This is the wayI emailed Gabe, never got a response, but seems odd within 3 days, suddenly 64 gig has almost been constantly in stock now.They ship from EU anyway so I think they may have simply moved stock allocation around.
I rejected delivery of the 512gig refurb, that will be held by parcelforce for 20 days, so refund for that probably 5 weeks or so after order.
Using the 64g now, will do some testing to make sure works then will attempt the 1TB upgrade.
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Yeah the deck is really nice, fitted my 1tb ssd earlier, and dock arrived today also, got the ali ivoler.
As I had no USB type c stick or adaptor I used an SD card for the recovery image (did it before I had dock), imaged it on the steam desktop.
As I had no USB type c stick or adaptor I used an SD card for the recovery image (did it before I had dock), imaged it on the steam desktop.
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Soldato
Bit the bullet and ordered a 64gb deck. Ordered 2 x 512gb sd cards as these were really cheap at the moment, so far cheaper than getting a 1tb internal SSD.
Ive read that performance wise theres no difference using the micro sd or upgrading the internal SSD drive.
It means I can have a whole sd card dedicated to emulation and just swap them out as needed.
Ive read that performance wise theres no difference using the micro sd or upgrading the internal SSD drive.
It means I can have a whole sd card dedicated to emulation and just swap them out as needed.
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Performance wise, theres a massive difference.
3500MB/s read, 3000MB/s write on NVMe compared to around 100MB/s read, 20MB/s write on SD card. Real world it depends what you're doing, it its only opening some gameboy roms your'll be fine. If it's installing and playing AAA games or large systems then it'll take a lot longer.
I have my SD card for emulation and internal storage for everthing else - AAA, apps, heavier emulators like PCem.
I would personally throw in a 2TB WD NVMe for £100 and 1 512GB Sandisk extreme pro SD card for £48.
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I thought the same but you can always do with more storage. I like having things like flight sim 2020 installed and at the ready "I fancy 30 mins on flight sim" At the same time it does chew up something like 200GB More storage is always a plus, but the current setup will suit me. I have...
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Samsung SD card stats below
Definately wouldnt want to play a game like BeamNG drive on this. It takes a minute or 2 to load into maps off NVMe so would take about 35x longer to load off SD card (or more likely just fail)
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Soldato
The sd cards are greatly slower but in real world terms it all depends on what games your playing
I've watched a lot of YouTube videos and people playing aaa games from the sd card and load times are about 10 seconds slower and perfectly playable
I'll see how the SD cards perform and then I can always upgrade the internal if needed.
I've watched a lot of YouTube videos and people playing aaa games from the sd card and load times are about 10 seconds slower and perfectly playable
I'll see how the SD cards perform and then I can always upgrade the internal if needed.
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Some good looking stats for the Anker 737 powerbank 'powercore 24k'
This is playing BeamNG drive on Italy with traffic and mods enabled at medium graphics/detail settings. A very demanding game (Deck screen 50%, volume 50%)
1h 48m remaining on BeamNG drive - 86% Deck battery
Connected the 737. 98% 737 battery ~2 hours until 737 battery drained. 24mins projected Deck charge time.
This is pulling 40W.
I just played for ~15 mins and the Deck is now at 93% with the 737 battery at 88%
So I guestimate it provides 2 - 2.5 hours additional play time on AAA games. ~10% 737 battery per 15 mins play time / 1hr for 40%
Maybe more as the Deck would reach 100% or close to 100% and battery optimisation would kick in and 737 wattage pull would reduce right down to whatever it needs to keep the game running and deck not losing power.
A bit more testing
11:06
80% battery
98% deck - 15 mins until charged
11:23
70% battery
99% - 9 mins until charged
10 mins - 17%
This is playing BeamNG drive on Italy with traffic and mods enabled at medium graphics/detail settings. A very demanding game (Deck screen 50%, volume 50%)
1h 48m remaining on BeamNG drive - 86% Deck battery
Connected the 737. 98% 737 battery ~2 hours until 737 battery drained. 24mins projected Deck charge time.
This is pulling 40W.
I just played for ~15 mins and the Deck is now at 93% with the 737 battery at 88%
So I guestimate it provides 2 - 2.5 hours additional play time on AAA games. ~10% 737 battery per 15 mins play time / 1hr for 40%
Maybe more as the Deck would reach 100% or close to 100% and battery optimisation would kick in and 737 wattage pull would reduce right down to whatever it needs to keep the game running and deck not losing power.
A bit more testing
11:06
80% battery
98% deck - 15 mins until charged
11:23
70% battery
99% - 9 mins until charged
10 mins - 17%
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One guy on the discord SSD died one of the cheapo chinese models.
I just finished setting up 7th heaven on my deck (ff7 modding) will be great to play modded ff7 on the move, also great device for games like uno as well, played dust on it, runs great. I am in love with the device.
The SSD I installed is the corsair mp600 mini 1TB.
When I played dust the battery lasted ages, I needed to get my battery down to 80% for SSD swap and was late, and just over 2 hours of dust got it down by about 12%, I gave up and went bed.
I just finished setting up 7th heaven on my deck (ff7 modding) will be great to play modded ff7 on the move, also great device for games like uno as well, played dust on it, runs great. I am in love with the device.
The SSD I installed is the corsair mp600 mini 1TB.
When I played dust the battery lasted ages, I needed to get my battery down to 80% for SSD swap and was late, and just over 2 hours of dust got it down by about 12%, I gave up and went bed.
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I'd be interested in knowing a zero to 100% charge remaining power on this.Some good looking stats for the Anker 737 powerbank 'powercore 24k'
This is playing BeamNG drive on Italy with traffic and mods enabled at medium graphics/detail settings. A very demanding game (Deck screen 50%, volume 50%)
1h 48m remaining on BeamNG drive - 86% Deck battery
Connected the 737. 98% 737 battery ~2 hours until 737 battery drained. 24mins projected Deck charge time.
This is pulling 40W.
I just played for ~15 mins and the Deck is now at 93% with the 737 battery at 88%
So I guestimate it provides 2 - 2.5 hours additional play time on AAA games. ~10% 737 battery per 15 mins play time / 1hr for 40%
Maybe more as the Deck would reach 100% or close to 100% and battery optimisation would kick in and 737 wattage pull would reduce right down to whatever it needs to keep the game running and deck not losing power.
A bit more testing
11:06
80% battery
98% deck - 15 mins until charged
11:23
70% battery
99% - 9 mins until charged
10 mins - 17%
I went with the Ugreen 145W | 25000mAh. I needed something to handle the Mac for work too and needed to be able to charge while using it. Anyway... 48% remaining after a full charge, so about two full charges possible.
I guess it's okay, but it's my first ever power pack purchase and there's a lot of rubbish out there.
That Anker was on my list too but was a bit more expensive.
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Do you mean if the 737 is at 0% and how long it takes to charge it to 100% with a 140W charger? If so, I have a 140W Apple charger on the way
Or do you mean Steam deck at 0% and how much charge is left on the 737 after its charged the Deck to 100% ?
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The latter.
Soldato
I may be stuck abroad due to the recent flight issues but I'm glad I got these extras for my Deck:
The Arzopa supports charging passthrough too so it keeps the Deck topped up.
The Arzopa supports charging passthrough too so it keeps the Deck topped up.
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I'll give it a test and see when the Deck battery is down to 0 or really low
@Jazzerman
Seems about the same as your Ugreen 145W | 25000mAh (depending how much wattage the Macbook is pulling from that battery and how big the Macbook battery is)
Steam Deck stats with the Anker 737 battery
16:00, 02% SD / 100% 737
16:36, 30% SD / 88% 737
17:00, 49% SD / 77% 737
17:30, 73% SD / 61% 737
17:36, 78% SD / 59% 737
17:40, 81% SD / 57% 737
18:00, 89% SD / 51% 737 Projected 32mins to full charge (9.2W from 737)
The SD only pulled 20 - 25W according to the Anker 737 battery. When it reached 80% charge, it slowed to ~13W, which i've read is right to preserve the battery
2 hours for 90% charge which leaves the battery at ~50%, so good for almost 2 charges of the Steam Deck
This is not using the Deck at the same time as charging. I'll see what the battery is on when I get home as need to go out
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Cool that you can see power usage on the Anker!
This pack is very basic and only displays battery percentage, so it's going to be a bit of a guessing game.
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@Guest2 I've been thinking about getting the Anker Hub you have for the deck. The rainforest gives out the odd review that fills me with doom and gloom so was just wondering on your personal experiences with the hub?
I liked the Anker one for the display, can see how long until its charged and with the 140W charged pulling 134W max, the charge time is minimal. It did reach 42c when at 100% but its still only warm (not hot to touch)
I'm using the 332 5 in 1 hub. It's cheap, lightweight, small enough for travel and fits in the back of my cheapo (but surprisingly good) stand.
The only issue so far is it doesnt support my Samsung T7 external drive when connected to the USB C data port on the hub. Works fine over USB 3 though.
I queried Anker about this because it's advertised showing a T7 connected via USB C
They partially refunded me, said sorry and advised about a Sandisk drive that does work over USB C.This is the hub in the stand
The is the stand, was only £9 (even cheaper now) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0B18L147W
I bought the official hub from Valve but it was heavy and didnt fit my Deck inside it when its in the rubber sleave. There's not much space at all on the official one. The £9 plastic stand folders up and also fits the Anker 332 5-in-1 hub. HDMI is blocked but for the cost you can grind out part of the staand if you really want or just use it outside the stand as I do most of the time.
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Soldato
Very much looking at getting the Steam Deck. Though are there any credible rumours of a newer/upgraded model yet? Considering the hardware of the competitors and all.
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Caporegime
Nothing but hopes and dreams.