Comment on Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do feel like 512GB isn’t a lot these days. Especially with bigger libraries.

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  • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably not a solution for everyone but the steam deck really got me on SD Cards. An external reader would still suck, but I love how cheap you can find 512gb - 1tb sd cards. Very easy to travel with as well.

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    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you run them from the SD cards or just install them onto the main machine from there?

      Sorry for the Starter questions but ive been out of the non-console game for about 20 years.

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      • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For my deck specifically i keep em all on the SD Card, somehow valve made it so that I personally don’t see a difference between nvme and sdcard.

        For my pc yes, I just use it to transfer to my gaming ssd/nvme storage, but thats primarily because my internet is slowerthan the transfer rates.

        I probably wouldn’t try running helldivers on my pc through an external card for instance, but it would work perfectly on my deck in that form.

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can run them off SD cards. There’s a hit to loading speeds, but it’s not that mucn

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  • morriscox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s another slot for storage and you might be able to replace the primary drive, like I did with my Legion Go. You should be able to do 4 TB, even more if there’s a SD card slot.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not for today’s sad prices. Holy moley.

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    • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but you gotta open it up. Valves SD card design that allows you to go from handheld to console is pretty damn nice and convenient.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My minimum for a games drive is 1TB.
    I don’t have a Gbit in download speeds. So I don’r want to download games every 5 days just so I can play something else.

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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can do way more performance than that for not much more money, if you’re willing to try something unorthodox in another way:

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  AOOSTAR Gem 12 Max Mini PC

  $580 ($550 for Amazon simps)

  www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGB5L9P7/?psc=0

  CPU: Ryzen 7 8745HS ( 8C / 16T / base 3.8 Ghz / max 5.10 Ghz)

  (approximately multi thread performance equivalent to a Ryzen 5 9600 AM5 socket)

  RAM: 24 GB DDR5

  SSD: 1TB

  Power: Max draw 70w (on its own)

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  XFX RX 9070 (16 GB GDDR6)

  $640

  www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXLBTL4B/?psc=1

  Power: ~220w

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  EG01 OCulink eGPU Dock

  $100

  www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1STZM7H/?psc=1

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  ASRock PRO-650 G PSU

  $50

  Power: 650w (way more than what you need)

  Gold Rated

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  Total pretax cost: ~$1370, ~+17%

  50% more RAM, also its DDR5

  100% more SSD capacity

  GPU 3DBenchmark = +~60%

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• ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  $1139

  cries in BRL and 96% import tax

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• Kjell@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It has DDR4 so it uses the AM4 platform which means that the CPU is several years old. I’m sure it is a consequence from the RAM prices, DDR4 has not increased as much as the DDR5.

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• lemmyng@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is there an option to order it without the 8BitDo controller?

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