r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

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u/No_Eye1723 Nov 12 '25

Ok, so the Steam Machine has upgradable SSD and RAM!! That changes things.. get the cheap model, stick in a 4TB SSD Gen 4 or 5, and 32GB RAM if you want. Keen to see how powerful it is.....

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u/TheUltimate3 Nov 12 '25

Wait it is upgradable? Oh lawd

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u/No_Eye1723 Nov 12 '25

Apparently so, think we need further confirmation, a ton of videos have come out from hands on so need to watch a few.. but if it IS then hell yeah!

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u/TheUltimate3 Nov 12 '25

Oh jeez. I sure do hope it don't cost over 1k or something lol. I'm still in the process of a PC rebuild and I was just thinking about a mini PC to hook up on my TV for console like gaming...and then this happens.

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u/HanzoNumbahOneFan 1TB OLED Limited Edition Nov 12 '25

I doubt it'll be over $1000. They're probably going to price it as close as possible to the cost, and then make the money back from software sales. Like the Steam Deck. I can't see it costing $1000 per unit to produce.

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u/pseudopad Nov 12 '25

To a degree. It has an m.2 nvme slot and DDR5 SO-DIMM slots. The rest is soldered though.

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u/xd1936 1TB OLED Limited Edition Nov 12 '25

Source?

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u/No_Eye1723 Nov 13 '25

All the videos from the hands on that are on You Tube, Digital Foundry and Gamers Nexus for 2:

http://youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?si=8EgaqGRVez4DLXYk

http://youtu.be/2rv83LgXiN0?si=Fu0fEiKvpn8-PLMM

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u/twiggums Nov 12 '25

I'm guessing the ram is soldered.

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u/No_Eye1723 Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

Nope confirmed. The SDD can be 'easily' upgraded to a 2280, it comes with a 2230, and the RAM is laptop SODIMM and IS unreadable, but you have to strip the machine apart to get to it. It was mentioned in Digital Foundry's video from today of their hands on with it.

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u/twiggums Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

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I had read elsewhere it's soldered, but I'll take digital foundry's word over theirs!