A Steam Deck Mini PC Using Real Hardware!

This actually worked better than expected, but seriously, don't take your Steam Deck apart to try this

3d print a case. Better cooler and 20 watt tdp?? Valve? New steam machine?

Very curious how this will stack up against alternative options in a couple months (hopefully) after Valve makes SteamOS more accessible on 3rd party devices.

I imagine people will be trying to test SteamOS on every mini-PC and such ASAP. No idea if there's anything with better performance than a Steam Deck for the price though, particularly if you get a cheaper broken one.

Honestly really curious if it's possible to overclock it at all with a better permanent solution and good cooling.

Totally understand if you don't go into this at all but I'm also really curious how this works for emulation options. I know you can do a lot of emulation on the steam deck normally BUT I'm curious if it can actually run them at more normal "full" resolutions and such when output this way.

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i don’t think this can handle voltage fluctuations without a battery which acts as a protective measure in portable devices like laptops , in the long term it will probably damage components

I would love to see the part two and if you make a printable case file available would be dope.

When will there be a part two

I want someone to make a umpc case for this thing so bad!

Seems like a good contender for an eGPU

itd be cool to make a sorta steam deck mini/slim out of this

Is it technically possible to create a laptop using steamdeck?

Very cool. Subscribed. 😎

Hi! A strange question/request:
Are you able to take a multimeter set in diode mode and check where the central power button pin ends?
Because I have a Steam Deck bought used that had a destroyed power button, and the wreckage took the central pin soldering pad with it 😢
I set "Boot up when AC is plugged in" in the BIOS as my workaround for powering up the console, but if it hard crash on a game I'm stuck.
I hope you can read this comment and possibly save my day, lol

P.S: I can't find a mainboard diagram anywhere, which sucks 😢

Now put it in a clamshell design with a keyboard and a screen and you just made my dream device

Video needs a follow-up with case

Hey hear me out could you hollow out a PS portal and put this in it? The ps portal connection is trash but my steam deck connects way better

Part 2?

I was depressed after watching this because this device is more powerful than my laptop

Some people be like : it doesn't play 1080p😞
Broke ass Me: if it works I play for I playing not for graphics I play for story I'm busy playing GTA V storymode on a Dell vostro 3670 i3 core 8th generation 8gig ram with no graphics cards using 888 megabytes of resources if it can play no problem than I play

How feasible would that be with a ROG ally motherboard ?

make a steam deck "lite" with it

Part 2

Where’s the steam controller? 😢

Of note, the 64GB version of the Steamdeck does not have on-board storage, it has an M.2 card with EMMC, or at least my 64GB version did. Card looked weird, almost like one of those old CPUs on an interposer.

Overclock it once you will upgrade cooling

You made this project look so awesome that I wanna try it even when having a functional steam deck 😅

Love that charger with built-in ports!
Which one is it?

Crazy the performance you can get out of such a tiny system!

563.9 hours in Cyberpunk 2077? Maybe I should start playing it anytime soon since I own it ;-)

Why 900p? You're upscaling the game to 900p then upscaling that to 1080p via the inferior post-process FSR in the OS, wouldn't you have better results just setting the game to 1080p and going down a stage in the in-game FSR?

Can you do that but reverse? Like turn a pc into a steam deck

A Collab with @diyperks would be epic

Like if you wanna see this collab

can i use a xbox controller on this

Hey what about the GPU? How is it able to render all that?

Hi can I adapt this to and laptop and improve it so it runs better

The deck restarted because there was a TDP peak that required more power than the USB port could provide. To handle this, the device drew additional energy from the battery.

I know Framework laptops have some sort of support for a desktop mode for their boards, I wonder if they figured out how to get around the battery limitation for firmware updates.

I worked on a simulator project and in my experience the motherboard needs a battery when the Steam Deck works full power, otherwise it will reboot.

Damn! I wish I have that tho I don’t have pc😢😮

Hey valve!! An idea for a small steam machine 😊 make it affordable and fun to play

Make a 3d printed custom case

This would be perfect for in my car!

Integrate the power supply into the final product, if you can!

This is literally more modular and compatible than a laptop is. Laptops don't typically work without their native screen, or only display operating systems (meaning no BIOS or reinstalling) on external screens. Laptops also really don't like to work without a battery nowadays. This used to be a non-issue, but...

Neat project. The Steam Deck is actually kind of powerful, this makes it a pretty good mini PC if you pick a broken one up that isn't broken on the motherboard.

😃like that ideal alot👍👍👍👍

Can i buy it of you for 175 pounds
i am your biggest fan

This is actually kind of interesting and makes me wonder how long until someone makes a 3D printer file for a case for it. Would be kind of cool to just have something like this hooked to the back of your monitor.

I wonder what kind of small form factor PC you can build and what it can handle with a external GPU hooked up.