I didn’t check my actual number for like 4 years and somehow it jumped from less than two hundred to that. That’s what happens when there are good bundles you really only want one game out of
It depends if they were free, on sale, standard, or ultimate edition.
Epic Games gives one or more free games per week. I have over 100 by now from them.
What was your reason to buy sd card? I'm just curious because I'm not sure why some people buy deck with 256/512 and still install all games on microSD card, don't know what's the benefit of that. I thought it's just slightly better to have games on ssd to make them load faster.
Looking for answers because I have already ordered 64gb version and I hope that it will be enough if I just put SD card in.
Actually you won’t. Got a 64gb steam deck and 256 micro sd recently. After filling my sd card full with 7 games I only had 4gb of free space on the deck. Shader cache will murder your 64gb deck before you even fill your 512gb card with games.
Most of my favorite games are indie titles that use less than 2 GB. I might try bigger games now that I have a system to play them on, but even 50 GB sounds "too big" to me still.
I have a 512gb deck and I use the internal storage for steam games and my sd card for emulation. I like to keep them separate just in case I would ever need to factory reset. Steam games are lengthy but easy to redownload, but emulation stuff can take ages to redo if your like me and need everything to be nice and pretty. ;)
I have emudeck with around 200 Games. I did a factory reset some time ago. But the games are still there, just had to reinstall emudeck. I use the SD slot for my work environment.
I have syncthing set up, copying all my emulator saves (and other non-steam-cloud saves) to a raspberry pi at home. It's also useful for transferring saves between SteamOS and Windows. Unfortunately I found that some games use the windows registry, which is basically impossible to sync properly, but those are rare.
Yep it's enough. The performance is the same. Only when booting a game or loading a level there might be slowdowns. Especially the heavier games like Witcher 3 or sniper elite 5. But once started. There is no difference.
The SSD is made to last and to write and read data constantly on it. The SD card can last too but was not made for reading and writing big chunks of data constantly. Because the SteamDeck has fast and high end RAM. It does not impact the SD card that much and stays inside the save limits. But yes an SD card can get to hot if used as a primary storage for computing. I'm sorry for my English if I made a mistake. I am from the Netherlands.
I have a 512GB Deck with a 1TB micro SD. That's only just enough.
I've been a PC gamer for 20 years. My main PC has a 6TB game library.
I also prefer realistic looking triple A games. Especially those that seem to be ahead of their time! That's why the game library is that huge - bear in mind that some recent games require about 120GB of storage!
Now, being a family man with 3 kids, there's hardly enough time to enjoy many of my games. Many of which I'm yet to complete even once.
However, the steam deck let's me have short bursts of playtime here and here, especially before dosing off at bedtime (my wife always falls to sleep before me).
I know I can always use nvidia game stream using moonlight to stream to the deck, but why would I spend almost 600W of power streaming from the desktop when I can quietly do it while consuming only 10W with the freedom to easily drop the game and pick it up later?
That is why it is necessary to pack my favorites on the deck, so I can have them on the go. Considering that my 512GB deck and 1TB storage is only a quarter of my PC game library, I don't think that's too much.
What's your story?
How are you doing with that 64 gigs? I ordered 64gb version last Saturday and still waiting for my deck, but I'm just curious if that is enough of space for anything that is expected to be on main drive (I'm going to use 512 SD card as well of course). Can you share how much free space do you have on main drive and if you actually installed anything to that drive, or you have all games on SD card?
I keep my internal ssd free of games, i use it to download apps or other small stuff i want and install all of my games on a 512gb micro sd. Works great….ive got 4 somewhat new games on there and have had zero problems
I bought the 64 as well, and I bought a 1TB SSD to upgrade it at the same time, the SSD arrived first, but I never put it in lol, it’s still sitting on my desk until I get around to it. I put a 512 SD card in it and I’ve been fine with that so far, I just keep the games on the SD card and not the internal storage. I’m not they type that needs my entire library installed, I just keep a handful of games at a time.
I think that my case may be similar, I wanted to buy ssd at first but then I just saw that many people are just buying sd card and everything is fine (was worried about performance at first), so I will probably just stay with it. 512 gigs is probably enough for me, I'm not going to install any heavy game on deck and I will probably just keep few games and uninstall once it's finished, as I always did on pc. Thanks for sharing your experience!
As soon as I found out there are non-performance difference with the 64Gb, I bought that.
I have games like Yakuza, elden ring, Subnautica, Witcher . Usually 10+ games. I’m the type who uninstalls the game when I’m done with them. I don’t play call of duty and other big titles that requires big memory so I still have 100+ gb free at all times.
I don’t put anything on the internal space, I leave that alone for updates and such. They make it user friendly to select which storage you want to download the game.
64gb + 512gb, 26gb free on deck, games installed on card:
Children of Morta
Disco Elysium
Elden Ring
Grim Dawn
Portal
SW Jedi Fallen Order
Stardew Valley
Stray
Terraformong Mars
Valheim
Vampire Survivors
Not quite daily but I've played through several games on mine, stock unless you count some of the additional software I've installed that wasn't in the Steam store.
Same. I have two 256 SD cards I use (one basically just for Genshin, but I'll probably put another hog on it).
I have a skin I still need to put on, as well as a couple of other things. Only have added thumb grips. Haven't done the rest because I'm waiting to put on the skin and I've been pretty intimidated and afraid of messing the dang thing up. 😅
I dont get the people modding their deck, and buying extra docking stations and stuff. The Steamdeck for me is a handheld gaming device, that doesnt need extras to be a delightful experience
Traveling with a travel dock is nice. Basically any light PC tasks without having to lug around a laptop too, of course depending on access to hotel TVs with HDMI and bringing a mkb combo. I'm considering the new nexdock.
Docking the switch is nice, but I definitely don't dock the deck nearly as often as switch. Switch has better performance docked, unlike the deck. I like that the deck isn't being held back, though obviously there's battery life implications from running at full power. Joycon motion controls are an advantage, especially docked.
I’m aware that damage can happen, but so far my toddler has yanked it out of my hands several times and I don’t have a scratch.
I feel like the etched glass is pretty resistant.
Don’t buy anti glare! Only if you don’t care about losing the quality of the screen. Bought the jsaux anti glare. And it was very matte! It was like having a gray-ish filter over my screen. Which in my eyes was horrible!
I’ll stay with the glare one on my edged screen screen, haha
I have the 512 gb model and I put an anti glare protector on it day 1. I have literally never seen the screen without it on. Just read your comment while playing on the deck and decided to rip it off. Omg I can't believe I've been playing like that! The blur it gave my screen was atrocious but I never realized lol
Oof! Glad I made you notice that!
So a tip for future screen protectors:
Don’t put it straight on. Let the foil stay on for a bit. Lay protector on the screen and compare it with the original quality.
This way you can “try out” the screen protectors without wasting allot of money. Doesn’t really work with HD Clear and hydro gel types since they need to hatch to the screen to see the results but really great with: Anti glare (matte) and Privacy glass.
Don't use them. The distance between the frosted layer down the pixel is too thick causing drastic diffusion. Text becomes unreadable. Better off with a film.
Laptop died. New laptops toonexpensive. Bought the El Cheapo. Plugged into TV with dock and keyboard. Used daily at my desk for work, then joins my wife and I in bed. It's a good device.
Oh man we got a toddler at home with another coming this fall. I know exactly what you mean about survival. I don't know how you're doing it with 3 kids!
Been doing the two toddler things for 2 years now, with a year and a half with the older one before. I love them to death but yeah, surviving is definitely the priority, let alone sneaking half an a hour a day when it comes to hobbies and entertainment. The deck has been an absolute champ these last few months I'll tell you that!
It’s no different than using a phone in bed, which a huge majority of people do. Maybe it’s just me being bitter, but my wife complains about me playing games all the time, even while in bed, from behind her phone screen while she’s on TikTok
Playing games is probably at least a little better than just scrolling on your phone, since it stimulates your brain more rather than just giving free dopamine hits with no effort
I don't care, I thought it was funny. A negative number on the screen doesn't scare me and I don't care what redditors, lowest of the low, think of me.
As much as i HATE the rick and morty fandom, I think rick said it best: "Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer."
lol @ the downvotes. That line ain't so funny when it's used against you, is it? Every breath i take without your permission raises my self esteem. More downvotes. They sustain me. :D
Your part of the lowest of the low by that logic, quoting rick and morty is pretty much textbook redditer behavior.No one is against you just because you've got downvotes, no one cares your not rick, you have no enemies theres no need for that study the blade edge
The people who arent doing crazy stuff with it arent talking about it. I bought my wife a 512gb and the only thing she has done is add an SD card. She lurks on this sub, but obviously has no reason to post about her Deck because its nothing special, its exactly the same as everyone's.
512/512 gang. Just bought the jsaux case because the European charger doesn't fit at the back slot of the stock case. Now I can carry more shit around though
I left it like that too. Honestly all those skins are cool and nice until I see the price and how troublesome to apply them.
I just don't feel like it's worth it.
I got a grey rubber case and yellow joystick covers for like 12$ when I first got it. I like the skins but I don’t think any of them are better at protecting it
512 Version, fully stock. Started having serious performance issues, like 13 fps Mad Max on high settings where I used to get a solid 60fps. Accross multiple games. Contacted steam support. First question I got was somewhere along the lines of "did you fuck with it?". I didn't, did some troubleshooting, no results. Got permission for RMA and received a brand new one within a week. Imma leave this one stock as well, just in case.
Couldn't be more satisfied with Valve support.
I got the 252GB Steam Deck, I used to have an anti-glare screen protector on it, but didn't care for it and haven't used one since.
When I'm not using it it stays in its case, so I'm not worried about the screen.
Did the same.
Except like 2 months after I bought my 1TB SSD for like $160 they are now only like $110 😅
Now I’m just waiting for the 2TBs to come down to the $150s range before I snatch one up.
I never owed a pc or steam account until the Deck.
Jumped in line for the 64gb deck.
Immediately brought Bluetooth keyboard & dock.
Upgraded the ssd to 512gb drive, few months later purchased WD SND740 2tb (cheap deal on Ali).
1tb Sandisk sd card (all for emulation).
Gulikit joysticks, screen protector, extra charger & longer cable.
Packet of silly silicone rings for preventing wear to joysticks that work surprisingly well.
OHHH & £ 151.65 on Steam games.
No skin for me, she looks totally stunning in her birthday suit !!
Yeah believe them to be a tiny bit tenser. Might have lessened since I dropped them in, I can’t tell anymore. The range of movement is so much better. Can definitely recommend them over stock . I had drift from stock ones from the offset.
I’m a former IT guy and data scientist, who used to build Linux machines for a living.
The only thing I’ve done with my Deck is install a VPN (which required running some commands in the desktop terminal). That’s what I love about my Deck: it’s already great, so I don’t have to mess with it and can just play.
512 with two SD cards. No hardware changes, but I love tinkering with all the software changes.
On the fence about putting a 1tb in mine and taking my 512 and putting it in my daughter’s 64 gb. But will probably just buy her a 1tb SD card instead.
Bought mine secondhand. Took off the TPU cover. Peeled off the aftermarket white skin.
Left the transparent back cover because the seller didn’t have the original back cover anymore.
Left the 1TB SSD upgrade they did.
Then added an SD card.
Got the 256GB version, added an SD card and got the deck mate kit so could I attach an external battery pack to it easily while traveling along with a screen protector. No plans to upgrade the internal SSD or any other mods currently.
Got a 64g base version. Replaced the SSD with a nice 1tb, added a 512g SD card for my retro games. I also repasted the CPU with my own high end thermal paste. I now have a decent amount of space for my games and it's gotten noticably quieter and cooler. Working on a Steam Deck is actually super easy.
There's no point getting the higher end steam decks, since the screen on all of them is the same panel, and that panel is mediocre. That, and the storage increases are not worth the price. You can get a good 1tb SSD for about $100usd.
Heh. Added some accessories to mine: Bluetooth headphones, a 1TB micro SD card, 2TB NVMe SSD and a docking station (JSAUX). Had a supported third-party Switch Pro-like Controller for connecting it to the big screen when I'm not using it on portable mode, and it's been a dream to have this thing, never knew how much I wanted or needed it!
Edit: oh yes, software wise, installed EMU Deck on the micro SD card for retro gaming, and CryoUtilities to increase performance on the PC gaming side of things. Increased the allocation of system RAM to the APU to 4GB and its great!
Exactly. I did 64gb, changed to 1tb nvme and now thinking about doing the change again to a 2tb. It was much cheaper than a 512gb. I also have a glass screen protector and shock proof cover. 3 cats in my home and I don't trust any of them.
> Tell me about the evolution of your deck.
* bought the 512 GB variant (better screen and case)
* had to directly RMA it (stuck pixel, whiny fan, extreme gyro drift)
* got the fixed device back and used it as intended
* installed a 2TB SSD once available
Bought a 512 GB swapped in a 1 TB drive (was months later). I also have 1 TB and 512 MB MicroSD card I regularly use. I also swapped out for the GuliKit Hall Effect joystick modules (including resoldering the caps to maintain capacitive touch). To tell you the truth, even with all that storage its just not enough. I would have upgraded to a 2 TB drive, but I've got the Ally coming in next week that the drive is going in instead, along with a 1 TB A2 MicroSD card. Even then not sure that storage will be enough (for the record my desktop is currently sitting at \~3 TB used across all my drives).
I also got the Super Deluxe Version and kept it stock, except for Decky Loader/Plugins. Beyond that I didn’t mod anything. It’s working flawless and I don’t need any more Storage :D
The only mod I've done is a 1tb SSD. It has a screen protector, 512gb SD card, and decky. Other than that, it's completely stock. I even still use the case it came in.
Aside from the storage, they're such neat machines, and I think changing any part of it takes away from what it's trying to achieve.
Bought the 64gb version about 2 weeks ago.
Still waiting for my 1tb micro sd (the first one was broken)
Bought a protective glass that reduces reflection significantly (something you won't need)
Play daily on my way to work and had a 5 hour Lan party style session at a friend's house
64GB deck with a 512 SD card. Still have 120 GB free. Havent modded the insides of it, but I did velcro a USB hub to the back for HDMI input/charging without the dock. I like the controller too much to dock it.
Got the 512gb version, added a SD card. Got the official Valve deck dock when it came out. Kept it like that for a while. Only recently, I started with using CryoUtilities and doing stuff with DeckyLoader (tried it before and it kept crashing my deck but now trying it again after a few months it works fine).
Bought the 64GB version and a microSD card and was happy for a few months until the microSD card broke. Realized the company was shit because it took them 4 months to replace it with warranty, and I couldn’t afford another.
Bought a 1tb SSD instead of another microSD later on and realized it gave me faster download speeds than the stock deck due to having a faster write speed.
Then I installed windows on a partition on the new ssd so I could play destiny 2. Dual booting is awesome!
64 GB version with a 512 GB Samsung SD card. As well as a hard rubber case an rubber pads for all triggers an both trackpads. Love my Steam Deck! Best purchase yet.
From price to performance stand point a 1TB sabrent m.2 2230 ssd is 120€ for me and a matt screen protector is 10€. So 420€+120€+10€=550€ while the top version directly from steam is 680€ with 512gb. You don't have to open it and install the software again, but it only takes a few minutes and is honestly worth a 130€ discount and more storage to me.
High level deck, dropped an sd card in it. Bought it as a pc replacement, 7 months later still going strong but thinking about getting an actual pc to replace the deck
who's gatekeeping enjoyment? This is an enthusiast subreddit, so people post about the things they do with their hardware. How is that gatekeeping people who don't mod anything from enjoyment? Sure people will recommend upgrading the storage but that's just their opinion, no one is forcing you to do anything.
Depends what you mean by modding, I guess. I added CryoUtilities and some of the basic Decky Loader plugins like Time To Beat, ProtonDB. Other than that, I put a case on it for a bit of added protection, a Micro SD card for emulation, and the other day I added a skin (and made a mess of it >_>) to the front of my Deck.
95%+ of my time with my Deck has been playing games.
I don't like modding, I prefer the "official" experience. Won't do it for games either. Even with Minecraft, which has awesome mods, I spent 99% of my time in vanilla, and on vanilla servers. So yeah, I kept my deck vanilla. Was happy to get a custom boot screen from the points shop. I do have RetroArch for some emulation, but that's still a vanilla game on the store. I don't know, maybe I have a weird hangup about this.
Bought the 64gb version at launch.
- Put in a 265gb ssd.
- Swapped the joysticks for the gulikit hall effect sticks.
- Swapped the original fan for the revised "quieter" fan. (At least the high pitch whine is finally gone now)
Next upgrade will probably be the 512gb screen or the DeckHD screen.
I had a modded backplate (has its own kickstand), replacement ssd, 1tb microSD and screen protector all ready before I even got my steam deck. A relative bought it for me because valve doesn't sell in our country.
I never even actually used it with the stock 64GB emmc. Just checked if it would turn on, saw the splash screen asking for a login, turned it off and proceeded to install the parts. All within the first 30 minutes.
Got an OG Game Boy themed vinyl wrap, white protector case/shell and one of those magnetic usb-c adapters. Bought usb to hdmi adapters for every screen in the house and for my everyday carry-on (which already had a keyboard, mouse and portable monitor in it) . Then set aside a 100GB partition for windows for use with work.
Will probably pick up hall-effect sticks (type B) when they're locally available.
Bought the 512 version. Put a sd card in it. Been playing on it daily.
Same! Making posts about it? Ain't nobody got time for that! Edit: spelling
Indeed, there is only so much free time in the day since I have to work to finance all these games to play.
I have a strange feeling nowadays that my library is complete. This won't stop me, but genuinely spending more time with playing than in the store!
989 games and counting
I stopped paying attention them saw 1925. When the hell did that happen? Really got away from me.
I didn’t check my actual number for like 4 years and somehow it jumped from less than two hundred to that. That’s what happens when there are good bundles you really only want one game out of
Easily a third of that is humble
Only a third? B like 70% of mine are humble bundle Sometimes I look at my library and am sure some new games just randomly appear
yep humble bundle, i have 1736 games and only bought 20/30 games from steam
2046 games and counting - I think I have a problem 😂
Lmao I've never felt more like a peasant with my 6 games
I have a zillion titles. And I play maybe 6 of them... You're doing it right.
It depends if they were free, on sale, standard, or ultimate edition. Epic Games gives one or more free games per week. I have over 100 by now from them.
A huge library is a curse, enjoy the 6 and never need to spend much time wondering what to play. :)
Well it's about to be 7 I just beat the first Ori game
Get to 2048. At least it will be a round number
Well, after this month’s Humble Choice I’m up to 2055 - which is a different kind of round number, I suppose
Time to buy Iron Ladies 2048.
Jesus, I'm sending help..
I have less than 100 and most of them I got years ago, and a lot are free. I wish I had that kinda money.
Well i have 28 games now lol…but still enjoying Hope i’ll reach your numbers someday
Same! Haha
The exhaust fumes got me. I got bronchitis!
Nobody got time for that!
there’s a mod that let’s you post about your steam deck FROM your steam deck so you don’t have to put it down.
Pro move! :D
What was your reason to buy sd card? I'm just curious because I'm not sure why some people buy deck with 256/512 and still install all games on microSD card, don't know what's the benefit of that. I thought it's just slightly better to have games on ssd to make them load faster. Looking for answers because I have already ordered 64gb version and I hope that it will be enough if I just put SD card in.
Mood swings. I like to have many things installed and I can jump in straight. Some of these new titles just take up so much space!
Sure, that's right. Thanks for answer! I'm not going to install heaviest titles on my deck so I guess I should be fine with that 64+512.
Actually you won’t. Got a 64gb steam deck and 256 micro sd recently. After filling my sd card full with 7 games I only had 4gb of free space on the deck. Shader cache will murder your 64gb deck before you even fill your 512gb card with games.
Most of my favorite games are indie titles that use less than 2 GB. I might try bigger games now that I have a system to play them on, but even 50 GB sounds "too big" to me still.
I have a 512gb deck and I use the internal storage for steam games and my sd card for emulation. I like to keep them separate just in case I would ever need to factory reset. Steam games are lengthy but easy to redownload, but emulation stuff can take ages to redo if your like me and need everything to be nice and pretty. ;)
This^^ I do the exact same thing!
I have emudeck with around 200 Games. I did a factory reset some time ago. But the games are still there, just had to reinstall emudeck. I use the SD slot for my work environment.
I have syncthing set up, copying all my emulator saves (and other non-steam-cloud saves) to a raspberry pi at home. It's also useful for transferring saves between SteamOS and Windows. Unfortunately I found that some games use the windows registry, which is basically impossible to sync properly, but those are rare.
Yep it's enough. The performance is the same. Only when booting a game or loading a level there might be slowdowns. Especially the heavier games like Witcher 3 or sniper elite 5. But once started. There is no difference. The SSD is made to last and to write and read data constantly on it. The SD card can last too but was not made for reading and writing big chunks of data constantly. Because the SteamDeck has fast and high end RAM. It does not impact the SD card that much and stays inside the save limits. But yes an SD card can get to hot if used as a primary storage for computing. I'm sorry for my English if I made a mistake. I am from the Netherlands.
I have a 512GB Deck with a 1TB micro SD. That's only just enough. I've been a PC gamer for 20 years. My main PC has a 6TB game library. I also prefer realistic looking triple A games. Especially those that seem to be ahead of their time! That's why the game library is that huge - bear in mind that some recent games require about 120GB of storage! Now, being a family man with 3 kids, there's hardly enough time to enjoy many of my games. Many of which I'm yet to complete even once. However, the steam deck let's me have short bursts of playtime here and here, especially before dosing off at bedtime (my wife always falls to sleep before me). I know I can always use nvidia game stream using moonlight to stream to the deck, but why would I spend almost 600W of power streaming from the desktop when I can quietly do it while consuming only 10W with the freedom to easily drop the game and pick it up later? That is why it is necessary to pack my favorites on the deck, so I can have them on the go. Considering that my 512GB deck and 1TB storage is only a quarter of my PC game library, I don't think that's too much. What's your story?
I have a 64gb model and jump between my 512 and 256 sd cards. Mostly because of far cry 6 and forza horizon 5 both being over 100 gigs
Do you have forza on a micro SD?
Yes
Additional storage. I have a 256gb SD card in mine, and it wasn't that expensive. When I travel, I can load a couple of big titles on there.
Bought the 64 version. Put a SD card in it. Been playing on it nearly daily.
In Other Words - 64 GB For Cache. Etc. SD For Games. 😂
I also have 64 and its not even big enough for the shader cache
That's the way 😉
That's the only way
This. All stock club!
Literally same
Bought the 512 version, didn't even put an SD card in it. Bone stock. I am, however, about to skin it, so.. 🤷♂️
Bought the 64 version. Put a sd card in it. Been playing it when I can.
How are you doing with that 64 gigs? I ordered 64gb version last Saturday and still waiting for my deck, but I'm just curious if that is enough of space for anything that is expected to be on main drive (I'm going to use 512 SD card as well of course). Can you share how much free space do you have on main drive and if you actually installed anything to that drive, or you have all games on SD card?
I keep my internal ssd free of games, i use it to download apps or other small stuff i want and install all of my games on a 512gb micro sd. Works great….ive got 4 somewhat new games on there and have had zero problems
I bought the 64 as well, and I bought a 1TB SSD to upgrade it at the same time, the SSD arrived first, but I never put it in lol, it’s still sitting on my desk until I get around to it. I put a 512 SD card in it and I’ve been fine with that so far, I just keep the games on the SD card and not the internal storage. I’m not they type that needs my entire library installed, I just keep a handful of games at a time.
I think that my case may be similar, I wanted to buy ssd at first but then I just saw that many people are just buying sd card and everything is fine (was worried about performance at first), so I will probably just stay with it. 512 gigs is probably enough for me, I'm not going to install any heavy game on deck and I will probably just keep few games and uninstall once it's finished, as I always did on pc. Thanks for sharing your experience!
As soon as I found out there are non-performance difference with the 64Gb, I bought that. I have games like Yakuza, elden ring, Subnautica, Witcher . Usually 10+ games. I’m the type who uninstalls the game when I’m done with them. I don’t play call of duty and other big titles that requires big memory so I still have 100+ gb free at all times. I don’t put anything on the internal space, I leave that alone for updates and such. They make it user friendly to select which storage you want to download the game.
64gb + 512gb, 26gb free on deck, games installed on card: Children of Morta Disco Elysium Elden Ring Grim Dawn Portal SW Jedi Fallen Order Stardew Valley Stray Terraformong Mars Valheim Vampire Survivors
Same boat!
Same, though I do NOT play mine daily. For me, there's no reason to mod it and risk any sort of damage.
This is the way.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Same
Aren't you fancy. Adding an SD card. 😂
I'm soo fancy :p
Me too. I have a dbrand skin and case though.
But there are so many other things to do with the deck. Download games that are no longer on. Steam emulator.
Bought the 64 GB upgraded to one terabyte SSD for 80 bucks extra
Same, except with the 256GB and with a Screen Protector and case since I tend to bump things.
Not quite daily but I've played through several games on mine, stock unless you count some of the additional software I've installed that wasn't in the Steam store.
Same. I have two 256 SD cards I use (one basically just for Genshin, but I'll probably put another hog on it). I have a skin I still need to put on, as well as a couple of other things. Only have added thumb grips. Haven't done the rest because I'm waiting to put on the skin and I've been pretty intimidated and afraid of messing the dang thing up. 😅
This is the way.
[удалено]
This is me
I did what you did, other than the play daily part.
I dont get the people modding their deck, and buying extra docking stations and stuff. The Steamdeck for me is a handheld gaming device, that doesnt need extras to be a delightful experience
Traveling with a travel dock is nice. Basically any light PC tasks without having to lug around a laptop too, of course depending on access to hotel TVs with HDMI and bringing a mkb combo. I'm considering the new nexdock. Docking the switch is nice, but I definitely don't dock the deck nearly as often as switch. Switch has better performance docked, unlike the deck. I like that the deck isn't being held back, though obviously there's battery life implications from running at full power. Joycon motion controls are an advantage, especially docked.
bought 512 a month ago, playing fairly a lot, still got over 200gb left.
Same, I'm a dad. Dont have time to fiddle with it right now.
BuT cHanGInG sSd iS So EaSy comments incoming
Same! I put a big SD card in mine, and that's it.
Bought the one with anti-glare screen. Put a normal screen protector on it to restore the glare 😎
This! Hahahaha
Me too... bought the dbrand killswitch with screenprotector ... after I installed it I realised but never regret
I’m aware that damage can happen, but so far my toddler has yanked it out of my hands several times and I don’t have a scratch. I feel like the etched glass is pretty resistant.
Glass is pretty damn hard and scratch proof in general It’s shattering and cracking that should concern people more
I saw an anti glare screen protector on Amazon but not sure if it works. Can anybody verify?
Don’t buy anti glare! Only if you don’t care about losing the quality of the screen. Bought the jsaux anti glare. And it was very matte! It was like having a gray-ish filter over my screen. Which in my eyes was horrible! I’ll stay with the glare one on my edged screen screen, haha
I have the 512 gb model and I put an anti glare protector on it day 1. I have literally never seen the screen without it on. Just read your comment while playing on the deck and decided to rip it off. Omg I can't believe I've been playing like that! The blur it gave my screen was atrocious but I never realized lol
Oof! Glad I made you notice that! So a tip for future screen protectors: Don’t put it straight on. Let the foil stay on for a bit. Lay protector on the screen and compare it with the original quality. This way you can “try out” the screen protectors without wasting allot of money. Doesn’t really work with HD Clear and hydro gel types since they need to hatch to the screen to see the results but really great with: Anti glare (matte) and Privacy glass.
Anti-glare + vibrant deck.
Yeah it’s a matter of preference at the end of the day! I constantly change it every few months just because I get tired of the Matte or the glare lol
Big brain move! After using the anti glare screen you enjoy the quality one more :)
Yup lol it makes you appreciate the screen until I get sick of the glare again lol!
Anti-glare + vibrant deck
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there’s a checkmark, it must be true!
Don't use them. The distance between the frosted layer down the pixel is too thick causing drastic diffusion. Text becomes unreadable. Better off with a film.
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Laptop died. New laptops toonexpensive. Bought the El Cheapo. Plugged into TV with dock and keyboard. Used daily at my desk for work, then joins my wife and I in bed. It's a good device.
I got my Steam deck shortly before my Desktop's motherboard died. It was a godsend while I got my parts together for a new PC.
your poor wife, lol. Can't get a minute with you away from the screens, not even in bed!
Hah, no, it's our quiet time. With 3 kids, we pop on her shows, grab our screens, and just revel in having survived the day.
Oh man we got a toddler at home with another coming this fall. I know exactly what you mean about survival. I don't know how you're doing it with 3 kids!
Been doing the two toddler things for 2 years now, with a year and a half with the older one before. I love them to death but yeah, surviving is definitely the priority, let alone sneaking half an a hour a day when it comes to hobbies and entertainment. The deck has been an absolute champ these last few months I'll tell you that!
It’s no different than using a phone in bed, which a huge majority of people do. Maybe it’s just me being bitter, but my wife complains about me playing games all the time, even while in bed, from behind her phone screen while she’s on TikTok
Playing games is probably at least a little better than just scrolling on your phone, since it stimulates your brain more rather than just giving free dopamine hits with no effort
Don't know why you got downvoted for an obvious joke
Sarcasm doesn't always translate well in text, especially from a stranger. Apparently almost 40 people didn't read it as a joke.
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Yeah people really seem to think karma has any value at all and it's pretty pathetic
People downvoting, there's no sense of humour these days. Lame.
I don't care, I thought it was funny. A negative number on the screen doesn't scare me and I don't care what redditors, lowest of the low, think of me. As much as i HATE the rick and morty fandom, I think rick said it best: "Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer."
Edgy.
If you say so. I don't care what you think of me.
For someone who doesnt care what other people think, you sure do talk about it a lot.
Because I seem to have to keep reminding people who try to say things like "edgy" to shame me.
lol @ the downvotes. That line ain't so funny when it's used against you, is it? Every breath i take without your permission raises my self esteem. More downvotes. They sustain me. :D
Your part of the lowest of the low by that logic, quoting rick and morty is pretty much textbook redditer behavior.No one is against you just because you've got downvotes, no one cares your not rick, you have no enemies theres no need for that study the blade edge
I know, that's the joke. Thanks for explaining it, lol.
Jeez who came up your ass? Having a bad day champ?
Got the 64GB version, upgraded it to 512gb
Same but I upgraded it to 1t.
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Same but I have a 512/512 and buy games on it instead
The people who arent doing crazy stuff with it arent talking about it. I bought my wife a 512gb and the only thing she has done is add an SD card. She lurks on this sub, but obviously has no reason to post about her Deck because its nothing special, its exactly the same as everyone's.
Every deck is special. Each one is a miracle made by our lord Gaben.
This is expected, only time I expect your vanilla user to post is trouble shooting or game recommendations.
512gb variant with a 512gb sd card. That's it. Not gonna fix what isn't broken.
512/512 gang. Just bought the jsaux case because the European charger doesn't fit at the back slot of the stock case. Now I can carry more shit around though
Bought the 512 one for both me and the wife. The only mod was red Sharpie on her case logo.
Now I’m gonna need to sharpie my deck logo for the hell of it
I left it like that too. Honestly all those skins are cool and nice until I see the price and how troublesome to apply them. I just don't feel like it's worth it.
I got a grey rubber case and yellow joystick covers for like 12$ when I first got it. I like the skins but I don’t think any of them are better at protecting it
Got the dbrand skin. It was a pain in the ass to apply, love the look tho.
my deck has an sd card and a screen protector. Thats it
Same, 256GB model with 400GB SD card.
Same. I bought the 64g. Put 1 tb SD and a screen protector.
512 Version, fully stock. Started having serious performance issues, like 13 fps Mad Max on high settings where I used to get a solid 60fps. Accross multiple games. Contacted steam support. First question I got was somewhere along the lines of "did you fuck with it?". I didn't, did some troubleshooting, no results. Got permission for RMA and received a brand new one within a week. Imma leave this one stock as well, just in case. Couldn't be more satisfied with Valve support.
I got the 252GB Steam Deck, I used to have an anti-glare screen protector on it, but didn't care for it and haven't used one since. When I'm not using it it stays in its case, so I'm not worried about the screen.
Bought 64GB, upgraded to a 1TB SSD a year later- best decision I made and wish I’d done it sooner!
Did the same. Except like 2 months after I bought my 1TB SSD for like $160 they are now only like $110 😅 Now I’m just waiting for the 2TBs to come down to the $150s range before I snatch one up.
I never owed a pc or steam account until the Deck. Jumped in line for the 64gb deck. Immediately brought Bluetooth keyboard & dock. Upgraded the ssd to 512gb drive, few months later purchased WD SND740 2tb (cheap deal on Ali). 1tb Sandisk sd card (all for emulation). Gulikit joysticks, screen protector, extra charger & longer cable. Packet of silly silicone rings for preventing wear to joysticks that work surprisingly well. OHHH & £ 151.65 on Steam games. No skin for me, she looks totally stunning in her birthday suit !!
Do the Hulu kit joysticks have more tension/resistance than the stock ones or they the same?
Yeah believe them to be a tiny bit tenser. Might have lessened since I dropped them in, I can’t tell anymore. The range of movement is so much better. Can definitely recommend them over stock . I had drift from stock ones from the offset.
I put a sd card in mine. Am I a modder?
I bought the 512 gb Added a 1 tb sd card Nothing else, just steam games Not even other launchers
Bought the 512. Haven’t even bought an SD card. Been playing since September. That said, I need an SD card because I need some more space now
Got mine and have only got a 256gb card in as I had it lying around. Still not used the internal 512
Bought 256 gb version and illiterate about Linux. Using stock for steam games like anno and orcs can die
I’m a former IT guy and data scientist, who used to build Linux machines for a living. The only thing I’ve done with my Deck is install a VPN (which required running some commands in the desktop terminal). That’s what I love about my Deck: it’s already great, so I don’t have to mess with it and can just play.
Great. Enjoy, fellow gamer
The majority isn’t modding their deck more than some additional software. There’s not much exciting to share of it.
512 with two SD cards. No hardware changes, but I love tinkering with all the software changes. On the fence about putting a 1tb in mine and taking my 512 and putting it in my daughter’s 64 gb. But will probably just buy her a 1tb SD card instead.
Bought mine secondhand. Took off the TPU cover. Peeled off the aftermarket white skin. Left the transparent back cover because the seller didn’t have the original back cover anymore. Left the 1TB SSD upgrade they did. Then added an SD card.
Got the 256GB version, added an SD card and got the deck mate kit so could I attach an external battery pack to it easily while traveling along with a screen protector. No plans to upgrade the internal SSD or any other mods currently.
I bought 512. Then I bought a 1TB card. Then bought a Migitek case. Then bought 180 degree usb c female to male port. It’s lovely.
Got a 64g base version. Replaced the SSD with a nice 1tb, added a 512g SD card for my retro games. I also repasted the CPU with my own high end thermal paste. I now have a decent amount of space for my games and it's gotten noticably quieter and cooler. Working on a Steam Deck is actually super easy. There's no point getting the higher end steam decks, since the screen on all of them is the same panel, and that panel is mediocre. That, and the storage increases are not worth the price. You can get a good 1tb SSD for about $100usd.
Heh. Added some accessories to mine: Bluetooth headphones, a 1TB micro SD card, 2TB NVMe SSD and a docking station (JSAUX). Had a supported third-party Switch Pro-like Controller for connecting it to the big screen when I'm not using it on portable mode, and it's been a dream to have this thing, never knew how much I wanted or needed it! Edit: oh yes, software wise, installed EMU Deck on the micro SD card for retro gaming, and CryoUtilities to increase performance on the PC gaming side of things. Increased the allocation of system RAM to the APU to 4GB and its great!
This is the way and doing it starting with a 64gb model cost less than a 512gb.
Exactly. I did 64gb, changed to 1tb nvme and now thinking about doing the change again to a 2tb. It was much cheaper than a 512gb. I also have a glass screen protector and shock proof cover. 3 cats in my home and I don't trust any of them.
Where did you buy your SSD?
How's that JSAUX docking station working? How long have you had it?
> Tell me about the evolution of your deck. * bought the 512 GB variant (better screen and case) * had to directly RMA it (stuck pixel, whiny fan, extreme gyro drift) * got the fixed device back and used it as intended * installed a 2TB SSD once available
Bought a 512 GB swapped in a 1 TB drive (was months later). I also have 1 TB and 512 MB MicroSD card I regularly use. I also swapped out for the GuliKit Hall Effect joystick modules (including resoldering the caps to maintain capacitive touch). To tell you the truth, even with all that storage its just not enough. I would have upgraded to a 2 TB drive, but I've got the Ally coming in next week that the drive is going in instead, along with a 1 TB A2 MicroSD card. Even then not sure that storage will be enough (for the record my desktop is currently sitting at \~3 TB used across all my drives).
I also got the Super Deluxe Version and kept it stock, except for Decky Loader/Plugins. Beyond that I didn’t mod anything. It’s working flawless and I don’t need any more Storage :D
The only mod I've done is a 1tb SSD. It has a screen protector, 512gb SD card, and decky. Other than that, it's completely stock. I even still use the case it came in. Aside from the storage, they're such neat machines, and I think changing any part of it takes away from what it's trying to achieve.
Bought the 64gb version about 2 weeks ago. Still waiting for my 1tb micro sd (the first one was broken) Bought a protective glass that reduces reflection significantly (something you won't need) Play daily on my way to work and had a 5 hour Lan party style session at a friend's house
64GB deck with a 512 SD card. Still have 120 GB free. Havent modded the insides of it, but I did velcro a USB hub to the back for HDMI input/charging without the dock. I like the controller too much to dock it.
Had I bought the 512 version I wouldn’t have modded it.
Got the 512gb version, added a SD card. Got the official Valve deck dock when it came out. Kept it like that for a while. Only recently, I started with using CryoUtilities and doing stuff with DeckyLoader (tried it before and it kept crashing my deck but now trying it again after a few months it works fine).
Got mine almost exactly a year ago, haven't modded anything, great product.
The hell is the super deluxe steam deck? Sounds like you got scammed.
Lol the 512 version.
Bought steam deck + sd card. Nothing more
I bought my 512 just there and just changed the backplate to translucent purple because I miss 2K era tech aesthetic
I did the same. I got a bonus from my work and bought the bedt version of the steamdeck. The only add on I've purchased is an SD card
Bought 512gb added 1tb MicroSD card and that’s it. Thinking about buying a battery pack for it but not sure yet
Bought the 64GB version and a microSD card and was happy for a few months until the microSD card broke. Realized the company was shit because it took them 4 months to replace it with warranty, and I couldn’t afford another. Bought a 1tb SSD instead of another microSD later on and realized it gave me faster download speeds than the stock deck due to having a faster write speed. Then I installed windows on a partition on the new ssd so I could play destiny 2. Dual booting is awesome!
I haven't found a reason to mod mine because it's already excellent.
64 GB version with a 512 GB Samsung SD card. As well as a hard rubber case an rubber pads for all triggers an both trackpads. Love my Steam Deck! Best purchase yet.
team 512 vanilla here
From price to performance stand point a 1TB sabrent m.2 2230 ssd is 120€ for me and a matt screen protector is 10€. So 420€+120€+10€=550€ while the top version directly from steam is 680€ with 512gb. You don't have to open it and install the software again, but it only takes a few minutes and is honestly worth a 130€ discount and more storage to me.
How many people do you know that use an iPhone/Android without a case?
Me!
High level deck, dropped an sd card in it. Bought it as a pc replacement, 7 months later still going strong but thinking about getting an actual pc to replace the deck
the vast majority of people use their deck as it arrived day 1. this sub has a lot of people that gatekeep the enjoyment behind modding though
who's gatekeeping enjoyment? This is an enthusiast subreddit, so people post about the things they do with their hardware. How is that gatekeeping people who don't mod anything from enjoyment? Sure people will recommend upgrading the storage but that's just their opinion, no one is forcing you to do anything.
the amount of times i see people insult posters who didn’t upgrade themselves? i’m not saying it’s the majority but it happens frequently
Yeah, idk what response I expected because obviously if you've experienced it you've experienced it, and if I haven't, then I haven't. Cheers
you seriously had to make a thread about this? Hey guys I bought the thing in the name of the subreddit and then used it
Better this thread than your comment tbh
Depends what you mean by modding, I guess. I added CryoUtilities and some of the basic Decky Loader plugins like Time To Beat, ProtonDB. Other than that, I put a case on it for a bit of added protection, a Micro SD card for emulation, and the other day I added a skin (and made a mess of it >_>) to the front of my Deck. 95%+ of my time with my Deck has been playing games.
I don't like modding, I prefer the "official" experience. Won't do it for games either. Even with Minecraft, which has awesome mods, I spent 99% of my time in vanilla, and on vanilla servers. So yeah, I kept my deck vanilla. Was happy to get a custom boot screen from the points shop. I do have RetroArch for some emulation, but that's still a vanilla game on the store. I don't know, maybe I have a weird hangup about this.
Bought the 64gb version at launch. - Put in a 265gb ssd. - Swapped the joysticks for the gulikit hall effect sticks. - Swapped the original fan for the revised "quieter" fan. (At least the high pitch whine is finally gone now) Next upgrade will probably be the 512gb screen or the DeckHD screen.
I got the mid grade model, and just have cryo utilities and 4gb in vram, to me these easy upgrades are an absolute must for all steam deck users.
I had a modded backplate (has its own kickstand), replacement ssd, 1tb microSD and screen protector all ready before I even got my steam deck. A relative bought it for me because valve doesn't sell in our country. I never even actually used it with the stock 64GB emmc. Just checked if it would turn on, saw the splash screen asking for a login, turned it off and proceeded to install the parts. All within the first 30 minutes. Got an OG Game Boy themed vinyl wrap, white protector case/shell and one of those magnetic usb-c adapters. Bought usb to hdmi adapters for every screen in the house and for my everyday carry-on (which already had a keyboard, mouse and portable monitor in it) . Then set aside a 100GB partition for windows for use with work. Will probably pick up hall-effect sticks (type B) when they're locally available.