The 8TB version of the Editors' Choice-winning WD Black SN850X was wicked-fast in our tests, and it has the biggest capacity you'll find in a single consumer M.2 drive. And it just saw a second Prime ...

Lexar announced three additions to its gaming product lineup – the new NM790 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD, ARES DDR5 Desktop Memory in 6400MT/s, and ARES RGB DDR4 Desktop Memory in 3600MT/s.

However, its first goal was to offer an SSD in the shorter 2230 M.2 form factor for mobile gaming devices such as the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally. This time its a full size 2280 SSD for PCs and ...

So, a 2280 M.2 SSD is 22mm wide and 80mm long. Since a longer M.2 SSD has more physical space, 2260, 2280, and 22110-sized SSDs can reach a higher max storage capacity.

Standard 2280 M.2 SSDs won't fit inside your Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED, ... Instead, to get a Steam Deck storage upgrade, you can grab a 2230 M.2 SSD, like the excellent TeamGroup MP44S.

Reaching 6,000MB/s and at up to 2TB Kingston has added a new form-factor to the popular NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD lineup, the ...

With its sized perfectly for PS5 heatsink and 7,400 MB/s throughput, Lexar's Play 2280 is designed specifically for fast PlayStation 5 storage expansion.

The 2280 and 2230 NVMe SSDs drives were tested using a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot in a desktop PC using a Ryzen 7900X3D and 32 GB of DDR5 RAM. The SATA SSDs were tested on the same PC using a SATA 6 Gbps port.

Underneath the black sheet of plastic, the original SSD that came with your device will be visible next to the fan on the left side of the Ally (in the ROG Ally X, the rectangular 2280-size SSD is ...

However, most of the time you're going to want to stick with an M.2 2280 drive – they're the most common M.2 drives on the market. We also recommend getting an SSD with a built-in heatsink.