This makes buying a reliable and good 2230 SSD a bit of a challenging task as users may not be aware of the various other brands and models available in the market. also make 2230 SSDs but they are mostly for OEMs and not for the retail market. Bigger manufacturers like Samsung, Hynix, etc. For the retail market, only a handful of smaller manufacturers make 2230 SSDs.

However, when it comes to availability and range, they lack well behind the M.2 2280 PCIe SSDs. M.2 2230 SSDs (NVMe) are also compatible with all the devices that support the bigger M.2 2280 NVMe drives. The most common use of M.2 2230 NVMe SSDs is in Steam Deck, Microsoft Surface pro 8/pro 7+/pro X, laptop3, laptop4, laptop go, book3, slim mini PC/HTPC, Ultrabook, and other smaller portable computers. Here, you can see that 2230 is the smallest while M.2 22110 is the biggest form factor for M.2 solid-state drives. Other M.2 SSD form factors besides 2, 2260, and 22110.

For them, you need M.2 2230 NVMe solid state drives that are super compact having a length of only 30mm while the width is the same as 22mm.

However, M.2 2280 SSD can be too big for some devices like Steam Deck, Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets/Laptops, Portable Mini Computers, Slim AIO (All-in-one) PCs, etc. M.2 2280 SSD, mostly NVMe is widely used in Desktop PCs, Workstations, Laptops, and some consoles like PlayStation 5. The most popular and widely used form factor for M.2 NVMe SSD is 2280 where the number 22 specifies the M.2 SSD width in mm and 80 denotes its length in mm.

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