Hey folks, I wanna gift a steam deck to myself. The main games I’ll (infrequently) play on there are CS:Go and age of empires 2 HD, both of which I own and never get a chance to play on a regular PC.
I suppose I want the OLED one. Is it ok to go for the 64 GB version or should I go for the higher storage tier? It has expandable storage yeah? Or is that not reliable or fast enough?
Also, what’s going on with the pricing? It’s just obviously better to buy direct. Why are people trying to sell it on Amazon? I get people trying to sell on eBay and Craigslist but Amazon? What’s the deal there?
Another big factor with the OLED deck is that it gets significantly more battery life. Especially in less demanding games, you can get 2x or even 3x the battery life of the LCD version (cries in LCD deck).
As for storage size, if you’re comfortable replacing the internal M.2 SSD, I believe you can save a bit of money there by buying the smallest size model (+ you get a bonus smaller SSD which can be nice for some projects). There is an ifixit guide for it.
If you’re not up for that and still want to save money, the micro SD card support is supposed to really good and practically indistinguishable from the internal SSD from what I’ve heard, but I haven’t yet tried it myself.
Is the increased battery life coming from the OLED screen, or did they improve the motherboard/CPU efficiency as well?
Yes to those and the battery is bigger. 50Wh vs 40
I believe the OLED screen is thinner, so they had more space for the battery. And then they also improved the efficiency of the SoC.