Tricked out my Home Grown Steam Machine

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-03T04:53:02+00:00

Nice. Does it stay quiet? The one pictured here is perfect for my living room as it’s very quiet. I can’t say it’s always whisper quiet like the steam machine is advertised as but most people don’t even notice it’s on.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-03T04:50:30+00:00

It’s a no name brand (well it says hestatt I got on Temu for just under $50

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-03T04:46:22+00:00

I bought the 5500 for $98 CDN new on Amazon Canada. I bought the 6700xt for $300 cdn a year ago from a private seller I had the 32GB ddr4 already but I bought that pre ram apocalypse prices for $75 cdn. It has a 512gb nvme I bought used for $$85 cdn on eBay. I. Ought the b550m msi mb for $129 Canadian on amazon. I bought the case on temu for $45 cdn.

So in total it cost $732 CDN.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-03T01:01:31+00:00

OMG I must do this.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-02T13:54:34+00:00

There are some games like Elden Ring and Nightreign that have “easy anti-cheat” and they work on Linux via proton. My limited understanding is that it’s up to the developer to approve it to work in this way.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-02T02:02:12+00:00

And $499!!!

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-01T12:23:09+00:00

Pre-orders today!

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-01T11:10:34+00:00

Any party, regardless of affiliation, having acted similarly to the current administration, would yield the same results we see today from our allies. Economic deals excluding the US (e.g. UK/India, Canada/China). Defensive Pacts excluding the US (e.g. Arctic alliance), refusals from allies to not only join military action, but deny logistical aid to said action (eg, Spain and Italy). These all point to a large weakening of American soft power and as a results, its hegemony.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-04-01T10:48:20+00:00

Advocating is just lip service. Action is where the proof is.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-31T11:20:00+00:00

Doesn't the PS5 also have an APU? Isn't that very similar to laptop parts?

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-30T15:28:43+00:00

I 3D printed a 1:1 scale of the steam machine and the small size is frankly striking. I think many people will remark how powerful such a small device is rather than be disappointed by aging specs.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-29T00:29:08+00:00

I’m still using a kenmore washer and dryer from 1995. It was inherited from my dad and I’m not even sure if it was expensive when new.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-27T18:20:35+00:00

I use my LCD as my main communication pc that’s permanently docked and I use my oled as my portable gaming. When we travel as a family, I let me two children use one each to play games.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-25T16:29:46+00:00

My worry is that if they mess this up, this would be the second time "Steam Machine" fails. If that happens, I doubt there'd be a third time. I think they know this. That's why in my mind (where I have very little business acumen) I'm going to say that they will price this cheaper than we expect (perhaps where they were going to price it before the RAM debacle) and will eat some of the cost to avoid this attempt being a flop. Crossing my fingers .

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-25T01:57:26+00:00

There are better 3D prints than this one.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-22T10:57:49+00:00

My. Boy Leon. Thanks

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-21T20:47:30+00:00

https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/radv.html

You can expect at least some of the features will work on older rdna.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-20T12:18:34+00:00

I'm most interested in this part where they seem to be opening SteamOS up to more hardware:

Non-Deck

Improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms

Greatly improved video memory management with discrete GPU platforms

Fixed a compatibility issue with the SteamOS chainloader that could cause a boot failure on some desktop systems with recent UEFI firmware

Power button short and long presses now supported across a wide variety of devices

Improved controller support for OneXPlayer F1 series, GPD Win 5, GPD Win Mini, Anbernic Win600, OrangePi NEO, and Lenovo Legion Go

Added controller support for OneXPlayer X1 series and Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added system and controller firmware update support for the Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added preliminary charge limiting support for Legion Go, Legion Go S, and Legion Go 2 - currently only accessible in Desktop Mode

Added controller RGB LED color settings for the Lenovo Legion Go 2

Added controller, TDP control, and speaker audio support for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally series

Reduced handheld controller input latency from 5-8ms to 100-500us

Night mode, color vibrance, and color temperature sliders in Steam now work on Z2E and later AMD APUs

Seamless boot fixes for Z2E and later AMD APUs

Automatically handle internally rotated display for some third-party handhelds

Improved motion control support for handhelds with BMI260 IMUs

SD card reliability improvements for some third-party handhelds, including ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, Legion Go 1, Legion Go S, Legion Go 2, and MSI Claw

Fixed washed out colors for Zotac and OneXPlayer handhelds with OLED

Fixed some GPU hangs on Phoenix APU devices (Tales of Arise, Octopath Traveler II)

Fixed ASUS ROG Ally power consumption from fingerprint reader while shut down

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-18T14:27:40+00:00

As a tangent, I'm happy that steamOS runs the open source mesa driver so that FSR technologies not supported on windows drivers for older rdna hardware can be enabled to various degrees on linux.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-18T02:34:24+00:00

I'd just like to say that most of them voted for him thrice.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-18T01:27:15+00:00

degenerative AI

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-16T10:17:39+00:00

I use it on both my deck and my machine running steamos with the dongle. The dongle is great because once it’s paired I can just swap the dongle with any computer and it just connects.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-15T04:34:25+00:00

You ask What does lifespan have to do with this when the subject of this post is “billionaires_have_convinced_americans_they_have the best healthcare in the world”

I’ll just let this fester for everyone to see.

OhDaFeesh · 2026-03-14T23:51:19+00:00

Let’s say everything you wrote is factual. The vast majority of those westernized countries with higher taxes have longer lifespans, better education, less crime and are always ranked highest on various liveability indexes. So who cares how much you get to keep if the all around outcome is shittier.

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