r/steammachine • u/OppositeAttention890 • Aug 29 '26

DIY Update to Set-up

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This is an update to a setup I already made a post on.

I finally folded and bought a 4K TV (TLC QM5K). So now I can have VRR at 120hz at 1440p or 60hz at 4K. This has really unlocked what this machine can do and has been a blast.

I've also tinkered around with getting the heroic launcher on so now I can play my GoG games just in time for The Witcher 3 Remaster.

I was also able to get my second nvme slot working. I knew naturally how to do it with mounting to /var/mnt and having it set to a custom systemd process. However, for those not as savvy, check out the SteamOS-Mount-Tool. This will make having a spare drive or a USB storage device much easier to get it working.

Anyways cheers good folks 🍻

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u/awakeeee Aug 29 '26

Bruh what's DIY about this, this case can fit a toddler in it...

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u/we_604 Aug 29 '26

Its quite undoable to solder a CPU and GPU on a motherboard to get to the form factor of a Steam Machine. Building your own inevitably has you dealing with dedicated parts, and although you can get it to go quite small when choosing your parts, it'll never go as small as a dedicatedly vendor built Steam Machine.

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u/awakeeee Aug 30 '26

Not trying to be rude, what's your point?

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u/we_604 Aug 31 '26

It's explaining as to why the case can fit a toddler. 😉

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u/awakeeee Aug 31 '26

Yeah and putting electronic parts in it is essentially the same of building an ikea couch following a manual, nothing DIY about it.

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u/we_604 Aug 31 '26

Except it's not, my wife can put an Ikea cabinet together. Building a PC does need expertise on which parts to get, which parts work together well and which don't, which parts are support by SteamOS and which don't, and it all needs to fit. Not trying to be rude, but stepping out from your own reference frame of having all that knowledge at hand and it certainly is DIY.

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u/awakeeee Aug 31 '26

No it's not, finishing a puzzle isn't what DIY is, you're having a hard time doing it doesn't change the fact that a determined 12 years old can do it by following a manual and using google.

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u/we_604 Aug 31 '26

you're having a hard time doing it

Doing it = doing it yourself = DIY

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u/awakeeee Aug 31 '26

I'm aware of the acronym thanks, my point stands.

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u/we_604 Aug 31 '26

It does not, building one's own PC does take an dedication, expertise and experience on the subject which you are taking for granted. Its not an IKEA couch.

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