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[GoldenEye Samurai]

I'm looking for SD Cards for the Switch 2. Maybe a 512GB but I don't know which ones are compatible.

I'll eat half your piece of cake. How bout it?

 

[amigastar]

As far as i know SanDisk cards are pretty reliable, at least for me i never had problems with SanDisk.
Infact my SanDisk external SSD is with it's 1000mb/s extremely fast.
Also I would avoid buying cheap Chinese sd cards, i bought those chinese usb sticks with 1 TB and they all produced an error after some time.

 

[Banjo64]

This is the one you want.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7743793?_$ja=tsid:72555%7Cacid:F112GJAU%7Ccid:614141317%7Cagid:1169882322230030%7Ctid:pla-2324917338783381%7Ccrid:73117994953773%7Cnw:search%7Cdvc:m%7Cst:sandisk%20express%20microsd%20card%20512gb%7Cmt:be%7Cloc:41473&cmpid=BPLA01&utm_source=Microsoft_Ads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=614141317&utm_term=default&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=1169882322230030&utm_custom2=F112GJAU&msclkid=e9494a0e5adc15864609238d87ff17be&gclid=e9494a0e5adc15864609238d87ff17be&gclsrc=3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=23099132804

 

[jshackles]

Best price to performance ratio seems to be the Onn (Walmart store brand) cards, if you're in the US

Robot or human?

 

[StereoVsn]

Best price to performance ratio seems to be the Onn (Walmart store brand) cards, if you're in the US

Robot or human?

That has to be a rebrand of some cheap Chinese vendor.

Otherwise Sandisk or Lexar seem to be decent.

 

[jshackles]

That has to be a rebrand of some cheap Chinese vendor.

Otherwise Sandisk or Lexar seem to be decent.

Actually, these are rebranded Lexar cards.

 

[StereoVsn]

Actually, these are rebranded Lexar cards.

Ahh, that's a pretty good price then, no question. There are also Nintendo branded ones which I want to say are Sandisk, but I could be wrong.

 

[ReBurn]

Best price to performance ratio seems to be the Onn (Walmart store brand) cards, if you're in the US

Robot or human?

This is what I bought. Been just fine so far.

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

Ahh, that's a pretty good price then, no question. There are also Nintendo branded ones which I want to say are Sandisk, but I could be wrong.

I think the Switch 2 ones are Samsung. Switch 1 were Sandisk.

I bought the Samsung P9 and it has been good. It's a little slower than the Sandisk, but it has about 20GB more usable storage for the 512GB model.

 

[danklord]

S deez nuts

 

[StereoVsn]

I think the Switch 2 ones are Samsung. Switch 1 were Sandisk.

I bought the Samsung P9 and it has been good. It's a little slower than the Sandisk, but it has about 20GB more usable storage for the 512GB model.

Yeah, I think Sandisk, Samsung and Lexar are fine. Everything else is a bit of a ???

 

[Loomy]

Doesn't the Switch limit the transfer rate of SD cards like every other console?

Yeah, I think Sandisk, Samsung and Lexar are fine. Everything else is a bit of a ???

Any one of these you're good.

I have some straight up fraudulent cards here lol.

 

[danklord]

I got this PNY card and it's been perfect

 

[Codes 208]

I shouldve bought mine from work (walmart) so that I could use my discount on the onn brand.

I ended up buying the gamestop one instead as part of my preorder for like $35 more

 

[StereoVsn]

I got this PNY card and it's been perfect

Man, the 1TB versions are pricey.

 

[jshackles]

Man, the 1TB versions are pricey.

I was hoping to find a cheap one in Japan last year but alas they're expensive worldwide it seems.

Ended up getting mine from the Newegg Christmas door buster deals last year. It's a Patriot brand 256GB card, but it was only $19.99. Hoping it holds out long enough for the 1TB (or larger) cards to come down in price.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

I was hoping to find a cheap one in Japan last year but alas they're expensive worldwide it seems.

Ended up getting mine from the Newegg Christmas door buster deals last year. It's a Patriot brand 256GB card, but it was only $19.99. Hoping it holds out long enough for the 1TB (or larger) cards to come down in price.

The problem I think is that the Switch 2 is the only product on the market that actually supports microsd express, despite the standard being several years old.

 

[Durin]

Any of the Lexar or Sandisk micro sd express cards seem the way to go, and I think Lexar has the biggest one (and their are knockoffs of it).

I'd just love to see when Nintendo announces the inevitable Switch 2 OLED, they go with the newer Mini SSD format being teased at the last CES by companies like Biwin:

Read and write speeds of up to 3700MB/s and 3400MB/s, basically gets close enough to PS5/XSX/PC gen4 nvme ssd speeds in a tiny format.

 

[danklord]

Man, the 1TB versions are pricey.

I got 512. You can really load a ton of games.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Is what I have and a Samsung for my other SW2.

 

[alf717]

Wanted to grab the Onn 512 from Walmart but they never restocked them until the prices went up. If only the games were on the carts...

 

[Deerock71]

I just got the Gamestop branded ones, and if it seizes up it's going right back.

 

[daxgame]

I'm looking for SD Cards for the Switch 2. Maybe a 512GB but I don't know which ones are compatible.

I'll eat half your piece of cake. How bout it?

Hi, not sure if posted already but I was in your boat until recently and spent quite some time.

I found only one website that did some serious tests, here they are:

I live in Europe and AGI is not a brand that I found so I indeed bought the PNY 512 GB.

However... as you can see the difference is very small in the end. So if you don't care - just go with the cheapest, if you want something cheap but from a "good brand", probably Sandisk , I think. If you are in the US I think the cheapest is Gamestop's or the Nintendo-branded (Samsung.). Kinda funny to me because at least here in Europe, the Nintendo-branded one is Sandisk's instead (see photo below)... but as far as I found there's only a 256 GB version.

Personally - with this bad trend of Game Key Cards, I would recommend only a 512 GB or 1TB. I just bought FF7 Remake and yikes, 90 GB install lol.

 

[videogamedude]

lol this thread makes me so mad

 

[Bark]

The overpriced, Nintendo branded ones, duh.

 

[Deerock71]

I paid a king's ransom for a 1TB Gamestop express SD card. I expect them to back it up, but so far it has performed flawlessly.

 

[BlackTron]

Surprised nobody has said this yet, but the kind of SD card that you use in Switch 1 will NOT work for Switch 2.

You need the newer, faster cards that say EX somewhere on the front of the card. Which of course, many of the recommendations here have, but you can't just pick a brand. It has to be EX type.

I went with this 512 from Walmart, works great and the price is right, though it was $15 lower back when Switch 2 came out. https://www.walmart.com/ip/ONN-MICRO-SD-EXPRESS/15708762625

 

[Deerock71]

Surprised nobody has said this yet, but the kind of SD card that you use in Switch 1 will NOT work for Switch 2.

You need the newer, faster cards that say EX somewhere on the front of the card. Which of course, many of the recommendations here have, but you can't just pick a brand. It has to be EX type.

I went with this 512 from Walmart, works great and the price is right, though it was $15 lower back when Switch 2 came out. https://www.walmart.com/ip/ONN-MICRO-SD-EXPRESS/15708762625

Well, in my defense, I DID mention I have an express SD card. I've had one too many beers to help along others.