Comment on AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release

• arudesalad@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A week after it ships ebay will be full of “steam machine bring your own ram”

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is it upgradeable? I assumed it would be soldered in.

    Maybe we’ll see, “Some soldering required,” instead 😂

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    • Soapbox@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They explicitly said it has user upgradeable ram. The graphics card is soldered on though. Its basically gaming laptop hardware.

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    • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Given the proclivities of Valve and their hardware so far, i woud expect the gabecube to not have soldered ram.

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It is, using SODIMMs (Laptop form factor)

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      • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Cool, I tried to find the info, but obviously didn’t find that detail. It makes sense, all things considered

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why would it be soldered? It’s not like it’s in a laptop with space constraints.

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      • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I dunno. There’s probably plenty of examples where companies soldered RAM instead of installing SODIMM slots, even when they had space. I agree that it makes sense, but sense isn’t always a factor when a company starts crunching the production cost numbers.

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      • greybeard@feddit.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised if it was soldered on because it shares the RAM with the GPU. That’s pretty common these days, and GPUs want both high performance RAM and low latency. There are solutions to significantly lower the trace lengths between expandable RAM and the CPU/GPU, but the standard never took off.

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      • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Have you seen how it looks without the casing? this thing is filled to the brim, whatever space was left has been filled with cooling, it would be complicated to place a standard d6 in there - the whole system is built around the cooling that goes through the middle. but the ram isn’t soldered and i think it’s even placed so you can upgrade it without dismantling the whole thing.

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    • arudesalad@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Considering how repairable the steam deck is, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is upgradable

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