Make a mini PC

[vanishedchief2021]

Please make a mini PC same specs as the steam deck but keep the price under 400 pound PC gaming's getting too expensive.

[Aachen]

…. Revisit the Steam Machine? Doubtful, but who can see the future?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

Make a mini PC

Please make a mini PC same specs as the steam deck but keep the price under 400 pound PC gaming's getting too expensive.

The Steam Deck is that mini PC you are asking for. It does exactly what the Steam Machines did only better.

[nullable]

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

Please make a mini PC same specs as the steam deck but keep the price under 400 pound PC gaming's getting too expensive.

Buy a Steam Deck, then buy the dock for it.

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/dock

[vanishedchief2021]

I've got a steam deck and dock and I love it just want some type of mini PC thing so I don't have to worry about the battery And could put a better fan for cooling

[Boblin the Goblin]

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

I've got a steam deck and I love it just want some type of mini PC thing so I don't have to worry about the battery

That's literally what the dock is for.

[Haruspex]

Other companies already do this:
https://store.minisforum.com/collections/all-product/products/minisforum-um773-lite?variant=43717641666805

You can get something like that, then run Windows or Linux, or when SteamOS 3 releases fully you can install that.

This was the idea with Steam Machines in the first place. Valve made one as an example, but the idea was for other manufacturers to roll out tons of variants. It was a bit premature though, as Linux gaming wasn't great at the time and Steam Machines would typically need expensive dedicated GPUs since onboard graphics really weren't suitable for gaming at all.

That's changed now though. AMD APUs are much faster and are proven to be good at gaming. The work on Proton has really matured and now Linux is a viable contender for a gaming OS. You have all the ingredients you need today to get yourself a very good "Steam Machine", and Valve doesn't even need to make it for you.

[The Commendatore]

SlowMango eredeti hozzászólása:

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

I've got a steam deck and I love it just want some type of mini PC thing so I don't have to worry about the battery

That's literally what the dock is for.

This. It's how I use my Deck nowadays.

[76561199502155650]

just get a mini pc or older pc an put steam os on it instead of windows, i have been looking into this alternative, ideally if your pc has less then 4gigs of ram you need to either just toss it or stick to games made for it which most likely is pre online download games anyway.

online gaming is really annoying if your have a slow and old computer.

steam should make a steam os that works for "ARM" and Android devices, then the steam population would really explode, consider for a second that ANDROID cellphone devices are in everyones pocket,

if steam could support android and iphone devices they would increase there marketablity 100 times over.

[Start_Running]

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

Please make a mini PC same specs as the steam deck but keep the price under 400 pound PC gaming's getting too expensive.

You can already do that. They sell those already. Just,,buy one of those. Any M-ATX, or ITX form factor system will work.

Install Steam OS. and if you really want. Printo on a steam sticker and slap it on the machine's side.

[Mad Scientist]

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

I've got a steam deck and dock and I love it just want some type of mini PC thing so I don't have to worry about the battery And could put a better fan for cooling

mITX is larger than the steam deck and dock. The deck is the smallest you can get while still playing these games.

[Brian9824]

There are already options like this which are far better for gaming - https://computers.woot.com/offers/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-pc-gtx-1660-super-1?

Your going to need a bigger computer for any type of gaming that isn't on the go. You have to deal more with heat dispersion, you need a power supply that is built for more long term use, you need usb ports, outputs for display, ethernet ports, etc.

[nullable]

vanishedchief2021 eredeti hozzászólása:

I've got a steam deck and dock and I love it just want some type of mini PC thing so I don't have to worry about the battery And could put a better fan for cooling

Are you clinging to some outdated battery FUD, where if it's always charged up or you're always charging it, that will harm the battery?

That's the only thing I can guess with a statement like this.

Short answer, don't worry about it. I've bee running my Nintendo Switch almost exclusively in docked mode for years. I've keep my phone nearly fully charged all the time. Engineers have solved or mitigated these problems both with battery design and how devices behave when plugged in.