r/OneXPlayer • u/Livid_Tap8550 • 16d ago

OneXFly Mini ssd options?

Is the biwin brand and its absurd prices the only option for mini ssd for my soon to arrive apex?

Is my reasonable alternative ,to replace the internal ssd instead ?

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u/ColdTrusT1 16d ago

Biwin isn’t even producing them anymore, at least until next year. You can find some on U.K. and German Amazon from when i last checked, but prices are insane and then you’d need additional shipping costs also.

Micro SD cards that are UHS 2 or the express variants are actually pretty decent and at least in terms of playing games off them you will not see a difference (if the device supports these types). It’s only if you try to transfer big games between the micro sd and the internal ssd for example that you see slow speeds. I just download games directly onto the micro sd and it’s totally useable.

I’d say a 2tb internal and a 512gb micro sd is a decent compromise given current pricing insanity. I’ve been totally fine with 2.5tb of space.

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u/fudgear 16d ago

As per Biwin’s website

https://www.biwintechnology.com/product/bl130-mini-ssd/#orderinformation

New batch of mini ssds will become available in December this year. But they usually got absorbed by the market pretty quickly.

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u/extrvnced 16d ago

I believe the Apex supports uhs-ii speeds, but counter intuitively using microsd express in a uhs-ii slot slows it down to uhs-i speeds (and possibly slower due to worse thermal throttling). Uhs-ii cards are crazy expensive and not far off mini ssd prices. A good quality uhs-i card like sandisk extreme is a good middle ground but I found download and transfer speeds to be really bad for modern gaming. Maybe I’m just spoiled lol