Anyone know if I can upgrade the storage? I have a 1 TB nvme stick in on old laptop I could slap in there, not sure if I can though.
Steam machine prices are live
Submitted 2 months ago by gwheel@lemmy.zip to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
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snoons@piefed.ca 2 months ago
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Apparently supports NVMe 2230 or 2280 sizes. You will have to remove the 512 though.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
there’s also a micro sd card slot, for less demanding storage needs
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There’s 2TB NVME drives on Amazon for less than the price delta. Worth it
JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 months ago
First - THANK YOU for the heads up! I was hoping when I got the dBrand Companion Cube notification just after midnight.
dbrand.com/shop/limited-edition/companion-cube
Second - Anyone notice the controller bundles save you $20 over buying the controller individually? Not so sad my controller reservation is AWOL.
hoch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oooooo that enclosure is sick
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 months ago
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I was wrong. People told me weeks ago the cheapest options with smallest drive and without controller will be at least 1k priced. I really did not think this would happen… but here we are. Steam Machine is basically dead on arrival, this hurts.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is there another option that’s cheaper for someone who wants this form factor and to not fuck around building a PC and wants to move away from consoles?
It’s not like it’s expensive in a vacuum. Gaming is just expensive these days.
I think you are forgetting what the goal is here.
artyom@piefed.social 2 months ago
Sad, but expected
derek@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Pretty machine. Probably not for me, but pretty.
shiv@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Wanted to switch from console but can’t pre order because I haven’t ordered anything from steam prior to April 27th. At this point I’m just going to stop gaming.
derin@lemmy.beru.co 2 months ago
That’s unfortunately in place to stop scalpers. Realistically, once demand dies down, you’ll be able to order anonymously/with a new account like most pre-existing steam Hardware.
shiv@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It really does make sense. I wish there could be a line for console ascenders but obviously that’s not plausible without scalpers hopping in.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
if you are a bit more flexible in the formfactor, you can build a small pc for the budget.
The biggest downside would be the missing HDMI CEC
snoons@piefed.ca 2 months ago
Shit. Maybe try to find a free game to add to your library? That might do it, might not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ibot@feddit.org 2 months ago
I would really like to have one. But I own a XBOX Series X and realistically that’s fine for me to use. hardware wise, the Steam Machine is not even a big update.
I’ll wait 8 years for the next gen Steam Machine.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 months ago
Hardware wise, the Series X beats this with ease. It’s not even close.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
as a not that big a gamer, i was thinking of the Steamdeck to replace my aging Minisforum “desktop”.
I had originally thought of the Framework
with 64GB/2TB
and then move move the Minisforum to some LAN self hosting work (Jellyfin etc) but it has nothing for HDDs aside from external USB3, (and 1x internal NVME and 2x internal SSD) which i am led to believe is problematic
i currently just run a HDD on the router and use Kodi via a Nvidia box to a dumb TV.
I’d love to hear opinions from those with more insight
green_goglin@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
fuck that
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I’m coming in cold on this so I don’t actually know what AI has in connection with this machine or why everyone seems to hate this. I was just wondering, are you kind of expected to put your own hard drives in to this? The price didn’t seem too bad assuming it’s actually relatively capable but that’s only of opting for the 512GB storage.
ChetManly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
DOA