Sony has activated the PlayStation 5's M.2 SSD expansion slot via the beta system software. With the right hardware and a bit of tinkering you can boost your gaming console's internal storage.

J5Create unveiled an upcoming Thunderbolt 5 dock at CES. This particular product stood apart by offering both an MXM graphics card built into it and an M.2 slot for an SSD, plus a good selection ...

For a limited time, Amazon is discounting this Kingston NV3 2TB M.2 SSD to just $130 ... so long as there is a compatible slot on the product. Microsoft Surface devices often utilize this size of SSD, ...

The M.2 SSD expansion slot on the PS5 is being activated in a global system update this week. PlayStation announced the upcoming September system update for PS5 in a PlayStation blog post on ...

Even better, the Sabrent 7-in-1 Steam Deck Dock has a full-sized M.2 SSD slot in the bottom, allowing you to increase the external storage of your gaming handheld while you dock it to play on a ...

In addition to the slot for an M.2 SSD, this dock comes with a USB-C port for your power supply, two USB 3.2 ports, one USB 2.0 port, HDMI 2.0, and a Gigabit ethernet port.

The slot accepts both M.2 SATA and NVMe SSDs and can accommodate 2242, 2260, and 2280 form factors. The drive is cooled by the hub’s aluminum enclosure as well as an integrated thermal pad.

ASUS has teased the GPU pushing over 12GB/sec reads from the integrated M.2 slot, thanks to ASUS using an M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 SSD slot on the back of the RTX 4060 Ti DUAL SSD.

Remove the cover from the M.2 SSD slot Once you have the console’s faceplate off, you should easily spot the M.2 SSD slot. You can see it marked in the image above.

In a response to Reddit Steam community members, Valve's own Gabe Newell confirmed that Steam Deck console indeed uses an M.2 NVMe slot, but it is a 2230 form-factor one, which is pretty hard to find.

However, I've seen a few adapters like this that seem to allow attaching a m.2 SSD to an mSATA slot. Would it be a good idea to go this route, or should I stick with a SATA or mSATA SSD?

Even if you’re never going to design a M.2 card, now you know how to tell SATA and NVMe M.2 SSDs apart, and why pushing a B-key 4G card into your M-key SSD slot will not result in anything good.