Just FYI but the gamer nexus hardware review they figured out that that metal plate is part of the cooling system and helps force air over the rest of the motherboard and keep it cool. So be careful if you modify it.

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A great thing about Linux is that all AMD drivers are built in the kernel. So, if you want to change your entire machine, you just need to move the SSD to your new build, without the need to re-install the operating system again!

I was able to put in my reservations just 30 minutes after it was opened for the 512GB version. Hopefully I will be one of the lucky ones in the first batch!

This is exactly the shit I want to see! Interesting idea, never thought about it, but it should be possible :D Q2 too...

Enjoyed the vid, got a sub, nice work

Hmm... you confirm what I thought I could always do. If I needed desktop graphics overseas, a framework laptop could easily do this.

I mean if you are going through the trouble of 3d printing a backplate for the modded deck might as well integrate a portable SSD holder to the back of it so it still be possible to make it portable by detaching a screw/pcie connection. You could maybe also incorporate a small USB-C hub as well so you can have charge passthrough too. It would be a cool setup and still remains in the realm of Jank lmao

I love Frankenstein projects. I'll be curious how you make it out with this. And as it looks both of us will be getting our steam decks around the same time :)

Please keep me updated on this. This is the one reason I haven’t pulled the trigger on the pre-order. I’m moving to college in 4 ish months and this would be a much better alternative and use case for my 5700 xt than to lug around a hunk of a system around

Subcribed, lookin foward 2 see how it goes then, if any way you do it, could you also try passing the GPU through to a VM, on qemu? If you know what i mean haha

16:10 aspect ratio is not weird >:C

If the Deck just had thunderbolt usb-c it would've saved us the hassle.

Not sure this is really worth it. For someone to buy a steam deck, a graphics card, a power supply, keyboard, monitor, mouse and the cable to hijack the m.2 slot etc. You're getting to the stage where it would be cheaper just to buy a desktop. Which leaves this an option for someone who already has the other parts. If you just buy a desktop you lose the portability of the Steam deck, but with this mod I'd also worry about wear and tear on that m.2 slot, if you continuously switch between dock and handheld. Especially if you put the ssd back into the m2 slot. I don't think those slots are really designed to be changed that often.

Super dumb... but I understand why someone would do this... because they can... but really no reason... just buy a gaming laptop or desktop... why make a handheld a non portable mess of cables... lol

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This is jank af. I love it!

You probably wouldnt even need to remove m.2 ssd, because i think wifi chip is connected with m.2 also, could be wrong though

I doubt that I will have the courage to try something like this myself when I get my Steam Deck, but if you happen to actually try this, please document the whole process. This is super interesting.

I mean, you could probably just wait for an external GPU enclosure (that connects via USB-C) to be sjpported.

Suuup should i buy this or a laptop?

Id like to be able to hook a external gpu to my steam deck but I would not resort to something quite that jank lol if a cleaner solution turns up though I'd be all over it.

What if you plugged the gpu into an m.2 slot in an enclosure/dock and booted from the microSD? Would it work? And if it does, how much worse would using the port be than the built-in m.2 slot?

This is the definition of jank. And I love it all 😂

Id like to see this

If only the deck had thunderbolt all this would be unnecessary... Still, the outcome will be so cool but the real world use kind of defeats the purpose of what the SD does doesn't it? I know I'll be docking, displaying on a bigger screen when at home and that'll probably not look as great even with an upscaling device but I think I speak for most who wouldn't want to go this far for graphical improvements.

It’s a real pity the steam deck doesn‘t have USB4. If it did an eGPU setup would be a simple single cable affair with no hardware modding required. Maybe something to hope for in a steam deck 2?

Game streaming seems safer

So why again not just pair it with a basic core i3 12100 system on an H610 board in a cheap case?

Just use a wireless eGPU aka steam link to your gaming PC.

Ok here is my plan: Build out the M2 ssd and boot from the Micro SD card. Build in an Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card and wire it up to the USB port. At the end you can close the whole case and the only thing you need to do is docking your deck into an TB4 Dock with an eGPU! Done! What do you think? It looks sleek, works great and you get a ton of extra features. Like you can use your dock with an Thunderbolt 4 Dock as a full fledged desktop with 3 monitors, mouse keyboard and an external drive. So what do you think about my idea?

This is absurd! With the combined cost of this, and the reduction of portability, it makes no sense. You can just buy a beefy laptop (w/Thunderbolt for eGPU) , and call it a day.

like the idea seems kinda pointless for a steam deck that is build for portability.

This is a bad idea, you better off buying a mini pc for this. The cpu in the Steam deck will bottle neck a gpu like this.

Get out the vr and backpack. 🤔

Anyone done this with a steamdeck yet?

THIS GUY UNDERSTANDS PCS AND PC GAMING 😂😆😂 WHY?? BECAUSE WE CAN!!!

Well boys we all got clickbaited

Buy why tho just get a desktop

Holy this is a money waste 🤣 if you still can use it portable, sure, this would be kinda cool if still more expensive than a gaming laptop. But like this, can't just unplug your egpu like with a usb-c one, so you made a desktop PC which is more expensive and has worse performance. If you went with a thunderbolt card and figure out a way to fit a separate dedicated USB port for docking it would kinda make sense to put all this money and effort into it. I wish you good luck with the project though, everyone has to have hobbies 🤷🏻‍♂️

This made me smile! Thanks for sharing! You are late to the party = P-R-O-M-O-S-M!!!

I'll roast for thinking you'll get roasted! AMD running better on Linux than Nvidia is just a fact.

manjaro? no. man jare o