chrisbevan1992 6 ай бұрын

thank you so much for this guide, so amazing!

@SCTimbal 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Followed your steps and it was flawless with a spare 1TB 2280 SSD I had laying around. :)

@LauraStallone-we4hg 3 ай бұрын

I want to ask, does it over heat and do you need a Heatsink with a nano Thermal pads added to the ssd ? Pls let me know thank you

@SCTimbal 3 ай бұрын

@@LauraStallone-we4hg Doesn't overheat that I'm aware of. There really isn't anything underneath it that radiates heat up to the SSD. Mine is just naked as in the video.

@bigdeelearning6406 8 ай бұрын

Treating myself to this handheld for black Friday almost here

@CraShRO 8 ай бұрын

The screw that does not come out is made like that so it raises the plastic back from the front part so that you can stick a tool to open the ally. They do that in laptops too.

@keithwhisman 6 ай бұрын

I just installed the fastest gen 4 2tb 2280 SSD in my new ROG Ally. I got impatient waiting on my adaptor to arrive so I used flush cutters that is used in model building to cut away all the plastic in the way of my SSD till the SSD fit and now plan on just returning the adaptor whenever it arrives. I’m loving my new Ally.

@lvgs7348 5 ай бұрын

How’s it working for you? Any updates?

@PathsTaken7 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful can’t thank you enough! 😅

@PandorusFightStick 8 ай бұрын

may have to do this!! have a few 2280s but may hold out until i get my Legion Go

@FREEZA_AKA_MR_COOLA 4 ай бұрын

I just did this upgrade and now it’s in recovery mode so it’s going good so far lol

@tazmania2984 8 ай бұрын

Ordered! Thank you@

@jasoncamacho4526 7 ай бұрын

I'm ecstatic because of this modification. I am definitely buying an eight terabyte 2280! Thank you for showing new potentials to my future device. You definitely cannot do this on a Lenovo legion go at least not yet.

@Tom-Bomb Ай бұрын

How’d this work out, you ever do it? I rly wanna put in a 4tb but I’m way too scared about frying the thing.. unless maybe going with the gen 3 adapter to throttle the speeds.

@vfxraven_19 5 ай бұрын

I recommend this mod for the less expensive-large SSD's! I installed a 4TB and used Macrium Reflect to clone over the smaller SSD to this. I placed some electrical tape under the apadter to shield the area. Maybe Kapton tape can be used? Nonetheless, I've been gaming with this setup without any problems.

@lloydchristmas6237 5 ай бұрын

Yep I used kapton tape under the part that sits on that battery connector, seems good to go I used same Macrium to clone the drive and now have 2tb!

@stratoalex 2 ай бұрын

Purchased it using your link. Hope it works.

@ismaxplay 4 ай бұрын

This is really impressive

@HitnRunTony 8 ай бұрын

These people are doing the lord’s work

@DTronicsUK 6 ай бұрын

The only issue here is that the ssd is going to be right over the APU which gets very hot. Even if the ssd doesnt touch it there will still be enough radiant heat from the APU that it will slowly cook your SSD. It may not kill it but the SSd's controller is going to throttle the SSD to stop it from cooking itself, speeds will be very fast at first but will slow down after a few minutes of heavy use as the SSD starts to overheat. Its still a nice idea but i feel you would just get the Micro SD issue but this time with a more expensive SSD

@myew 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this tip, I wasn't aware it was an option. I guess I wasted a fair bit on an SD card.

@volcalstone 8 ай бұрын

I got my WD 2T 2230 for only $124 a couple of months ago. Based on this video it will be more safe in the long run. Not sure why they didn't run it lower closer to the battery but then again that might introduce another issue.

@Cryptech1010 8 ай бұрын

Yea but you can get a 4tb 2280 for nearly same price, and plug it in directly with no mod. Not sure about long term, but temps are exactly same as stock ssd and its been months.

@volcalstone 8 ай бұрын

@@Cryptech1010 you would need to mod your Ally to fit a 2280. A 4TB 2280 is around $180 if I remember right a couple of days ago. Probably similar speeds so it won't be getting as hot. 2TB is enough for my case usage so I don't need to do either mods.

@tclark5481 8 ай бұрын

@@volcalstone That's the point of the angle bracket. No need to mod, just plug in the bracket and plug the ssd into that.

@mystertom100 7 ай бұрын

@@tclark5481 technically the bracket is a mod as it is not stock

@tclark5481 7 ай бұрын

@@mystertom100 That's like saying a 2230 2T SSD is a mod because it's not stock. It's plug and play, no modifications..

@TheZoenGaming 8 ай бұрын

This is a nice vid. I wish it was that simple for the SteamDeck.

@andrenapper8802 2 ай бұрын

I just bought a open box Xtreme rog ally. I am loving how much easier it is to work on. I have a steam deck too, bought the 64GB version and then updated the SSD to a 1TB. not sure what I want to do with the steam deck yet, but I'm definitely loving the rog ally so far especially this mod.

@thertc204 2 ай бұрын

This is incredible. How did I miss this video until now? I have been saving up for a 2TB 2230 but now with this realization I can pull the trigger on a solid 2280 right away!

@MattTalkTech 8 ай бұрын

Amazing Mod, going to do this for my Ally right now!

@matthias99442 8 ай бұрын

Habe gestern auch mein Ally damit umgebaut. Habe eine Crucial P3 Plus mit 4TB verbaut. Man kann auch ohne Probleme einen 3mm dicken Kühlkörper auf die SSD montieren, das Case passt damit immer noch. Laut HardwareMonitor hatte meine SSD Max. 64Grad, soviel hatte auch die 2230 vorher erreicht. Ich habe Windows mit Cloud Recovery auf die 4TB SSD installiert. Ich hatte beim Wechsel den Akku abgezogen, dadurch wird die Systemzeit im BIOS zurückgesetzt, bevor man Cloud Recovery startet muss man Datum und Uhrzeit neu einstellen weil Cloud Recovery nur funktioniert wenn noch Garantie auf dem Ally ist und das wird mit dem Datum abgeglichen, andernfalls läuft das Setup ewig durch beim Überprüfungsprozess. Das Ally hat die P3 Plus auch sofort erkannt im BIOS. Kann man wirklich empfehlen dieses Adapterboard.

@Oscar-qe6kr 5 ай бұрын

Hello! Awesome vid explaining this process! Question though, would I need to update all my drivers again through the armory and myasus apps?

@TheReferrer72 8 ай бұрын

Wow, now that's a cool mod.

@gleb.khmyznikov 8 ай бұрын

Can you cover the topic about idle power draw of this mod? Comparison before after and maybe even option to get more power efficient ssd?

@matt.604 8 ай бұрын

Thank goodness it has More Stoarge!

@RiccardoPearlman 8 ай бұрын

Man I hope I can do this with the Lenovo Legion Go when it arrives.

@kristopherharris6418 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video as always. Dont remember if you said or not but can this work on a steam deck maybe?

@smithiesoutdoorequipment 8 ай бұрын

G'day mate been following your vids ever since I got onexplayer, since sold that brought the rog ally. My only question no issues running the extender over that connecter it floats over the top of? Cheers have a good one

@franxesco0586 3 ай бұрын

4 tb acer predator gm7 works well, is important to pay atention to power cables... you may have to press carefully a little bit down to allow enough space

@enessenturk4543 8 ай бұрын

This is SICK! Big thanks for sharing!!

@maclainjohnson7666 8 ай бұрын

Did this about a week ago, I'm running the Lexar NM790 Gen 4, 4TB SSD for $198 on amazon.

@juanyunis 8 ай бұрын

I have the exact same drive on my Ally. If you don't mind I have some questions for you. Did you reinstall windows or clone the OEM one? If you cloned, did you disable and re-enable bitlocker (encryption)? did you use a heatsink/thermalpad? and what kind of speeds and temps are you getting? Thanks!

@tkb301 8 ай бұрын

@@juanyunis I don't have this drive but I can answer one thing. You should definitely turn bitlocker off if you plan on cloning. It won't work otherwise. I used macrium reflect to upgrade to my sabrent rocket 2230 2TB drive and it worked like a charm

@YKs412 8 ай бұрын

I have the same questions

@Futura2500 7 ай бұрын

I just did this and i found my temps a bit wild 75c the highest - what temps you getting on the nvme ?

@vergeofwill 7 ай бұрын

@@Futura2500 did you use thermal pads? Also ditch the heat sync copper. It just traps heat.

@itsjuank 6 ай бұрын

An update on the life of the SSD would be great

@SomeDudeDan 8 ай бұрын

Just got the Ally, and I was looking for a tutorial, thanks! I have installed a 4TB WD SSD, let’s hope it isn’t going to have any issues.

@untitleddistraction5634 7 ай бұрын

Is it running well? Are you getting any issues because I’m thinking on doing this because I’m afraid to use the sd card slot on the ally.

@lvgs7348 5 ай бұрын

Any updates? I just bought this set up but I haven’t installed it yet, it was expensive so I’m on the fence if I should return and stick to a 2TB 2230 I have

@freddyfox8921 8 ай бұрын

Now I wanna add a 4TB after seeing this video

@harshchavda7977 6 ай бұрын

Nice mod sir😊. But I have a question by the m.2 ssd slot can we add a egpu like you have done in Lenovo legion go. ???

@RubenNeves22 6 ай бұрын

Just installed yesterday an 2280 Lexar NM790 2TB Gen 4 ssd and oh boy was i in for a treat, instalation is pretty straight forward like the video, just keep steady hands, Cloud Recovery is amazing, pretty easy, the load times are pretty instant, temps are lower

@therealcheb 5 ай бұрын

Any update bro?

@RubenNeves22 5 ай бұрын

@chebson20s everything is perfect honestly like just recently bought from factory, Temps are lower I believe and stellar performance, loading times are pretty much instant, no complaints at all, just added the Spigen Case also, feels amazing, and battery life is much improved disabling the cpu boost helps since it doesn't affect performance

@adikurnia5364 4 ай бұрын

Do you use with or without heatsink variant ?

@LauraStallone-we4hg 3 ай бұрын

@@RubenNeves22hello I want to ask, does it over heat and do you need a Heatsink with a nano Thermal pads added to the ssd ?

@RubenNeves22 3 ай бұрын

@@LauraStallone-we4hg im not using any kind of thermal solution, just the ssd itself and the adapter, i believe the temps are even a bit lower, it's been a dream come true this Ally

@kazukyo5980 8 ай бұрын

Can't wait for him to get the Legion Go and test that out as well and hope that can be upgraded as well?, And just as easy too? I hope? 😊👍

@DoctorAtomTNT 8 ай бұрын

Wish there was a mod like this for the Steam Deck

@user-hr4xk1db6l 8 ай бұрын

That make thar same mod board but smaller. With a little but more modification and using the shorter one, I have a 4tb 2280 in Mt steam deck. So, go get creative and think out side the box. I bet you'd figure something out as well. I will sya it deff wasn't easy and the other mod that u have to do (heatpipe ANd a couple other things) it was deff not easy but totally worth it😊

@compalalaska 7 ай бұрын

Just saved me $150, thanks man! Considered ordering a 2tb 2230 but was having a hard time justifying it since i had a 2tb 2280 already. This was a no brainer.

@rorwv 6 ай бұрын

They say it causes high temperatures because of the transformer. Is this true? Did you have any problem?

@michaelong2241 6 ай бұрын

Hi ETA, just wanted to ask if you have the same method but instead of cloud recovery by using drive cloning instead? TIA :)

@slothnium 8 ай бұрын

I'm surprised it doesn't have any heat issues. Even if it did, I figured adding some thermal pads would do the trick.

@Joshiswatchin 7 ай бұрын

Hey bro I've watched a lot of your videos for a while I've been looking in to getting one of these Asus Ally's. Of course I'll be doing some upgrading myself I have a question for you how has that m.2 been running with it that close to the heat sinks.

@AngelHeaven. 2 ай бұрын

You are a genius person

@DeadVoivod 8 ай бұрын

Well this is truly awesome. I have a 2TB Sabrent inside the Ally, but it’s completely full, even though I’m also using a 1TB SD, which is also full, everything emulation. I started using a second 1TB SD on the USB-C port mainly for PC games. Now I ordered this adapter together with a 4TB Corsair MP600. You never have enough space 😊 Thanks for sharing the information.

@_JferD_ 8 ай бұрын

Where did you buy the adapter?

@raffal81 8 ай бұрын

I wonder what the temperature of the SSD mounted above this hot radiator is.

@wllmlew 6 ай бұрын

i'm fixing to get an ally today i think. can you install the drive prior to starting for the first time or do you recommend actually setting up the ally with the original drive first?

@antjones2281 5 ай бұрын

Wow, i think it might actually be possible to create a custom back plate with a door on the back for quick swappability. Then I can swap drives like cartridges.

@ZackCrain 7 ай бұрын

Only thing i dont like is that it goes right on top of the CPU heatsink so the new SSD will probably get pretty hot, id maybe add a thermal pad inbetween the two if it fits

@hohenheimofresembool4889 8 ай бұрын

If you’re doing the cloud recovery I recommend. 1. Not having an m.2 and a SD card in at the same time. Can cause issues. 2. Make sure the date and time is set in the BIOS. Confuses asus server.

@designgears 8 ай бұрын

Missed some important details, first off, if you're running gen4 you're going to pull more power overall and at idle, and with more power, comes more heat. The ssd controller will go over 70c with the APU under load and it will thermal throttle making the fast speeds useless. The easiest way to deal with this, add a slim heatsink with fins (increase the surface area, flat ones will just delay the inevitable). You really only need a heatsink on the ssd controller itself, the other chips like it hot! Those fast Gen4 speeds are useless in games, they will top out around sata ssd speeds. There will be no gains in game loading times. The biggest issue of running Gen4, the power draw, you're going to needlessly pull wattage from the APU degrading your gaming performance. Best to check what kind of power draw your ssd requires before purchase. p3/p3plus are really good options. Would love to see a more in-depth look at the performance and temps under load and such so we have something to point the community to instead of having to repeat this a million times. :D

@yeahyeahyeahokayyyyy 8 ай бұрын

Just curious to know what the measurement on those heatsink fins would need to be in order to fit into this device though. 🤔

@x7ameedo700 8 ай бұрын

@@yeahyeahyeahokayyyyyalso will add to your question, WD Black SSD SN850P with the heatsink or similars, do they fit? And would they affect the battery life and temps?

@designgears 7 ай бұрын

@@x7ameedo700 bad choice, that drive can pull up to 6W from the APU greatly degrading your game performance.

@x7ameedo700 7 ай бұрын

@@designgears which one do you recommend, i want to upgrade to 4tb?

@mccheeze775 7 ай бұрын

How about gen 3?

@takashy87 8 ай бұрын

How long until we get an update video regarding this setup and how the SSD is performing in 3 or 6 or 12 months ? A lot of people have been pointing out that this makes the SSD basically sit on top of the hot cooling plate / stuff which might affect performance or the life span of the SSD when it comes to temperatures 👀

@pixelman2626 8 ай бұрын

People already install this bracket on day one since ROG Ally got released . I never seen any SSD failure on their ROG Ally on internet because of this mod. On the other hand, it's just only been 3 months

@chocapix_BE 8 ай бұрын

We need this for the SteamDeck as well.

@timnoneya3158 8 ай бұрын

What about power issues? I know the Valve made a big deal out of people doing this to the Stream deck saying the larger SSD draw more power and the system wasn't designed to handle that.

@jozac05 8 ай бұрын

3mo.s ago i modded my steam deck and installed 2280 size 4tb nvme gen 4, but it’s not the fastest nvme drive. My concern was the higher the write speeds the hotter it will get, so it will be safer to install a gen3 or gen4 nvme with decent read & write speed. I think the maximum total storage steam deck will support is up to 9TB, which is 1 8tb nvme + 1TB microsd but I think that is overkill, 5tb is the sweet spot for storge upgrade mod.

@arucane 6 ай бұрын

Yup! I'm putting in a 4TB 2280

@michaels9917 8 ай бұрын

No thermal readings? ETA Prime usually gives us the thermals when benchmarking a new drive/graphics card.

@thetoythief8940 8 ай бұрын

Probably wants to give it a couple days and make a update video

@kevincampos6394 2 ай бұрын

just found out about this today! this installation seems easy and def a reason to possibly sell my deck for a rog. im guessing i can prob use a 4tb + drive ?

@watchdoge6464 6 ай бұрын

A gen3 nvme (they get less toasty) + a very thin aluminum sheet on top of it, like the Kingston Fury Renegade has. That's how i'd do it. Maybe that would be safe enough to stay on top of a 80°C APU all the time

@MrPeterFountains 5 ай бұрын

Hey ETA Prime I went ahead and ordered all of the parts I need for this. I have an extra 1mm thermal pad for the ssd would it cause any issues if I put it on the drive after installation?

@platinum9898 6 ай бұрын

Putting a 4 tb 2280 silicon power 7000 on this bad boy. Hopefully no issues pretty awesome

@rrorge 8 ай бұрын

Hey just a quick question, I know it's that it goes over the heat cooler for the processor, will that not cause it to overheat?

@nguyentrananhvu 8 ай бұрын

I did mind with 4tb msi ssd m2. Work like the gem 😂😂

@Terreos 8 ай бұрын

Maybe it won't have any negative impact on the performance or longevity of the SSD, but having it running right across the APU like that is kinda scary. That gets toasty when gaming so that's definitely gonna heat the SSD up. Guess long term testing would be the only way to know. But a cheaper alternative to the small SSD's might be worth it.

@Dudewitbow 7 ай бұрын

you could argue forcing yourself to use a 2230 would not be a longevity option either. 2230 ssds do not have on board dram cache, sot he write cycles of all 2230 ssds are significantly shorter when compared to ssds with dram on board. (can even be 1/4th the write lifetime)

@Futura2500 7 ай бұрын

@@Dudewitbow however there are 2280's that also have no DRAM cache (like the lexar nm790) which im going to install into my Ally once i got the adaptor

@Dudewitbow 7 ай бұрын

@@Futura2500 hence, compared the ssds with dram, as it implies there are some that dont. Where all 2230 ssds dont due to size

@jneo8808 6 ай бұрын

I bought a 99o pro 2TB and modded the cooling for the Ally adding a heatsink to it. was only 130 dollars for the NVME and like 13 bucks for the 90 degree adapter.

@ezimm81 5 ай бұрын

@@jneo8808how’s the cooling on 990 pro work on the ally though? What cooling solution did you use?

@Knight7I 5 ай бұрын

U r my hero ❤

@basketballislife.1 3 ай бұрын

The M.2 screw that came with the adapter was too long and knocked off the power supply to the motherboard. I just swaped the M.2 screws and that resolved the problem.

@nitmare64 8 ай бұрын

On reddit, it was said that the M.2 runs really, really hot. Makes sense since its almost on top of the heat sink.

@codylester9081 8 ай бұрын

That’s my concern about this mod

@InnocentBaystander 8 ай бұрын

Depends on the ssd - if you go for a cooler ssd that is not running with high thermals (e.g. crucial p3) you will operate within the specifications at max 70 degree celsius. If you go for a very fast high performing one you might run into problems though

@cybercookie72 8 ай бұрын

How hot is hot when running hard games?

@frankwong9486 8 ай бұрын

@@InnocentBaystanderI planned it in reverse, if running heat high performance SSD now we can put pad and dump those heat on the heatsink also , it still hot but will will do better than no cooling attached

@benjiro8793 8 ай бұрын

@@InnocentBaystander And for game loading, running, there is barely any difference between een pcie 3, 4 and 5 nvme. At best its 5% in some, few, very few games. Most are in margin of error... Even for games that stream their content.

@SpartX7 8 ай бұрын

I know it way cheaper this way but I'm not sure about it yet. My concern is that the bigger size may affect thermals negatively. I hope this solution works best for everyone and hopefully we can use any drive we have available to us.

@Bl4ckH4nd 7 ай бұрын

It doesn't affect thermals at all. I've tested this over the last few weeks. The NVME I have also doesn't go over 52c. No need to worry about heat :)

@SpartX7 7 ай бұрын

@@Bl4ckH4nd That is great news.

@ezimm81 5 ай бұрын

@@Bl4ckH4ndwhich nvme did you use? A lot of people using this mod complaining about heat and throttling

@Bl4ckH4nd 5 ай бұрын

@@ezimm81 The XPG 2TB GAMMIX S70 Blade. It has a small heatsink, which doesn't bulk up the device and I've never hit thermal throttling with it, even when gaming for 5 or 6 hours. I checked the temps with CrystalDisk and it never went over 54C. This was whilst playing games during a heatwave where the room temp was around 34C. Hope that helps :)

@kingzor100 4 ай бұрын

i would add that do not touch or do anything before unpluggin the battery ever, you dont wanna fry something that takes 2 seconds to completly eliminate the risk of happening

@liviup6660 8 ай бұрын

I had no ideea i need a new ssd to swap the old ssd!!!!!thx for clarifying 😂😂😂

@bojangles5890 7 ай бұрын

Why does everyone use the Asus cloud recovery? Is there a reason not to clone the drive? I understand if it's brand new - but after a few months it's probably customized to your liking not to mention all the updates that would have to be redone

@darkventhead581 8 ай бұрын

I did this but added some electrical tape over the exposed battery contacts because i was afraid the screw would short out on it somehow.

@lvgs7348 5 ай бұрын

Any updates on this set up ETA? Wondering like a lot of people about the longevity of it

@1972lesteryan 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video as always. I was wondering since its been two months since this video was posted has there been any problems with this modification? Any heat issues? Any performance issues? Im needing to upgrade my ssd in my Rog Ally and im trying to decide which route to take. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

@_mnejing 4 ай бұрын

Unless you're fiending for a ton of space for whatever reason, I'd rather spend a few more dollars and get the 2230 than some high performance larger size drive that generates more heat while next to the heat pipe. My first reaction to this mod was "but that heat..." I'll stick with a 2tb 2230 personally.

@1972lesteryan 4 ай бұрын

@_mnejing true but I can get a 4tb 2280 for the same price if not a little bit cheaper than a 2tb 2230. I'm using my rog ally for not only pc games but also emulation of a lot of ges I grew up with.

@bigslots3143 7 ай бұрын

I cut the heat resistant paper and tucked it under the ssd and put a copper heatsink on the ssd....there's actually quite a bit of room left I wonder if a full sized heatsink would of fit

@BoxBoxJunior 8 ай бұрын

I hope the ayaneo kun is as easy as the ally to upgrade the nvme drive :)

@ddcbanz 5 ай бұрын

I would recommend telling people to unplug the battery before doing anything to the internals. I’ve personally learned the hard way it’s easy to short a power rail by accident and brick your expensive hardware!

@oe5019 8 ай бұрын

‏‪2:42‬‏ don't you require to ground yourself first, and than disconnect the battery cable in the middle under the 2230 SSD ?

@clintk4691 6 ай бұрын

Sweet! Even though the 512 is so far enough for me, I'm definitely keeping this in mind.

@kongsiavang 6 ай бұрын

Would you have to reinstall updates on windows 11 and all that stuff again also or should it be good to go when your done with cloud recovery?

@zacthegamer6145 8 ай бұрын

I already did this and been running a 4TB Gen 4 NVMe.

@YouOweMeMoney 3 ай бұрын

Did you ever run into heat issues?

@zacthegamer6145 3 ай бұрын

@@YouOweMeMoney Not at all.

@zacthegamer6145 3 ай бұрын

@@YouOweMeMoney No issues even in scorching Australian summer...

@HatefulEntertainment 8 ай бұрын

In your humble opinion. Would you say the Rog ally is more "mod friendly" than the steam deck. Opened my steam deck today and closed it right back. This seems more "easier" more clean 😳

@Rawdilz 7 ай бұрын

Always unplug the battery first!

@trentl.2467 8 ай бұрын

Other than saving some money on a smaller NVMe, are you seeing much in the way of speed increases?

@juanyunis 8 ай бұрын

I did this mod, using a high performance nvme and I'm getting 7GB/s speeds with the new drive but tbh, you don't really notice that speed while gaming, probably 1 or 2 seconds max while loading a gaming. You could save money and get a 5GB/s nvme.

@lancefelix5 8 ай бұрын

I have a 8tb no problem 😂 been using it for 2 months now 😅

@PraveenVijayshankar 4 ай бұрын

Which 8tb Drive did you use? Also did you install a heatsink?

@big_bird8597 7 ай бұрын

hey brother whats that cable you have with the wattage readout

@ayanekazuki8667 6 ай бұрын

Did this with a 4tb ssd and the sd card slot just stopped working the after a few hours. I didn’t use any thermal pad or copper heatsink. Going to exchange it for a new one and try again with the a thermal pad and heatsink on top. Update so I got a new Rog Ally and the ssd just died, that was with the heatsink on. Killed both sd card and now ssd. This was using custom tdp set to 25w. This is really annoying, I really wanted to like this device but burning up is making it really hard to keep. I’ll just keep my steam deck Oled and no I’m not a fanboy, I have had all three devices and steam deck is the one device with less issues for me. Not saying it’s perfect though.